N

• Nagel, George, 209, 508
• Naglee, Jacob, 284
• Nain, 711, 712, 781
• Nantes, 914
• Nanticoke Falls, 906
• Nanticoke Indians, 17
• Nantucket, 6
• Napoleon, 893
• Nash, 690
• Nathaniel, 540
• National Artillery, 277
• Native American Party, 49, 881
• Native American Riots, 466
• Naugel, Frederic, 179
• Navy, Pennsylvania, 324
• Nazareth, 33, 110, 267, 312, 513
• Nazareth, Lower Township, 312
• Nazareth, Upper Township, 312
• Neal, Captain, 910
• Neal, Thomas, 832
• Nealson, Peter, 396
• Nebinger, Dr. Andrew, 369
• Nebinger, Dr. George, 369
• Needham, 97
• Neely’s Mill, 862
• Neepaheilomon, 650
• Negley’s Run, 375
• Negro School, 312
• Neily, Samuel, 510
• Nertunius, 666
• Nesbitt, J. M., 922
• Nescopeck, 75
• Nescopeck Creek, 905
• Nescopeck Falls, 299
• Nescopeck Path, 577
• Neshaminy, 57, 313, 437, 863
• Neshaminy Lock Navigation, 131
• Neversink, 494
• Neville, General John, 488, 688, 728
• Neville, Morgan, 518
• New Amstel, 446
• New Amsterdam, 446
• New Bergen, 96
• New Berlin, 343, 567, 568, 722
• New Castle, Chief, 273
• New Castle (Delaware), 30, 166, 324, 328, 919
• New Castle (Pennsylvania), 147, 446, 491
• Newcomer, King, 750
• New Cumberland, 300
• New England Magazine, The, 643
• New France, 589
• New Garden, 628
• Newgen, 266
• New Geneva, 52
• New Gnadenhutten, 917
• New Gottenberg, 124, 608
• New Hanover Township, 31
• New Hope, 863, 909
• New Jersey College, 59
• New Korsholm, 124
• Newman, Wingate, 325
• New London, 302
• New Netherlands, 165
• New Norway, 96
• New Olive Branch, The, 642
• New Orleans, 487, 583, 838, 901
• New Orleans, Battle of, 583
• New Orleans (ship), 201
• Newport, C., 676
• Newport, 503
• Newport (Rhode Island), 113
• New Philadelphia, 282
• News of Revolution, 290
• New Sweden, 123
• Newton, 451
• Newtown, 367, 664, 682
• New York, 2, 53, 446, 459, 509, 530, 566, 779, 832, 833, 834, 923
• New York Advertiser, The, 641
• New York Central Railroad, 863
• New York Historical Society, 54
• New Years, 1, 81
• New Wales, 166
• Niagara, 704
• Niagara Falls, 580
• Niagara, Fort (see Fort Niagara)
• Niagara (ship), 625
• Nickerson, 812
• Nicholas (Indian), 437
• Nicholas, Catherine, 73
• Nicholas, Edward, 73
• Nicholas, Thomas, 73
• Nicholls, Colonel Richard, 446
• Nichols, Anthony, 859
• Nichols, General, 694
• Nicholson, Adam, 74
• Nicholson, Joseph, 750
• Nickles, Mrs. Grace, 369
• Nicole, 764
• Nicolls, John, 108
• Nielson, Jonas, 396
• Nieu Causeland, 667
• Nikes, 700
• Nile, 894
• Nimwha, 656
• Nine Mile Run, 636
• Nine Partners Boarding School, 6
• Ninth, Pennsylvania, 188
• Nippenose Valley, 33, 337, 772
• Nisbet, Rev. Charles, 248
• Nitschmann, Anna, 513, 868
• Nitschmann, Bishop David, 313, 513
• Nitschmann, Martin, [825]
• Nitschmann, Susanna, 826
• Nittany Mountains, 344
• Nixon, Colonel John, 292, 909, 922
• Noailles, Viscount Louis Marie de, 892
• Nonowland, Chief, 169, 174, 282
• Norbury, Joseph, 350
• Nord, Edward, [610]
• Norland, 521
• Norris, Isaac, 77, 318, 382, 594, 657, 682, 782, 806
• Norristown, 380, 602
• Norriton, 380, 385
• North American, The, 813
• Northampton County, 11, 61, 67, 102, 103, 131, 141, 180, 181, 182, 190, 207, 208, 210, 235, 267, 312, 416, 419, 428, 429, 492, 508, 596, 606, 651, 719, 839, 854, 867, 904, 911, 916
