579 



Saltpetre, a desideratum, 287 ; per- 

 sons instructed in tlie art of mak- 

 ing, 288. 



Sa.ndei.andk, James, promises land for 

 a court-liouse and prison, 160. 



Sandy Bank, purchase of grave-yard 

 lot, 179; meeting-house proposed 

 to be built at, 202. 



ScHEPEL, measure of a, 113. 



Schools, attention of the Society of 

 Friends turned to the subject of, 

 183 ; established by the Friends. 

 347, 349. 



SincTE, Lieutenant Swen, convej-ance 

 of land to, 59; at the capture of 

 Fort Casimir. 62; surrenders Fort 

 Trinity, 66 ; meets Gov. Stuyves- 

 ant at Tinicum, 73. 



ScHTYLKiLL, clium to the discovery of 

 the, 4; alleged purchase of lands 

 at, by the Dutch, 17; location of 

 Forts on the, 38, 39. 



Seat of Jistice, first act for the remo- 

 val of the, 336 ; second removal 

 act passed, 340 ; removal act re- 

 pealed, 341 ; court-house erected 

 at the Turk's Head, 341 ; destruc- 

 tion of the court-house threatened 

 by the anti-removalists, who march 

 from Chester, 343 ; a third removal 

 act passed, 343 ; removal of the, 

 eflfected, and sale of the old build- 

 ings, 343 ; removal of, in Delaware 

 County first agitated, 354 ; ques- 

 tion of removal again agitated, 

 369 ; act passed providing for a 

 vote by the people on the question 

 of. 371; result of the vote on 

 removal, 373 ; confirmatory act 

 passed, 375 : decision of the Su- 

 preme Court on the constitution- 

 alty of the first removal act, 375. 



Sellers, Nathan, makes a military 

 survey along the Delaware, 300. 



Senate, list of members from Delaware 

 County, 528. 



Sentences, of the court, 212 ; change in 

 the, 226; severity of, 230 ; for se- 

 ditious words, 262. 



Servants, their rights protected and 

 ages determined by the court, 186, 

 193; time of service of the ab- 

 sconding, extended, 191. 



Shackama.xon, Indian conference at, 109. 



Sharon, boarding-school, 386. 



SiiECK SiDi, gains the confidence and 

 sympathy of Friends, 247. 



Shkkiffs, keep tavern. 227 ; election- 

 eering advertisement, 274 ; security 

 of. 275: list of, 529. 



Sickness, on the Delaware, 34, 75 ; ge- 

 neral prevalence of, 258. 



Silk, large production of, 275, 276. 



SiMCocK. John, old court-house sold 

 to, 194. 



Slander, of officials punished, 174. 



Slavery, act for the gradual abolition 

 of. 334. 



Slaves, first introduction of, 11, 33; 

 demand for, 85 ; act to prevent the 

 importation of Indian, 219; an act 

 to prevent the importation of Negro 

 and Indian, 221; law imposing a 

 prohibitory duty on, repealed by 

 the Crown, 269; price of, 261 ; ac- 

 tion of Friends in respect to, 223. 

 224, 241, 268. 273, 277, 296 : regis- 

 try of, 335 ; registry of Indian, 335. 



Small-pox, among the Indians, 80. 



SN0W-.ST0R.M, in May, 349. 



Spekch, freedom of, restricted, 174. 



Springfield, notice of, 390. 



Sqiirkels, number of, and the amount 

 puid for their destruction, 259. 



Stamp Act, passage of the, 272; repeal 

 of the, 273. 



Statistics, of Delaware County, 558 ; 

 agricultural, 558, 559 ; religious 

 and literary, 560. 



St. David's Church, 396, 532. 



St. Martin's Chi'rch, when named, 

 382. 



St. Paul's Chdrch, Queen Anne's gift 

 to, 377. 



Stille, Oloff, delivers a protest against 

 the action of the Dutch, 43 ; place 

 of, 55; meets Gov. Stuyvesant at 

 Tinicum, 73 ; is suspected by 

 Beekman, whom he opposes, 79 ; 

 visits Maryland, 79. 



Stocks, first mentioned as an imple- 

 ment of punishment, 181 ; neces- 

 sity for, at Chester presented, 211 ; 

 set up at Marcus Hook and Darby , 

 242. 



Strasburg, road laid out to, and re- 

 viewed, 275, 277. 



Streets laid out in Chester, 167, 174, 

 173. 



Strong House, location of the Swedes, 

 40. 



Stuyvesant, Peter, succeeds Kieft as 

 Director General, or Governor. 45 ; 

 protest of, sent to Gov. Printz, 47 ; 

 advises planting colonies on the 

 Delaware, 55 ; negotiates with the 

 Indians on the Delaware. 56 ; 

 builds Fort Casimir, 57 ; recap- 

 tures Fort Casimir, 66 ; meets 

 Swedish officials at Tinicum, 73. 



