576 



to move, 78 ; mill to be built at his 

 falls, 120. 



MoLESwoRTH James, attempts to pro- 

 cure pilots for Lord Howe, 197; 

 arrest and execution of, 197. 



Monmouth, Di'ke of, arrest of one sup- 

 posed to be concerned with the, 

 159. 



Monthly Meeting, first minute of Ches- 

 ter. 134; Haverford regulates se- 

 cular affairs, 188, 195. See Friends 

 and Meetvhj-house. 



Mro Island, Fort on, erected, 269; ex- 

 penditure on account of, 277. 



Mulberry, white, introduced, 276. 



Municipal Districts, early established, 

 151, 161. 



N. 



Naaman, speech of the Indian Chief, at 

 Tinicum, 64. 



Nassau, Fort, erected, 7 ; location of, 

 8; visited by De Vries, 15, 16; 

 English attack on, 19; razed, 57. 



Necromancy, young men dealt with by 

 Friends for practicing, 192. 



Negroes, proportion of, to the whites, 

 261 ; Friends deal with their mem- 

 bers for buying and selling, 272 ; 

 special tribunal for trying, 273, 

 556; education of, 347. 



Negro Slaves, introduction of, 33 ; be- 

 come more general, 80 ; in great 

 demand, 85. 



New Amstel, Fort Casimer to be called, 

 70. 



New Amsterdam, surrender of, to the 

 English, 87. 



New England, sufferers from Indian 

 depredations in, relieved by the 

 Quakers, 195, 282. 



New Garden, organized as a township, 

 213. 



New Holm, location of, 51. 



New Leyden, location of, 85. 



New Netherland, privilege of trading 

 to, granted, 3 ; Directors of, 8, 17, 

 21. 



Newspaper, first, published in Delaware 

 County, 354. 



New Sweden, Governors of, 27, 30; 

 trade of, 37 ; arrival of Swedish 

 vessels at, 47 ; conquered by the 

 Dutch, 67; restoration of demand- 

 ed, 85. 



New Town, Friends" Meeting established 

 at, 194; meeting-house erected at, 

 218, 220; notice of, 396. 



Nicolls, Col. Richaud, commands the 



English expedition for the reduc- 

 tion of New Netherland, 87 ; acts 

 as Governor, 89. 



Noble, Richard, appointed Surveyor of 

 Upland County, 123. 



NoRTHBY, location of, 161 ; officers ap- 

 pointed for, 161. 



Nottingham, Friends' meeting esta- 

 blished at, 215 ; meeting-house 

 erected at, 218. 



Oath op Allegiance, those who refuse 



to take the, disarmed, 301. 

 Offices, county, served by the best 



men, 276. 

 Okehocking Indians, grant of land to, 



209. 

 Optlandt, Fort, erection of 13. 

 Orphan's Court, first held under that 



name, 164; appraisement under 



the, 174; manner of holding the, 



181; duties of the, 182. 

 Osset, Gillis, as agent purchased land 



from the Indians at Cape May, 12 ; 



Commissary at Fort Optlandt, 13 ; 



unjustly charged with killing an 



Indian chief, 14. 



P. 



Papegoya, John, recommended to Gov. 

 Printz and marries his daughter, 

 37 ; acts as Governor, 58; returns 

 to Sweden, 63. 



Papegoya, Mrs. Jepfru Armgard, con- 

 tinues to reside on the Delaware, 

 69 ; petitions Gov. Stuyvesant for 

 favors and protection, 71 ; taxes of, 

 79 ; sells the Island of Tinicum, 

 84; Printzdorp confirmed to, 91; 

 implicated in the Long Finn insur- 

 rection, 92 ; applies to Gov. Love- 

 lace for favors, ^Q ; lawsuit for the 

 recovery of Tinicum, 97. 



Paper Money, first issue of in Pennsyl- 

 vania, 234 ; not current in other 

 Provinces, 235 ; ettects resulting 

 from the issue of, 251 ; amount of, 

 in circulation, 259 ; great depre- 

 ciation of, 332, 333, 336. 



Paoli, massacre at, 316. 



Passayonk [Passayunk], Indians of, 

 invite the Dutch to occupy their 

 lands, 47 ; Fort Bevers Rheede 

 built by the Dutch at, 48 ; grant of, 

 to Swen Schute, 59; patented by 

 Gov. Nichols, 523 



Patroonships, established on the Dela- 

 ware, 11. 



