Du Simitière, i. 111, 208, 562.
Dutch, i. 3, 6-9, 50, 67, 86, 91; ii. 101, 229,
278; iii. 17-25.

and Swedes, conflict, iii. 22.

first fort on Delaware, i. 4; iii. 19.
Reformed, ii. 24.

riot and mobs, ii. 496.

the first settlers, i. 6, 86; iii. 22.
Duval's place, ii. 53.

Dwellings in Philadelphia, iii. 236.
Dylander, Rev., i. 452; iii. 109.
Dyspepsia, i. 251, 256.

E.

Eaglesfield or Egglesfield, iii. 291.
Earl of Albion's lands, ii. 498.
Early houses, ii. 52.

history of city, i. 89.
punishments, iii. 165.

settlements in New Jersey, i. 87.
titles to Lower Counties, i. 85-87.
Earthquakes, ii. 413.
Easton, ii. 149.

Eccentric persons, i. 551.

Eckley, Sarah, and Col. Coxe, i. 50.
Education, i. 286; ii. 607; iii. 163.
Edwards, Rev. M., i. 431, 448, 562.
Egg Harbor, ii. 611.

Elbow lane or Bank alley, i. 103.
Elder, Rev. John, i. 117, 119, 121.
Eldrington, Miss Mary, i. 599.

Elections, i. 351, 537; ii. 490; iii. 216.
Electrical experiments of Franklin, iii. 438.
Elephants drowned in Delaware, iii. 374.
Elfreth, Jeremiah, i. 337; iii. 176.
Elliott, Enoch Wray, i. 237.
Elsinboro', ii. 253.

Emigrants to Pennsylvania, ii. 619.

Emlen's tan-yard and haunted house, i. 437.
English rulers, i. 81, 95, 244.

presumptions, i. 175.

Entry of British army, ii. 282.
Environs of Philadelphia, ii. 621.
Ephrata, ii. 24, 43, 56, 110, 258.
Epidemic of 1746, iii. 475.
Episcopacy, i. 459.

Episcopalian Academy, i. 486; iii. 325.
Episcopalians, i. 457, 458; ii. 26.
Equipage, i. 203, 207.

Essex House, residence of Robert Wade,
i. 127.

Evangeline, extracts from, iii. 290.
Evans, Evan, iii. 194.

Gov. John, i. 25; flogs a constable,
i. 96; 115, 138; ii. 273, 481; iii.
70-72.

Cadwallader, and brothers, ii. 78.
Garden, iii. 400.

Lewis, journey to Ontario, ii. 561.

Oliver, steam, ii. 449, 454 ; iii. 152, 484.
Peter, challenges Phillips, i. 334.

Evelyn's Memoirs, ii. 281.

Evet, John, i. 598.

Ewer, Robert, buys Doyle's Inn, i. 162.
Exchange, the, i. 348.

Executions, ii. 498; first in Philadelphia,
iii. 61; various places for the county,
iii. 164.

F.

Fabricius, Rev. Jacob, ii. 233.
Factions against Penn, i. 78-80, 521.
"Factor," ship, arrives, i. 13.
Fagan, Nicholas, iii. 323.
Fahnestock, Dr., ii. 258.
Fairhill, i. 493; iii. 399.

Fairman, Thomas, mansion, i. 10, 134, 138,
140, 477; ii. 72, 247; iii. 40; re-
moves to Tacony, i. 141.

Robert, letter to Dickinson, i. 139, 477.
Fairmount and Park, i. 78, 488; number
of trees in, iii. 397, 398.
Fairs, 67, 364.

Faith in Christ, i. 58.
Falkner, Daniel, ii. 47.

Falls of Schuylkill Mills, ii. 242, 248.
in early times, iii. 293.
Fanning, Col. Edmund, ii. 295, 341.
Lieuts. J. and S., ii. 296.
Nathaniel and Edmund, ii. 341.
Fans in old times, i. 191.
Farmar, Jasper, ii. 178.
Farming, ii. 66, 81, 97.

