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, Sep. 27- 1891, Janud 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

1, 143, 223

28

Letters of Hannah Thomson, 1785-1788 .

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

1769-1770.

Notes on the Battle of Monmouth

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

and Second Streets

Indian Bill of Sale of Bombay Hook, Delaware, 1679

Obituary Notice, John Jordan, Jr. .

Notes and Queries

Book Notices

Genealogical Gleanings, contributory to a History of the Family

of Penn. By J. Henry Lea
50, 160, 281

Excitement in Philadelphia on hearing of the Defeat at Brandy wine

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

Stone.

64

72.

75

76

77, 199, 319, 440

107, 222, 334, 447

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

23, 1783. By William S. Baker

111, 253, 335

Autograph Collection of Ferdinand J. Dreer. By Professor

Gregory B. Keen

PAGE

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

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

Hill

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41

46

68

189

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

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

Jenkins

182

313

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

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

Seidensticker

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

delphia, 1754. By William Savery

403

414

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

1775

Index

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

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