• North Branch of Susquehanna Canal, 132
• Northern Central Railroad, 499
• Northern Governors, 40
• Northern Liberties, 242, 712
• North, Lord Frederick, 328
• Northumberland, 136, 298, 402, 461, 546, 553, 555, 556, 558, 633, 723, 732, 803, 876, 877, 878, 904
• Northumberland County, 11, 33, 61, 63, 66, 72, 93, 137, 139, 177, 180, 181, 187, 188, 189, 202, 207, 210, 216, 252, 296, 326, 331, 332, 334, 337, 344, 416, 420, 432, 438, 445, 469, 496, 499, 500, 508, 509, 551, 556, 564, 596, 606, 614, 617, 639, 675, 686, 708, 731, 739, 775, 814, 819, 820, 892, 895, 903, 904, 905
• Northumberland County Soldiers’ Monument Association, 500
• Northumberland Gazette, The, 803, 878
• *Natchez, 487
• Notes on Virginia, Jefferson’s (quoted), 361
• Nutimus, King, 450, 540, 563
• Nya Wasa, 667
• Nyckel, Kalmer, 609

O

• Oakdale, 174
• Oakes, James, 249
• Oak Hall, 453
• O'Connor’s Fields, 479
• Octorora Creek, 180
• Octorora Navigation, 132
• Odd Fellowship, 855, 890
• O'Donnell, Patrick, 827
• Ogashtash, 562
• Ogden, Amos, 102, 103, 428, 559, 560, 561, 673
• Ogden, James, 2, 3
• Ogden, Nathan, 103, 560, 673
• Ogdensburg, 334, 578
• Oghagradisha, 228, 394
• Ogle, Governor Samuel, 364, 414
• Ogle, John, 282, 822
• OglethorpeOglethorpe, James Edward, 313
• O'Hara, General James, 200, 901
• Ohio Company, 99, 841
• Ohio County, Virginia, 163, 282, 489
• Oil City, 593
• Oil Creek, 551, 591
• Oil Creek Valley, 591
• Oil, Story of, 591
• Okley, John, 513
• Old Fort House, 178, 221
• Old Log College, 57
• Old Military Plan, 200
• Old Mother Northumberland, 180, 207
• Old School, Oliver, 115
• Old South Church, 44
• Old York Road, 753
• Olden, Colonel, 367
• Oleona, 96
• Oley, 33, 463, 512
• Oliver, George S., 519
• Olympic Games, 523
• Omit’s Hotel, 35
• Onas, 449
• “One of the People,” 803
• O'Neal, John, 657
• Ongwaternohiat-he, 884
• Onkhiswathe-tani, 884
• Onondaga, 15, 16, 63, 227
• Onondaga Castle, 562
• “Onrust” (ship), 590
• Op-den-Graeffs, 112, 696
• Opden Graeff, Abraham, 696
• Opden Graeff, Dirck, 696
• Opekasset, 301
• Orange County, New York, 492
• Ord, George, 581
• Organization of Counties, 179, 180, 181
• Orian, William, 396, 792
• Orlady, Judge George W., 88
• Ormsby, John, 149, 201
• Orne, Richard, 150
• Ornithologist, American, 579
• Orr, Robert, 527
• Orrery, 385
• Orrery, Earl of, 385
• Ontario County, 597
• Oswald, Eleazer, 641
• Ostenwackin, 639
• Oswegy, 775
• Otsego, 323
• Otto, Bodo, Doctor, 224
• Otzinachson, 399, 722
• “Otzinachson” (quoted), 588
• Owego, 299
• Owen, Evan, 374
• Oxenstierna, Axel, 229
• Oxford, 46, 97, 313
• Oxygen, 97, 98, 99

P

• “P,” 531
• Packenah, 436
• Pack Horses, 134
• Pack Trains, 169
• Packer Guards, 474
• Packer, Governor William F., 498, 724
• Packer’s Island, 554
• Packet, 644
• Packet boats, 201
• Paddy Mountain, 722
• Paganini, 94
• Page, T., 662
• Paine, Thomas, 70, 571
• Paisley (Scotland), 579, 601
• Palatines, 406
• Palatinate, 31, 149
• Palestine, 327
• Palmer, Anthony, 316, 749
• Pananke, Chief, 425
• Pan Handle, 489
• Paoli, 307, 607, 651, 668, 690, 848
• Paoli Massacre, Story, 651
• Paoli Tavern, 652
• Papegoja, Johan, 125, 609, 667