Farthings, pewter and lead, i. 57.

Fashions, change of, i. 195, 196; iii. 124.
Fawcett and Braddock, ii. 141.

Febrile discase, ii. 370.

Federal Procession, ii. 341-345; tavern-
sign, iii. 350.

Fell, Judge, uses a grate, ii. 458.
Fencing, ii. 483.

Fire insurance companies, iii. 410.
Fire, regulations in case of, iii. 64.
Fires and fire-engines, i. 496; iii. 405–430.
Fires, early precautions against, iii. 405.
great, i. 59; ii. 607; iii. 426.
Fireworks, i. 102, 104; ii. 494.
First-born persons, i. 511.

First settlers, i. 34-36, 53, 73, 74.
Fish and fishing, i. 17, 45, 46, 69, 260, 280,
342, 527; iii. 291–299.

Fishbourne, William, mayor, i. 61, 66, 73,
137, 173, 505.

great fire, i. 497: iii. 406.

narrative of Philadelphia events, i
73-77, 137.

Fisher, W., mayor, i. 66.

family, i. 485.

Fitch, John, and family, i. 583; ii. 446
450, 602; iii. 445.

Fitz, Capt., ii. 83, 84, 330.
Flag, first, ii. 333.

naval, of Revolution, i. 41; ii. 615.
presented to governor, i. 61.
Flagstaff on Society Hill, i. 61, 98.

Fletcher, Gov. Benjamin, iii. 60.

Flies and martins, ii. 411.

Floating bridges, iii. 491.

Floods, i. 347; iii. 492.

and ebbs, ii. 364–368.

Flour, i. 261; ii. 482.
Flourtown, ii. 56, 60.
Flower, Henry, i. 54.

Flowers, vegetables, and fruits, i. 223.
Food, changes in prices of, i. 260, 263.
Forbes, Gen., i. 165, 401; ii. 144.
Fords of London, i. 108; iii. 68.
Fornication and adultery, i. 304, 306.
Forrest, Col., i. 104, 268; ii. 32, 34, 326.
Edwin, and Delarue, iii. 378; and
Macready, 375.

Fort Allen, ii. 149, 180, 206, 553.
Fort at Christiana, i. 93; iii. 20.

Casimir, i. 8; erected by Stuyvesant,
iii. 22; captured by Rysingh, 23;
capitulates to the English, 24.

Manaiung, iii. 21.

Nassau, i. 6; iii. 18, 20.

Rittenhouse, iii. 93.

St. David, i. 431; iii. 292.

Wilson, i. 104, 425; iii. 286.

Forts on the frontiers, ii. 207.
Fouquet's Garden and Inn, i. 235; iii. 400.
Fox, George, i. 355, 507; ii. 430.

Robert, manager, iii. 373-375.
Foxes and hunting, i. 277; iii. 156-159.
Frail women, i. 257, 305.

Frame of Laws, i. 16, 71, 93, 311.
Francis, Tench, ii. 344.

Franconia and Towamensing, ii. 60.
Frankford, i. 478; ii. 67, 72-74, 315, 322.
Frankford Arsenal, iii. 304.

Frankfort Company, ii. 17, 18; iii. 457.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin; bridge-viewer, i.
99; agent in Great Britain, 101; author
of Historical Review, 124; his loyalty,
173; his wardrobe, 191; invents open
stove, 206; appointed colonel, 324;
raises 1200 soldiers, 327; plants the
willow, 408; first visit to the city, 434;
projects the library, 462; organizes a fire
company, 497; facts in his life, 532-537;
negotiates with the Paxton Boys, ii. 168;
trustee of the Charitable Scheme, 257;
the Stamp Act, 269; counsels prudence,
270; his regiment escorts Gov. Denny,
275; repeal of Stamp Act, 280; rati-
fies treaty of peace, 332; Song on the
Trades, 345; postmaster-general, 393;
his newspaper and almanac, 394; cor-
responds with Fitch, 450; recommends
the Wissahickon for the water-supply,
457; first plants broom corn, 487; Leath-
ern Apron Club, 495; passes through
Burlington, N. J., iii. 82; his ward-
robe, 121; founder of the first fire com-
pany, 408; humorous account of an ac-
cident to himself, 437; his electrical ex-
periments, 438; enters into partnership
with Meredith, 440; judge of Common
Pleas, 448; his burial-place, 439; be-
queaths his cane to Washington, 497.
Franklin, Mrs., account of her house, i.
206, 536; iii. 183.

