Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

ELIJAH THOMAS, In the Clerk's Ofice of the District Court of the United States, in and for the

Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Olden Time Affections and Researches,

Pennsylvania Inland :

Germantown,

Frankford,

Byberry,

Gwynedd, in Montgomery County,

Norristown,

Chester County,

Chester,

Bucks County,

Pannsbury,

Historical Notices of Lancastes and Lapraster County,

Harrisburg, &c.

Wyoming and its Massacre,

Pittsburg and Braddock,

Frontier Towns,

Indians,

The Pirates,

The Swedes,

The Germans,

The Irish,

Negroes and Slaves,

Redemption Servants,

The Stamp Act resisted,

British Duties and Tea Act resisted,

The Governors of Colonial Days,

Occurrences of the War of Independence,

Alliance Frigate, :

The Federal Procession,

Seasons and Climate,

Medical Subjects,

The Post,

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127

147

151

- 212

227

254

259

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266

- 269

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410

422

428

• 430

433

436

438

• 440

443

. 446

Gazettes and Printing Press,

Statistic Facts,

Remarkable Incidents and Things,

Curiosities and Discoveries,

Whales and Whalery,

Grapes and Vineyards,

Beasts of Prey and Game,

Culture of Silk,

Ships and Shipbuilding,

Paper Money,

Lotteries,

Steamboats,

Waterworks,

Anthracite Coal,

Watering Places,

Canals, Railroads, Turnpikes,

River Delaware,

River Schuylkill,

Country Seats,

Miscellaneous Facts,

Relics and Remembrancers,

List of Unpubbshed Papers,

Appendix,

Final Appendix of the Year, 1856

Variety of Passing Brief Facts,

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462

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• 505

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• 587

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LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.

IN VOLUME II.

pand Directions to the Binder,

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PAGE Shoemaker's first Farm, Germantown,

23 Market Square and Church, Germantown, Chew's House and Battle,

Steel

37 Scene on the Wissahiccon,

42 Harris' Frontier-house, Harrisburg,

113 Block-house and Log-house settlers,

147 Penn's Treaty with the Indians,

Steel 155 Indian Treaty,

174 Nedowaway leaves the Susquehanna, The Meschianza in Philadelphia,

290 The Alliance Frigate,

338 Steamboats,

446 The First Water Works—the Schuylkill Water Works -Centre Square Water Works,

457 Watering Place, Sea Shore,

462 Stenton, Country Seat of Logan,

480 British Defence of Philadelphia,

610 Anthony's House,

618 The Willing House,

€19 Gray's Ferry,

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