• Papegoja, Madame, 447
• Paper Mill, First, 128, 129, 130, 201
• Paper Money, 160
• Papunhank, 359
• Parade, Bloody 84th, 350
• Paradise, 614
• Paradise, Point, 230
• Park Theatre, 251
• Parker, Michael, 635
• Parker’s Ford, 667
• Parkinson’s Ferry, 52, 688
• Parnassus, 167
• Parnell’s Knob, 761
• Parr, James, 209, 352, 367
• Parson, Fighting, 236
• Parsons, John, 150
• Parsons, Major, 575
• Parsons, William, 235, 917
• Partsch, Brother, 825
• Partsch, Sister, 825
• Parvin, Benjamin, 359
• Paschal, Isaac, 860
• Pass & Stow, 383
• Passamaquoddy, 51
• Passmore, Thomas, 874
• Passyunk, 323, 667
• Pastorius, Francis D., 112, 113, 159, 695
• Path Valley, 265, 320, 623, 761
• Patosky, 894
• Patriotic Order Sons of America, 712
• Patterson, Colonel Robert, 503
• Patterson, Fort, 918
• Patterson, James, 684, 761, 821
• Patterson’s Massacre, Story, 684, 918
• Patterson, Mr., 298
• Patterson, Robert, 853
• Patterson, William, 27, 614, 684, 918
• Pattison, Governor Robert E., 735
• Patton, Matthew, 761
• *Pawling, Henry, 623
• Pauling, John, 301
• Paullsson, Olaf, 231
• Paulus Hook, New Jersey, 566
• Paxinoso, 540, 563, 575
• Paxson, Henry D., 610
• Paxson, Miss Nancy, 608
• Paxtang, 300, 461, 498, 553, 554, 560, 587, 594, 614, 718, 726, 764, 781, 911
• Paxtang Boys, 105, 187, 560, 594, 718, 781, 911
• Paxtang Riot, 594
• Paxton, 299
• Paxton Presbyterian Church, 236, 498, 746, 911
• Paxton, Samuel, 179
• Payne, George F., 137
• Peach Orchard, 453
• Peale, Charles W., 426
• Peale, Franklin, 21
• Pearl (ship), 671
• Pearce, Henry W., 369
• Pearson, 755
• Pearson, James, 385
• Peart, Benjamin, 577
• Peart, Thomas, 577
• Pechoquealon, 300, 501
• Peepy, Joe, 235, 540
• Pemberton, Israel, 187, 913
• Pence, Peter, 209, 210, 211
• Penn Family, 489, 492
• Penn, Fort, 918
• Penn, Gulielma Maria, 844
• Penn, Hannah Callowhill, 330
• Penn, John, 75, 92, 93, 94, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 145, 171, 177, 198, 247, 304, 305, 316, 330, 338, 391, 399, 428, 429, 482, 496, 535, 536, 559, 613, 649, 660, 661, 674, 712, 748, 774, 779, 781, 787, 903, 912, 913, 919
• Penn, Marie Cox, 392
• Penn, Mrs., 715
• Penn, Mount, 247
• Penn, Richard, 92, 105, 106, 197, 391, 414, 535, 536, 747
• Penn, Springett, 414, 805
• Penn, Thomas, 92, 105, 247, 330, 338, 339, 364, 391, 392, 496, 535, 536, 649, 747, 919
• Penn, William, 4, 5, 28, 29, 61, 69, 75, 76, 77, 84, 100, 105, 106, 128, 130, 150, 158, 165, 179, 205, 247, 273, 293, 328, 329, 330, 336, 340, 341, 372, 373, 374, 414, 415, 416, 436, 448, 489, 492, 493, 530, 531, 534, 552, 596, 598, 648, 649, 650, 660, 682, 695, 715, 734, 752, 754, 763, 805, 821, 832, 843, 919
• Penn, Sir William, 165, 391, 715
• Pennamite-Yankee Wars, 103, 207, 428, 492, 673, 903, 905
• Pennsborough Township, 172
• Pennsbury, 530
• Penn’s Creek, 73, 227, 228, 267, 318, 476, 773
• Penn’s Creek Massacre, Story, 720, 757
• Penn’s Valley, 221
• Penn’s Woods, 649
• Pennsylvania Canal, 41
• Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser, 899
• “Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal,” 189, 646
• Pennsylvania Dutchmen, 803, 876
• Pennsylvania Evening Post, 900
• Pennsylvania German Recorder of Events, 899