Franklin, Maj. Roswell, ii. 127.
Franklin place, iii. 183.

Square, iii. 231, 329; powder-house
in, 303, 304.

William, Gov., Historical Review of
Pennsylvania, i. 124, 535.

Fraudulent issues of stock, iii. 384, 385.
Freame, Mrs. Margaret, arrives, i. 123.
Free-and-easy, first, iii. 119.

Free Quakers, iii. 435, 436.

Society of Traders, ii. 262; iii. 33;
first formed, i. 12, 484.

Free trade and tariff, i. 247.
French and the war, i. 18, 26, 43, 95,
98, 179, 180, 327, 377, 555; ii. 112,
118, 132, 144, 164, 182, 185, 256,
328.

ambassador's ball, i. 104.

emigrants, i. 43, 93, 555; ii. 112.
neutrals, i. 559; iii. 442.

princes, i. 555; ii. 132.

Revolution, influence of, i. 179.
spoliation claims, iii. 174.

Friends, early settlements, i. 10, 11; the
first settlers in Philadelphia, 18; op-
posed to military, 25; Centre Square
Meeting, 38; first meet in private houses,
49; cause of Friends' emigration, 54;
stop building of markets, 65; early dis-
couragements, 74; losing power, 77;
embarrassed by civil government, 81;
books, 90; slanders on, 120; Shacka-
maxon Meeting, 140; Tacony Meeting,
141; Penn Association, 160; weddings,
178; wagon bonnet, 188; academy, 282,
287, 290; warlike, 324; some against
war, 328; meeting-house at Second
street, 350, 355; rule opposed, 380;
"Bank" Meeting, 390; almshouse, 427,
and iii. 287, 333; Arch Street Meeting, i.
449; interchanges of brotherly love, 457;
general history of, 499-511; Friends in
Germantown, ii. 23; Birmingham Meet-
ing, 87; Quekels, the Indian name, 159;
pacific policy with Indians, 164-166;
oppose the Paxton Boys, 169; associa-
tion for peace, 206, 207; encouraging
pirates, 225; newcomers and trespassers,
245; fraternize with the Germans, 256;
against slavery, 262; conduct to the
British, 286; Jacob Ritter, 300; join
the army, 307; Mrs. Mary Morris, 310;
account of Revolutionary incidents, 316;
shocked by dancing, 483; various meet-
ing-houses, iii. 202; Arch Street Meet-
ing, 311; marriage records, 434; in
America, 431.

Fries, John, iii. 468.
Frontier Indians and wars, ii. 176-196, 206.
towns, ii. 147-150, 164, 207.
Fruits, vegetables, and flowers, i. 223.
Fullerton, Alexander, i. 412.
Fulton, Robert, ii. 121, 450, 452, 468; iii.
483.

Funerals and funeral pomp, ii. 489, 616;
iii. 140.

Furness, Rev. William H., iii. 327.
Furniture and equipage, i. 203, 355; ii.
607.

G.

Gage, Gen., entertainment to, i. 65.

Galloway, Joseph, i. 319, 561; ii. 99, 397;
iii. 260.

Gambling, i. 101.

Game, i. 17, 41, 69, 312.

Gérard, Mons., French ambassador, i. 377.
German Reformed, i. 452, 454; ii. 24; iii.
314.

