INDEX. 



571 



Evans, John, appointment of, as Go- 

 vernor, 210; his character, 214; 

 false alarm created by, 214; un- 

 popularity and recall of, 21(J. 



Essex House, early Quaker meeting 

 held at the, 104; by whom erected, 

 104. 



Eyre, Robkrt, appointment of, as clerk 

 of the court, 14G. 



P. 



Fabritius, Rkv. Jacobus, pass to the 

 Delaware granted to the. 94 ; in- 

 stalled as the first minister at Wi- 

 cacco, 115 ; order of the court for 

 the collection of his dues, 124. 

 Fairs, Friends appoint a committee to 

 have oversight of the youth who 

 attend, 222. See Chester and Chi- 

 chester. 

 Fayette, Marquis de la, wounded at 

 the battle of Brandy wine, 309, 313 ; 

 headquarters of, 311. 

 Felons, instructions to Gov. Gordon, 



against laying duties on, 241. 

 Females, European, first visit the De- 

 laware, 9 ; first settlement of, on 

 the Delaware, 33. 

 Fence viewers, earliest appointment 



of, 160. 

 Ferry, over the Schuylkill supported 

 by Friends, 189, 195; one over the 

 Schnylkill, a monopoly, 1B9 ; a 

 road hud out to Chester Creek at 

 the, 200. 

 Finland, Indian name and location of, 

 55 ; plundered by the Dutch, 65 ; 

 extent of, 381. 

 Finney, Walter, instructs persons in 



the art of making saltpetre, 288. 

 Firelocks, number of, to be furnished 

 by Chester County, 285 ; to be 

 sent to Chester, 290. 

 Fire-ships, used in defence of the De- 

 laware, 321. 

 Fitz Patrick, James, exploits of, 326; 

 capture of, 327 ; conviction and 

 execution of, 328. 

 Fleet, Provincial, list of vessels com- 

 prising the, 289 ; prevents British 

 vessels from ascending the Dela- 

 ware, 290 ; loss on board of the, 

 324. 

 Foot-way, laid out from Chester to 



Chichester Creek, 179. 

 Forbes, General, reprimands a Dutch 



printer, 268. 

 Forests, appearance of. in earlv times, 

 258. 



Forge, early erected, 254 ; mentioned 

 by Peter Kalm, 258. 



Fort, Nassau erected, 7 ; location of, 

 Nassau, 8 ; Christina erected, 21; 

 Gottinburg and Elsinborg, erected, 

 31 Manayunk or Schuyll^ill, erect- 

 ed, 38 ; Bever's Rheede, erected, 

 49 ; Swedes build in front of Be- 

 ver's Rheede, 51 ; Manayunk de- 

 scribed, 54 , account of Korsholm, 

 54 ; Casimir, erected, 57 ; Casimir 

 captured by the Swedes, and name 

 changed, 61, 63; capitulation of 

 Trinity, 66; Mifflin strengthened, 

 291, 299. 



Fox, George, religious visit of, 98. 



Freemen sold into servitude, 186. 



Free Society op Traders, incorpora- 

 tion of the, 137. 



French neutrals, provision for the 

 distribution and support of, 267. 



Freshets, remarkable, 348, 355, 359 — 

 367. ' 



Friends or Quakers, first to settle in 

 Pennsylvania, 104; first meeting 

 of, 103 ; first meeting of record, 

 134; order a meeting to be held in 

 the court-house at Chester, 137; 

 character ot the early immigrant, 

 148 ; permit those not in member- 

 ship to marry in their meetings, 

 175; support a ferry over the 

 Schuylkill, 189, 195; large am- 

 ounts appropriated for charitable 

 purposes by, 195; preparative 

 meetings established by, 198 ; 

 public exposure of delinquents, 

 225: first disownment among, for 

 insolvency, 232 ; appropriate mo- 

 ney to secure the royal assent to 

 the affirmation act, 236 ; action of 

 the, in respect to slavery, 239 ; con- 

 duct of, in respect to the French 

 invasion, 262 ; disownments for 

 taking up arms, 296 ; division of 

 the Society of, 357. See Meeting- 

 house, Buri/ing-ground and Quakers. 



Funerals, large provision at, discou- 

 raged by Friends, 240. 



Geology, of Delaware County, 403. 



Geomancy, the practice of, disallowed 

 by Friends, 192; presentment of, 

 by the Grand Jury, 193 ; fine im- 

 posed by the court for practicing, 

 194. 



Germantown. battle of, 317. 