• Pennsylvania Hall, 7, 466
• Pennsylvania Hall Riot, 466
• Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, The, 899
• Pennsylvania, The Keystone, 643
• Pennsylvania Ledger, The, 899
• Pennsylvania Line, 1, 849
• Pennsylvania Packet, The, 899
• Pennsylvania Population Company, 154
• Pennsylvania Railroad, 37, 38, 48, 232, 618, 723, 863
• Pennsylvania State Works, 36
• Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble Minded, 881
• Pennsylvania University, 45, 54
• Penny, Charles, 252
• Pennypack Creek, 436
• Pennypacker, Samuel W., 137, 643
• Pennypacker’s Mills, 690
• Penobscot, 678
• Penrose, Charles B., 35, 851, 855
• Penrose, W. M., 441
• Pentecost, Dorsey, 163
• Pequea, 764
• Pequea Creek, 300
• Pequea Township, 821
• Pequehan, 764
• “Perfect Tribute” (quoted), 811
• Perkins, Samuel H., 890
• Perkiomen, 849
• Perseverance Lodge No. 21 F. & A. M., 891
• Pershing, Honorable C. L., 193, 316
• Perry, Colonel Caleb, 908
• Perry County, 42, 181, 596, 597
• Perry, Commodore Oliver H., 597, 624
• Perry, Samuel, 510, 748
• Perry’s Mills, James, 168
• Peters, Hans, 397
• Peter’s Mountains, 16, 254
• Peters, Richard, 292, 318, 357, 657, 700, 773, 896, 919, 922
• Peters Township, 171, 760
• Petit, Alfred C., 735
• Petroleum Oil Company, 592
• Pettigrew, General James Johnston, 452
• Petty, John, 886
• Peyster, J. W. de, 584
• Pfoutz, Conrad, 498
• Philadelphia, 1, 2, 3, etc.
• Philadelphia City Troop, 910
• Philadelphia County, 8, 31, 33, 60, 84, 131, 159, 179, 191, 207, 216, 380, 416, 419, 596, 604, 852, 853, 874, 881
• Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad, 201
• Philadelphia Junto, 804
• Philadelphia Light Horse, 503, 409, 679
• Philadelphia and Reading Coal Company, 48, 192, 193, 232, 618
• Philadelphia Times, The, 521
• Philippe, Louis, 894
• Phillips, Thomas, 150
• Phillips & Gorham, 241
• Philosophical Society, 45
• Phipps, Sir William, 160
• Pickens, Andrew, 872
• Pickering (a tailor), 694
• Pickering, Timothy, 216, 438, 605
• Pickett’s Charge, 455
• Pieces of Eight, 325
• Pierce Brothers (Indians), 524
• Pierce, Edward, 373
• Pigeon Creek, 687
• Pigeon, Joseph, 374
• Piggott, Rev. Henry, 568
• Pike, Abram, 210
• Pike County, 181, 448, 493, 494, 500, 501, 502, 564, 597, 651, 775
• Piles, Robert, 150
• Pine Creek, 398, 673
• Pine Grove Furnace, 679
• Pinkerton, Allan, 47, 193, 557, 769, 846
• Piny Creek, 801
• Pious Henry Antes, 31, 32, 33
• Pipe, Captain (Indian), 281, 404, 584
• Piper, Colonel James, 305, 306, 908
• Pisquitomen, 380
• Pitcher, Molly, 445
• Pitt, Fort (see Fort Pitt)
• Pitt, William, 199, 635, 703
• Pittsburgh, 36, 37, 38, 64, 100, 101, 102, 110, 125, 148, 279, 281, 322, 333, 375, 378, 487, 489, 490, 517, 518, 519
• Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad, 38
• Pittsburgh Gazette, The, 200
• Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, The, 200, 519
• Pittsburgh Manor, 489
• Pittsburgh, South, 201
• Pittsburgh Times, The, 519
• Pittsburgh, Washington & Baltimore Railroad, 38
• Plain Truth, 747
• Plant, Louis, 474
• Plant, Mrs. Mary, 369
• Plates, French Plant Leaden, 411
• Ploughed Hill, 508
• Pluck, Colonel John, 350
• Pluggy, Chief, 750
• Pluggystown, 750
• Plumstead, Mr., 859
