568 



INDEX. 



paired at, 255 : public pound at, 

 232 ; proposition to remove the 

 seat of frovernment to, 239 ; a se- 

 cond Friends' meeting-bouse erect- 

 ed at, 245 ; troops quartered at, 

 289; land force stationed at, 290; 

 militia to encamp near, 297 ; coun- 

 ty records removed from, 300 ; no 

 shelter at for more troops, 302 : 

 more troops ordered to, 303 ; Gen. 

 Armstrong commands the militia 

 at, 303 ; Gen. Washington retreats 

 to, 309 ; British in possession of, 

 313; Cornwallis marches to, 324; 

 derivation of the name of, 377 ; 

 notice of, 377 ; ancient buildings 

 at, 378 ; town-hall of, 379 ; news- 

 papers published at, 379, 380. See 

 Court and Court-houses. 



Chester County, established, 139 ; first 

 court held for, 143; first appoint- 

 ment of Justices for, 143; seal 

 adopted for, 146 ; boundary be- 

 tween Philadelphia and, 154 ; mis- 

 take in running boundary line of, 

 155; members of Council from, 

 155 . Haverford and Radnor refuse 

 to recognize the authorities of, 158; 

 ground purchased for the use of, 

 204 ; Treasurer of, serves gratis, 

 254 ; whips bought and repaired 

 for the service of, 205 ; wagons 

 furnished to the army by, 268, 298, 

 303 ; delegates to Congress from, 

 292 ; delegates to the State Con- 

 vention, 293 ; all the stockings and 

 blankets in, to be bought for the 

 soldiers, 295 ; account to be taken 

 of provisions in, 301 ; division of, 

 344 ; remarks on division of, 346. 



Chester Creek, petition for a bridge 

 over, at Chester rejected by Coun- 

 cil, 196; petition for a road from 

 the King's road to the ferry over, 

 200 ; act passed authorizing a 

 bridge over, at Chester, 212; In- 

 dian name of, 381 : description of, 

 403. 



Chevaux-de-frize, placed in the De- 

 laware, 285 ; more to be sunk, 287 ; 

 additional tiers to be sunk at Bil- 

 lingsport, 292 ; a portion of the, 

 removed by the enemy, 319. 



Cheyxey, Thomas, conveys correct in- 

 telligence to Washington at the 

 Battle of Brandywine, 307. 



Chichester, name of Marcus Hook 

 changed to, 136; Friends' Meeting 

 held at, 137; Monthly Meeting es- 

 tablished at, 149; bounds of ex- 



tended, 158; Friends' graveyard 

 established and Meeting erected 

 in township of, 158; fairs to be 

 held at, 203. 



Christina, Fort, erected, 22 ; W. I. 

 Company advised of the erection 

 of, 23 ; town laid out adjoining, 

 63; besieged and captured by the 

 Dutch, 66 : Gov. Rysingh refuses 

 the restoration of, 67 ; name of 

 changed, 72. 



Christina, Queen, abdicates the throne 

 of Sweden, 65. 



Church, at Christina, 34 ; at Tinicum, 

 44; at Wicacco. 15, 102; land of 

 the, taken in by Neels Laerson, 120; 

 at Tinicum damaged by the Dutch, 

 66 ; at Tinicum and Wicacco, or- 

 dered by the court to be repaired, 

 122 ; of St. Paul erected, 208, 532 ; 

 St. Martins, 207 ; lands of the 

 Swedes at Chester, 199, 211, 555: 

 first mission of the Catholic, 241. 



Churches, early organized, 202, 226, 

 398, 532, 543 ; receive aid from a 

 lottery, 272. 



Circular Line, the running of the, 206 ; 

 confirmed by the Assembly, 222 ; 

 confirmatory act rejected by the 

 King and Council, 229; renewed 

 controversy about the, 236 ; angry 

 disputes about the, 244. 



City Colony, of Amsterdam establish- 

 ed, 72 ; territorial limits enlarged, 

 77,80, 84. 



Clerk, of Upland Court, 107 ; of Ches- 

 ter Court, 131, 146; of the crown 

 employed, 254. 



Clifton, 387 ; Clifton Hall, 387, 393. 



Climate, important tables exhibiting 

 that of Delaware County, 440. 



Clock-weights, leaden, taken for mili- 

 tary purposes, 291. 



Cobb's Creek, Indian name of, 38 ; ori- 

 gin of the modern name, 203. 



Cobourn, Thomas, erects a mill above 

 Chester mills, 162; disregards the 

 the mandate of the Commissioners 

 of Property, 162. 



Coin, counterfeiting of, a common of- 

 fence, 182 ; punishment for expo- 

 sing bad, 201 ; kinds of, in use, 

 235 ; value of, fixed by law, 251. 



Coleman, Henry, charged with sedi- 

 tion, 92. 



Collectors of tax, early appointment 

 of, 151. 



Colve, Anthony, appointed Governor 

 General, 99. 



CoMMAssuNOH, oT Flulaud described, 55. 



