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Philada. city, expedition to find north west passage 381 Reports of committee on internal improvements 88
diseases and deaths in Walnnt st. prison 384 on the finances of the state

151
do
do Arch st. do

ib.

of committee of instruction of F. Institute 171
action of Hyder Ally and Genl. Monk 393

on punishments & prison discipline 202 209 241
tonnage entered and cleared 17 69 90 397 of penitentiary commissioners

243 258
newspapers and periodicals

398
on education

298
first charter of
440 of Deaf and Dumb Asylum

367
schools established by Dr. Bray, &c. 428

of Chesapeake and Delaware canal

391
Federal procession in 1788, account of 417 Revolutionary, anecdote of Lydia Darrach

48
two persons fined for challenging 446

Gondolas attack British man of war

239
yearly rents of various places

attack on Fort Mifflin

347
stalls in market removed

ib.
officers, law for relief of

379
city property taxed more than income ib.

capture of Genl. Monk, by Hyder Ally 393
dil vault under meal market

ib.
respecting the island opposite to
ib. Sail Duck-factories

169
ferry near arch street opened

ib.
cost of raw materials in

ib:
mayor's salary raised

raw material and quantity iri

ib.
opinion asked, respecting right to ends of

quantity of manufactured

170
wharves

ib.
cost of a bolt-market for

ib.
M. Clarkson's plan of

ib.

difference between flax and hemp for ib:
pier constructed at end of market st wharf ib.

weight of

ib.
recorders salary increased

ib.
duty on

ib.
number of dwellings at different times ib.

sent to England to be imitated

ib,
Philadelphia county

American, character of

ib.
tax assessed for 1827

176
Salt, manufacture of in Pennsylvania

29 61
expenditures do
202 Salted provisions quantity inspected in Philada.

182
tavern rates in 1778
237 Salt works in the state and quantity made

61
return of indictments

244 Schools public, number of children in, and of those
first grist mill in

283

how many do not attend Sunday schools 128
do. paper mill in

ib.
report of controllers of public

254
commis’rs, case of respecting costs of suit 286

doz to Pennsylvania Society for promoting 299
Pickering Timothy, letter on battle of Germantown 49

constitution of

do.

ib.
Pickpocket, punished

127
established on Dr. Bray's funds

428
Pierce, James, account of coal region

310
Schuylkill Navigation Company's report

73
Pittsburg, committee to canal commissioners 12

works, account of 412
resolution of councils

ib.
river, trade of

74 432
snow at 14
penitentiary at 47 216 245

fresh in 1737

126
and Brownsville steamboat

171
coal mines, account of

313
earthquake at 192 manufactories at 198

and Susquehanna, Penn suggests the
commerce of 447

large ox 287
union of

400
Pluviometrical descriptions at West Chester 447

Scull, John, death of

181
Poor Law, passed 1828

326

Sergeant, John, letter on penitentiary
guardians and commissioners under 330

Thomas, appointed postmaster of Philada. 272
Postage, amount of in Pennsylvania and U. S.

Shad, time of appearance in Delaware river 160
Post-office, establishment in 1755

109
taken near Harrisburg

208
Post-offices in the state

,122

number of taken in one day at Marcus Hook 240
new established
192 272 256 Sheep, number of

141
Post master, T. Sergeant appointed

272
expense of maintaining

142
Pottsville, snow at 208

account of 313
number of in Washington county,

112 128
Preston, Samuel, on formation of the water gap 428

merino, sale of at Coffee House, 1810

118
Printer of laws of U. S. not an officer U. States 266 Sheriff's writs, number of in 1715 to 1721

114
Shulze Governor, message of

12
Quadrant, Hadley's, invented by T. Godfrey 193 Silk, quantity made in 1771

63
R

premiums offered by Pennsylvania Society 239
Rail road, Columbia, Wilson's report on

98 Sinking fund stock, city
in Pennsylvania, account of
401

192

Small pox, report of Medical Society on 321 359
Rain, in Lancaster county for 7 years

176

Smith, George W. account of internal improvements
at spring mill for 18
45

401 426
West Chester, 10 years

447
Solitary confinement discussed

209 225
Rapp, George, of N. Harmony, report respecting 14

Speech freedom of punished

109
Reading bank, state of

239
Spirits from grain

170
census of and settlement

448
quantity of corn to 1 gallon

ib.
Receipts and expenditures of the state

remarks on ib. from molasses ib.
Refuge, house of, report on

189
difference between molasses, and

ib.
Reports, Union canal
7 8 distilled inspected at Philadelphia

182
respecting New Harmony

14 Spirituous liquors, none used at Federal procession 425
of canal commissioners
20 Sprenger, Uriah notice of

416
of engineers on breakwater
49 Spring Mill, rain guaged for 18 years

45
Schuylkill navigation company

73 91 stage, first between Germantown and Philadelphia 283
on education

77 State House bell, correspondence respecting
of do

222
on Columbia rail road 88 98 102

glass imported for
on Union canal lottery

ib.
111

elm trees presented for
on breakwater

416
115

steeple proceedings of Coun:respecting 152
Pennsylrania canal

139 141
yard, cost of railway round

416
Tioga coal beds 143 criminal code

40
of sick in Philadelphia prison
150 Steamboat first, ascends Allegheny river

160

do.

