INDEX. 



573 



HocHHANMER, Hexhy & Co., grant of 

 land to, 26 ; colony established by, 

 26 ; object of the establishment of 

 their colony. 27, 33. 



Hog Island, purchase of from the In- 

 dians, 124 ; Indian name of 124 ; 

 to be overflowed on the approach 

 of the enemy, 292, 304 ; attached 

 to Chester County, 343. 



HoLKER, Privateer, crew of enlisted at 

 Chester, 332. 



HoLLANDARE, Peter, succccds Minuit 

 as Governor of New Sweden, 27. 



HoLLixcswoRTH, Lydia, mclancholy 

 f\\te of, 393. 



Holme, Thomas, appointed Surveyor- 

 General, 133 ; arrival of, 133 ; let- 

 ter of, to the Indians, 170. 



Holmes, George, attempts a settlement 

 on the Delaware, 19. 



Hoops, the ridiculous fashion of wear- 

 ing, by women, condemned by the 

 Quakers. 201. 



Horses, introduction of on the Dela- 

 ware, 17 ; race on Sunday, 194. 



HosKixs, John, trespass of, on the 

 county property, 178. 



Hospitals, proposed location of mili- 

 tary, 296. 



House of Correction, keeper of the, 

 appointed, 241. 



House of Defence, to be fitted up for 

 the court, 114; location of the, 

 114, 541 ; lane or street to be left 

 to the, 122 ; was the first court- 

 house, 150 ; Governor Markham's 

 Council sat in the, 150. 



Howe, General, intention of, to attack 

 Philadelphia by water, 297 ; a spy 

 sent by, to procure pilots, 297 ; en- 

 ters the Delaware, 301 ; army of, 

 lands on Elk river, 305 ; remarks 

 on his plan of the battle of Bran- 

 dywine, 309. 



Howe. Lord, commands the British 

 fleet, 316. 



HuDDE, Andreas, report of, 32 — 38 ; 

 appointed commissary on the De- 

 laware, 40 ; quarrels with the 

 Swedes, 41 ; is directed to search 

 for minerals, 42 ; purchases land 

 from the Indians, 42 ; controversy 

 with the Swedes, 43 ; dines with 

 Governor Printz, 43 • appointed 

 Secretary and Surveyor on the De- 

 laware, 69 ; placed in command of 

 Fort Christina, 72. 



Hudson, Capt. Hexdrick, makes two 

 unsuccessful voyages, 1 : discovery 

 of the Delaware Bay, 2. 



Hung in Irons, a convict ordered to be, 



232. 

 Hunter, Edward, the murder of, 353. 

 Hyder Ali, armed vessel, captures the 

 General Monk, 338. 



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Immigrants, arrival of, 21, 25, 30, 47, 

 62, 70, 103, 118, 132. 



Improvement, a spirit of exhibited, 159; 

 relative, of the first organized coun- 

 ties, 189. 



Independence, disavowed as an object 

 of the military Associators, 284. 



Indian Corn, early introduction of, on 

 the Delaware, 34 ; to be received 

 for taxes, 113, 156. 



Indians, murder of the first colonists 

 by the, 14; pretended purchase of 

 land from the, by the Dutch, 18; 

 Swede's purchase of land from the, 

 23, 24 ; Leni Lenape or Delawares, 

 35 ; five nations of, 35 ; Minquas, 

 35, 36 ; names of the local, 35 ; 

 the Dutch invited to occupy the 

 lands of the, 48 ; confirmation of 

 the alleged Dutch purchase of 

 lands from the, 50 ; convocation 

 of and treaty with the, at Tinicum, 

 63 : massacre of the Dutch on the 

 Hudson by the, 68 ; Swedish ship 

 Mercury protected by the, 70; war 

 among the, 84 ; war apprehended 

 by the whites with the, 95 ; pur- 

 chase of land from, by William 

 Penn. 144, 155; testimony of 

 Friends against the sale of liquors 

 to, 166, 167, 227; land extending 

 two days' journey west, granted by 

 the, 169 ; letter of Thomas Holme 

 to the, 170; groundless apprehen- 

 sion of a great insurrection by the, 

 168 ; visited by an unarmed party, 

 169; great uneasiness shown by 

 the, 218; interview of the Go- 

 vernor with, and significant com- 

 plaints of the, 219 ; act to prevent 

 the importation of, as slaves. 221 ; 

 lands on the Brandywine claimed 

 by the, 236. 240 ; grant to the Oke- 

 h'ocking. 209 ; murder of, 238 ; war 

 with the Delaware, 265 ; premiums 

 offered for prisoners or scalps of 

 the,265; murder of atLancaster,270; 

 troubles on account of the, 270; 

 dogs employed to hunt the, 271. 



Institute, of science established, 357. 



Interest, rate of, reduced, 234. 



Intoxication, Friends' testimony against 

 234. 



