INDEX 



[The Biographical Notices being arranged in alphabetical order, this Index will 

 refer exclusively to the other parts of the work.] 



Affirmation Act, money paid for the 

 confirmation of the, by the Crown, 

 221, 235, 236; another, passed by 

 Parliament, 223. 



Ahauom.muny, location of the island of 

 57. 



Alarm, false, created by Governor 

 Evans, 214; caused by au un- 

 founded rumor of an Indian insur- 

 rection, 168. 



Alrichs, Jacob, Director of New Am- 

 stel, 72 ; unpopularity and death 

 of, 76. 



Ames or Amos Land, block-house to 

 confine a madman, to be erected 

 in, 116; early surveys of land in, 

 522, 523 ; notice of, 389. 



AxDERSON, Capt. Patrick, letter to Dr. 

 Franklin from, 294. 



A.vDRiEsox, Peter, resists the order of 

 the Dutch to remove, 78. 



AxDRos, Sir Edmuxd, appointed Go- 

 vernor, 100; visit to the Delaware, 

 101 ; special court held at New 

 Castle by, 102 ; letter to the Jus- 

 tices of Upland Court from, 105. 



Arbitrators, earliest notice of, 107. 



Armstrong, Ge.nekal, erroneous opi- 

 nion of, 305 ; position of, at the 

 Battle of Brandywine, 305. 



Army, destitute condition of the Ame- 

 rican, 319; winter quarters of the, 

 at the Valley Forge, 328 ; occupa- 

 tion of Philadelphia by the British, 

 328 ; grain to be threshed for the 

 American, 329 ; damage and waste 

 committed by the British, 544 to 

 554. 



Aschom, Charles, complaints against, 

 as Deputj- Surveyor, 155. 



Assault and Battery, trial for in Up- 

 land Court, 110. 



Assembly', first meeting of the, 139; 

 proceedings of the, 140; where 

 the sittings of the. were held, 142 ; 

 second meeting of the, 146; list of 

 members of the, 524; resignation 

 of the Quaker members of the, 265 ; 

 disputes between the Governor and 

 the, 265; appointment of Deputies 

 to Congress by the, 280 : list of 

 members of the, from Delaware 

 County, 528. 



Assessment, general, of all the coun- 

 ties, 189 ; of historical interest, 

 190. 



Assessors, appointment of, 201. 



Associators. organization of military, 

 257 ; Regiment of, in Chester Coun- 

 ty, 258 : object of the, misrepre- 

 sented, 284; Independence disa- 

 vowed by the, 284 ; quantity of 

 powder to be reported by the, 284 ; 

 perfect organization of the, 287; 

 cartridges delivered to the, 290 ; 

 convention of the, 293. 



AsTox, notice of, 400. 



Astrology, young men dealt with by 

 Friends for practicing, 192, 193. 



Atlee, Colonel, battalion of, to be 

 quartered in Philadelphia, 291 ; 

 notice of his command, 292. 



Attestatiox, form of, for Jurors pre- 

 scribed by Wm. Penn, 143. 



Attorxeys, not allowed to plead, 110; 

 first appearance of on behalf of the 

 Crown. 160; compensation of the 

 King's, 254; general, 255. 



AcorsTA Frigate, blowing up of the, 

 321. 



Baltimore, Lord, obtained his patent 

 for Maryland, 15 ; his conference 

 at Upland with Governor Markham, 