145 State maps

ib:

Steel, testimony respecting

168 Water Gap in Delaware, hypothesis on formation of 428
Steeple, Christ Church cost of
109 Weather at Pittsburgh

16
state house, respecting

152 176 220
at Philadelphia

192 256 287
Straw paper made at Meadville

160
at Chester

45
Sunbury human bones found at

97
at Washington, Pa.

15
census of

273
at Bellefonte

78 128
Susquehannah river remarkable rise of

79
at Beaver 78

at Lancaster 176
Penn's city on

400
at Pottsville

208
and Schuylkill, Penn suggests union of ib.

at Harrisburg

240
T
at Huntingdon

272
Tables, of vessels built 1719 to '23

5
at Williamsport

287
cleared ditto

ib.
at West Chester

447
of commerce with Great Britain 1697 to 1785 6 West Chester Athenæum, account of

285
of finances 1801 to 1828

10
death of Samuel Jeffries at

291
of assessment 1694

deer plenty at ib. account of 365
meteorological, 26 44 80 131 182 220 289

Pluviometrical observations at 447
236 368 431 448
Western University, statistics of

293
respecting salt

31 Wheat and flour inspected and exported from prin.
commercial

6 45 72 182 432
cipal cities, 1800 to 1827

335
of rapids in Delaware river

51 | Whippo, Charles T. Report on Penns'a canal 165
of coasting trade
72 Whiskey, large load of from Easton

181
of Schuylkill trade

74 432 | White fish, schooner's, voyage from Erie to Phila. 237
of flour, &c. inspected for 7 years
182 Wilkesbarre, Indian antiquity at

96
of state of Banks
184 Wilson, John, report on rail road

98 102
of patents obtained in U. States for 1827 240

Judge, mob in 1779

311
of prisoners from different courts

242

Wm's. report on Pennsylvania canal. 161
of convicts from each county
243 | Witch, sentenced 16

trial of 108
of vagrants in Arch street prison

244
at Germantown

289
of indictments ignoramused
ib. Witt, Dr. Christopher account of

283
of convictions for murder, 1787 to 1826 246 Wool and sheep in Washington county

128
of prisoners in different prisons

247

quantity annually consumed in manufactures 141
of ditto in old penitentiary, and annual

proportion of imported and domestic ib.
charge to each county for 6 years

248
quality of generally purchased

ib:
of the expenses of the prison

250

prices of in United States
of number of convicts for 6 years
ib. depreciation of

ib.
of the coal trade

251 prices of in U. States and England compared ib.
of inspectors of flour and corn meal 334 proportion of to the fabrie

ib,
of four inspected and exported

335
supply of

142
of commerce of each state, 1827

350
assortment of at manufactories

ib
of tonnage of each district
351 352

ib.

waste of in cleaning
of value of exports of domestic articles 374 foreign effect of in price of domestic
Tariff Bill, 1828

331
should it not be imported

142
laws, comparative views of

347

will coarse compete with domestic ib.
Tavern licenses 39

rates in 1778 114

have manufacturers near seaports an
Tax on bank dividends 39

on offices ib.

advantage over those in interior 143
county of Philadelphia, for 1827 assessed 176

is it entirely used in any factory ib.
Thermometrical observations at Washington Pa. 76

is importing a good business; ib.
Philadelphia 131 183

would the exclusion raise the price
Thompson, John's, voyage from Lake Erie to Phil. 237

of domestic

ib:
Tioga coal beds, account of

143
effect of duty

ibi
Point, large bone found near

432

of repeal of duty in England ib.
Tunkers of Germantown, account of

283

why do German and Spanish come
Turnpike roads, account of, in Pennsylvania 408

from England

ib.
287
Truxtun, Thomas, sails for Canton in 1784

ib:
prices of in England

142
U & V

growers and manufacturers of inconsistent
quantity of to fabric

158
Union Canal, respecting

778 79 409
cost of making into yarn

ib.
lottery report respecting
111 Woolen Manufactories, account of

156
water let into

208
no of hands in

ib.
first boat arrives at Middletown 208 223

working hours

ib.
University of Pennsylvania, number of graduates 272 Woolen's quantity of wool to fabric

158
Western, statistics of

293
cost of weaving per yard

ib.
Vaccination, report on

16
of washing, filling, and dying

ib.
Vagrants, number of admitted to penitentiary 240

of converting wool into yarn
Vessels built at Philadelphia

proportion of labour to raw mat, in blankets ib.
arrived and cleared do.

ib.
comparative prices of

ib.
shipwrecked in river Delaware, &c.

67
are English preferred, and why

ib.
entered and cleared 1735

127
can England make cheaper

159
number of passing Gray's bridge

272

foreign proportion of to American ib.
Voyage of schooner Whitefish from Lake Erie to

value of materials used in

ib.
Philadelphia

237
duty effect of

ib.
W

goods sent from Liverpool to Philad. 240
Warner, George notice of
383 | Writs sheriffs number of in 1715 to 1722

114
Washington, Pa. thermometrical observations at 75 | Wyoming, massacre of account of

129
County, number of sheep in 112 428

Y
General, anecdote of
292 Yellow Fever, Emlen on cause of

317
College, statistics of
293 / York county, statistics of

221

ib.

ib:

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