581 



VoTKS, fifty or sixty ijiven by the tree- 

 men of Haverford and Radnor, de- 

 clared to be illegal, 172; given 

 vivti voce and by black and white 

 beans, 172. 



VoLL'STKKKS, Delaware County Fenci- 

 bles and Mifflin Guards in service, 

 3-yi. 



W. 



Wade, Lydia, William Pcnn lodges at 

 her house, '100. 



Wade. Robeut, arrival and settlement 

 of, 103; meetings held at his 

 house, 104, 134. 



Wagons, military, to be sent from Ches- 

 ter County,' 298. 



Wampum, used as a currency, and value 

 of, 53, 108. 



War, between England and France, 

 256 ; meetings m Chester County 

 preparatory to the Revolutionai-y, 

 278, 281 ; of 1812, part taken by 

 the people of Delaware County, 

 351. 



Washington, General, force and posi- 

 tion of. at the battle of Braudy- 

 wine, 3u5 ; his letter to Congress 

 announcing his defeat, 309 ; head- 

 quaters of, at the battle of Brandy- 

 wine, 310 ; orders of, 320 ; unjustly 

 suspects the Quakers, 340. 



Watts, Rev. Isaac, present to the Mid- 

 dletown Presbyterian Church, 398. 



Wayne, Gen. Anthony, his position at 

 the battle of Brandywine, 307 ; 

 attack on, at Paoli, 316 : stationed 

 at Mountjoy, 329. 



Weights and Measires, standards of, 

 procured, and regulator of, ap- 

 pointed, 253. 



Welsh, settlement of the, 147 ; desire 

 of the, to be included in one mu- 

 nicipality, 164: retain their lan- 

 guage and peculiarities, 181 ; set- 

 tlements of the, extended, 205. See 

 ILiverford and Radnor. 



Welsh Tract, origin of the, 164 ; au- 

 thorized to be laid out, and war- 

 rant of survey for the, 164; boun- 



daries, 165 ; intended for a muni- 

 cipal district, 165; Thomas Lloyd 

 contends for making it a Barony, 

 or County Palatine, 172; quit- 

 rents demanded for the whole, 176; 

 Grittith Owen contends against 

 any violation of the conditions 

 contained in the grant by Penn, 

 177. 



West Hoise, 391. 



West India Company, Dutch, incorpo- 

 rated, 5 ; established patroonships, 

 11 ; agree to 3upi)ly colonists with 

 blacks, 11 ; Swedish, incorporated, 

 10. 



West Town, township organized, 212. 



Whales in the Delaware, 13, 15. 



Wharton, Walter, appointed surveyor 

 on the Delaware, 115; marries, 

 himself, 121. 



Wheat, received for taxes, 112, 156; 

 price of, 128. 



Whigs, many captured, 330. 



Whitfield, George, preaches to large 

 assemblies, 252. 



WiCACCo, church to be built at, 102. 



William and Mary, proclaimed King 

 and Queen, 175 ; accession of, in- 

 jurious to the interests of Wm. 

 Penn, 176 ; death of William, 209. 



Williams, Ulnk. suit against, for teach- 

 ing his children to read, 121. 



WiLLCox, Thomas, establishes a paper 

 mill, 383 ; first Catholic mission at 

 his dwelling, 241. 



Winter, a severe one, 73. 



Winter, John and Walter, kill three 

 Indians, their trial and execution, 

 238. 



Witchcraft, trial for, 153. 



Wolves, 108, HI, 116; number of. in- 

 crease, 121. 



Y. 



Year, the period of its commencement. 

 261. 



Zetzcoven. Rev. Albelics, preaches 

 at Tinicum, 87. 



