The

Pennsylvania

Dagazine

OF

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

Vol. XIV.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLICATION FUND OF

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA,

No. 1300 LOCUST STREET.

1890.

US 16505.5

1890, Sef. 27 - 1891, Jarvik 2.

Summer fund.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIV.

Addresses and Proceedings of The Historical Society of Pennsyl-
vania on the Death of John Jordan, Jr. .

The Leaders of the Old Bar of Philadelphia. By Horace Binney

Letters of Hannah Thomson, 1785-1788.

Effects of the "Non-Importation Agreement" in Philadelphia,

1769-1770.

Notes on the Battle of Monmouth

Genealogical Gleanings, contributory to a History of the Family

of Penn. By J. Henry Lea

Excitement in Philadelphia on hearing of the Defeat at Brandywine

First Congress of the Scotch-Irish in America. By Frederick D.

Stone.

Early Ground-Rents: Chestnut Street, South Side, between Front

and Second Streets

PAGE

i-xl

1, 143, 223

28

41

46

50, 160, 281

64

68

72.

Indian Bill of Sale of Bombay Hook, Delaware, 1679

75

Notes and Queries

Book Notices

Obituary Notice, John Jordan, Jr. .

Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December

23, 1783. By William S. Baker

.

Autograph Collection of Ferdinand J. Dreer. By Professor

Gregory B. Keen

A Journey on Horseback from New Brunswick, New Jersey, to

Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in 1799. By Hon. Thomas

The Registers of the Ephrata Community. By Julius F. Sachse 297, 387

Pre-Railway Trips to Northern Pennsylvania. By Howard M.

Jenkins

313

A Sketch of William Biddle and Thomas Biddle. By John Clement 364

Memoir of Israel Daniel Rupp, the Historian. By Professor Oswald

76

77, 199, 319, 440

107, 222, 334, 447

Seidensticker

403

List of the Taxables of Chestnut, Middle, and South Wards, Phila-

delphia, 1754. By William Savery

Extracts from the Letter-Book of Samuel Rhoads, Jr., of Phila-

delphia. By Henry D. Biddle.

Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia. Baptisms, 1709-1760. By

Charles R. Hildeburn

An Account of the Assault on Quebec, 1775

Meetings of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1890

Officers of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Extracts from the Report of the Finance Committee to the

Council

Index

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