• Plumstead, Thomas, 919
• Plumstead Township, 663
• Plumstead, William, 270
• Plunket, Elizabeth, 11
• Plunket, Colonel William, 11, 61, 110, 209, 260, 297, 305, 306, 337, 673, 821, 903, 905
• Plymouth, 112, 492, 563
• Poak, Joseph, 344
• Pocahontas, 677
• Pocketgach, 824
• Poe, Adam, 586
• Poe, Andrew, 586
• Poe, James, 623
• Poetess-Laureate, 202
• Point Pleasant, 167, 362
• Polk, President James K., 34, 194, 289
• Polk, William, 222
• Pollock, Governor James, 195, 233, 389, 431, 723, 863, 881
• Pollock, Oliver, 487
• Police, Organ of, 45
• Pomfret Castle, 684
• Pomunky, King of, 677
• Pontiac, 25, 42, 100, 105, 323, 345, 360, 586, 773
• Poor, General Enoch, 353, 367
• Poplar Run, 818
• Population of Pittsburgh, 201
• Poquessing Creek, 437
• Port Carbon, 48
• Port Deposit, 297
• Porter, Governor David Rittenhouse, 850, 855
• Porter, General David, 144
• Porter, Thomas, 60
• Porters, James, 76
• Portfolio, The, 115, 580
• Port Jervis, 494
• Portquesott, 436
• Porvey, 436
• “Posse Comitatus,” 904
• Post, Christian Frederic, 272, 302, 476, 827
• Post Master, 45
• Post Office, Pioneer, Story, 832
• Potomac River, 36
• Potts, James, 25
• Potts, John, 308, 693
• Potts, Stacy, 135
• Potts, Thomas, 60, 380
• Potter County, 94, 95, 96, 156, 181, 182, 208, 597
• Potter, General James, 2, 61, 209, 221, 252, 264, 307, 337, 344, 463, 469, 470, 556, 597, 615, 618, 739, 741, 910
• Potter, John, 760
• Potter, Thomas, 264
• Potterfield, 545
• Pottsgrove (Montgomery County), 336, 614
• Pottstown, 242, 335
• Pottsville, 47, 48, 192, 277
• Powder Exploit, Gibson’s, 486
• Powell, Graham, 48
• Powell, Joseph, 15, 513
• Powell, Levi, 7
• Powell, Morgan, 48, 193, 770, 845
• Powell, Samuel, 513, 860, 922
• Powell’s Creek, 16
• Powell’s Map, 422
• Powhatan, 677
• Pratt, John, 119
• Pratt, Major, 189
• Pratt, R. H., 522
• Pratt, Thomas, 284
• Presbytery, Philadelphia, 57
• Presque Isle, 152, 241, 318, 387, 413
• Presque Isle, Destruction of, Story, 387, 413
• Press, The, 813
• Presser, Martin, 826
• Preston, Alderman, 682
• Preston, George Junkin, 203
• Preston, Herbert, 207
• Preston, Margaret Junkin, 202, 203, 204
• Preston, Samuel, 764, 859
• Prevost, Colonel Charles M., 334
• Prevost, Sir George, 144
• Prevost, Lady, 625
• Price, Morgan, 846
• Priest, David, 823
• Priestley, Dr. Joseph, 97, 98, 99, 433, 803
• Priestley, Joseph, Jr., 433
• Priestley Riots, 98
• Prince of Wales, 117
• Princeton (Town), 1, 2, 428, 909
• Princeton University, 59, 386, 428, 909
• Printing Press, 570
• Printz, Armegot, 123, 609
• Printz Hall, 608, 665
• Printz, Johan, 123, 124, 125, 396, 447, 608, 609, 665
• Printzhof, 124, 608
• Prior, Thomas, 385
• Proctor, Captain (Naval), 324
• Proctor, John, 61, 149, 292
• Proctor, Colonel Thomas, 101, 367, 713
• Proctor, William, Jr., 178
• Prospect Hill, 409, 606
• Protest vs. Slavery, First, 696
• Proud (quoted), 805
• Providence Island, 670
• Proviso, Wilmot, 194, 195, 196
• Public Ledger, The, 813
• Public School at Germantown, 285
• Pulaski, Count Casimir, 222, 501, 692
• Pullman Cars, 243
• Purchase, Land, 398
• Purdy, Colonel, 615
• Put-in-Bay, 625
• Putnam, Major General Israel, 55, 908
• Pyrlaeus, John Christopher, 513, 867