German schools, ii. 27.

Germans, i. 12; settle at Germantown, 19,
49; election riots, 99, 325; ii. 19, 63, 109,
254-258, 266, 512.

Germantown, i. 44, 72, 267, 275, 477; ii.
16-72, 512, 605, 617.
Academy, ii. 27; iii. 462, 463.
battle of, ii. 37, 47-50, 55.

courts, ii. 28.

laid out by Pastorius, iii. 457.
market, ii. 27.

petition from corporation of, iii. 66.

Ghosts, i. 272, 437; ii. 32.

Gray's, Col., powder-horn, ii. 45.

Garden and Ferry, i. 494; forts, iii.
172; breast works, iii. 492.

Graydon, i. 92, 165, 226, 230, 375, 418,
465, 468.

Greenleaf, James, iii. 272.
Green Tree pump, iii. 96.

Greenwich against tea act, ii. 273.
Griffiths, Hannah, i. 559.

Thomas, mayor, i. 66.

Grindstones rolled into the river, i. 103.
Griscom College, i. 155, 289.
Griscom's first brick house, i. 476.
Grist-mill, first, ii. 27, 61, 73, 98.
Growden, Grace, i. 522.

Lawrence, death of, iii. 76.
Grubb, Emmanuel, first-born, i. 512, 599.
Guest, Judge, i. 78.

Guest's house, the Blue Anchor, i. 130-133.
Gunner's Creek, i. 140.

Gurney, H., and British army, ii. 284.
Gustafson, Nils, i. 50.
Gwynned, ii. 78, 79; iii.

H.

-

Habits and state of society, i. 172–174.

i. 485.

Girard avenue, iii. 311.

Hailstorms of 1867 and 1870, iii. 474.
Haines, Reuben, iii. 414.

Hair-powder and dressing, i. 185, 458.
Halifax, Earl, ii. 207.

Hall & Sellers, i. 534; ii. 396.

Hall, Mrs., her account, ii. 72.

Hall of Independence, i. 351, 398; iii. 211.

Girls, i. 289.

Godyn's settlement at Cape May, iii. 19.
Goforth alley, iii. 500.
Gold-sweating, ii. 419.

Goodson, John, and Bank lots, i. 167.
Gookin, Gov., i. 26, 31; superseded, 97;
ii. 273; iii. 73-75.
Gordon, Gov., succeeds Keith, i. 31, 143,
207, 381, 526; ii. 274; iii. 78.
Hon. Cosmo, ii. 286.

Gordon's History of Pennsylvania, i. 136.
Government, Pennsylvania and United
States, ii. 40, 41, 485.

of Pennsylvania, removal, ii. 116, 119.
Governors, i. 92, 97, 108, 115, 122, 124, 143,
312, 323, 351, 375, 389; ii. 273-277.
Governor's Woods, i. 231.

Grace's house, i. 462; iii. 337.

359.

Hamilton, Andrew, of Bush Hill, i. 80, 316,
396, 477; ii. 274; iii. 205, 493.
Andrew, of Woodlands, iii. 493.
Andrew, colonial governor, i. 323; iii.
64, 69.

family, iii. 493, 494.

Col. John, invents post-office, ii. 392.
Gov. James, of Bush Hill, i. 42, 63,

65, 66, 101, 165, 487, 594; ii. 274,
276; iii. 493.
William, iii. 493.

Hancock, President John, dress, i. 193;
chair, iii. 214.
Hanger, Major, i. 424.

Hanging for crimes, i. 310, 393.
Hanna, Mrs. Mary, iii. 466.
Hannatown, ii. 192.
Hard, Elizabeth, i. 47.
Harding, John, Windmill Island, ii. 470.
Harmony Engine Company, iii. 425.
Harris, Esther, ii. 116.

John, ii. 113, 115, 120, 185; iii. 466.
Harrisburg, ii. 113-120, 186.
Harrison, Henry, mayor, i. 66.