^__A.^__

Abbey, 155, 176

Abington, 308

Abington, Meeting-house, 96

Academy of the Fine Arts, 171-3, 220

Academy, Germantown, 302

Acadians, 34

Acorn Club, 210

Adams, Abigail, 279

Adams, John: at dinner, 112, 275;

     at Mt. Pleasant, 256;

     opinion of Philadelphia 404;

     at St. Joseph’s, 35

Alcott, Bronson, 299

Alcott, Louisa M., 299

Alleys, 115-117

Andalusia, 219

André, Major, 46, 86-87,199, 247

            248, 327

Arch Street Burial-ground, 17

Arnold Benedict, 248, 249, 251-

            4, 255, 256 258

Art Club, 209

Artists: 163-178 Abbey, 155,

            177; Beaux, 155, 177; Cassatt,

            177; Chase, 174, 175; Duples-

            sis, 154; Fulton, 175; Greene,

            177, La Farge, 176; Leslie,

            176; Neagle, 155; Oakley, 177;

            Parrish, 177; Peale, 75, 171;

            172, 319; Pennell, 177; por-

            traits at State House, 74, 75;

            Pyle, 176: St. Gaudens, 238

            Sargent, 155, 173; Sharples,

            75; Stephens, 177; Stuart,

            169-171, 334; Sully, 74, 175;

            Trumbull, 63,-4; West, 32-3,

            56, 163-8; Whistler, 173

Assembly, The, 394

Atlantic City, 353

“Autobiography,” Franklin, 57,

            58, 59

—B.—

Bache, Mrs., 46

Bainbridge, 27

“Bargains,” 134

Barron, 296

Barry, 75, 271

Bartram’s Garden’s 265

Beaux, Cecilia, 155

Beavers, 28

Belmont mansion, 250

“Ben Bolt,” 180

Bennett, James Gordon, 44

Bethlehem, 373

Biddle, Nicholas, 218, 219 220

Black Horse Inn, 160

Blackwell house, 112

Bok, Edward, 7

Bonaparte, Joseph, 122, 227

            241-3

Bordentown, 337-343

Boundary Line, Pennsylvania

            and Delaware, 349,352

Brandywine, 347-8

Bristol, 332-6

Brooks, Phillips, 7

Bryn Mawr, 324

Buckingham, 315

Buchanan, James, 370

Burlington, N. J., 332, 335, 336

            337

“Busybodies,” 148

Butler, Pierce, 186, 203, 307

Byrd, Colonel William, 104-5

—C.—

Ca Ira, 61

Cadwalader house, 153

Cape May, 353

Carpenters’ Hall, 81-92

Carroll of Carrollton, 66

Cassatt, Mary, 177

Cathedral, Roman Catholic, 239

Catholic 33, 35

Centennial, the 243-4

Ceracchi, 172

Charities, 376-385

Chas, William M., 174, 175

Chastellux, 46

“Chesapeake,” the, 270

Chester, 244-7

Chestnut Street, 143,144, 400

Chew, Benjamin, 304

Chew house, 294, 303, 304

China, Franklin’s 45

Christ Church: 15, 21-8; grave-

            yards of 17, 26, 27

Churches: 14-31; Abington, 309;

            Cathedral, 239; Christ, 15, 21-    

28; Gloria Dei, 28; Holy

Trinity, 7, 16; Holy Trinity

(Catholic), 37; St. David’s

329-331; St. Joseph’s 32-8

St. Peter’s 15-21; Swedes’ 15,  

28-31, 350, Washington

Square, 220

City Hall, 236, 237, 238

City Hall Square, 145, 230-232

Cleveland, foreseen by Franklin,

            57

Cliveden, 294, 303, 304

Clubs, 207-207, 308

Coleman, William, 249

College Club, 210

Columbia, 370

“Common Sense,” 9

“Congress,” the, 270

Congress Hall, 78, 79

“Constellation,” the 270

“Constitution,” the 270

Contentment; a trait of the city,

            129-133, 135

Continental Congress, 84, 85, 86

            88, 89 90

Contributionship, Philadelphia,

            154

Conwell, Russell, 7

Cooke, Jay, 6

Cooking, 272-7

Cooper, J. Fenimore, 192, 337

Cornwallis, 71, 124, 264, 302,

            316, 320

“Crisis,” the 9

Crossing of the Delaware, 315,

      316

Cunard family, 296

Custom House, 220

Cutler, Manasseh, 54

—D.—

Dale, Commodore, grave of, 27

Davis, Rebecca Harding, 144, 196

Davis, Richard Harding, 118,

     196, 197

Decatur, Commodore, 17-18, 271, 296

Declaration of Independence:

      date of, 76-78; hall where

      signed, 73-74; signing of, 64;

      Trumbull’s painting, 63-4

      where written, 69; reading of

     206

Dickens, 62, 96, 181, 189, 374

     398

Dormers, 140

Drews, the, 199

Duché, 18, 19, 89

Dunkers, 371

Duplessis, 154

—E.—

Eating, 272-7

English, Thomas Dunn, 180

Ephrata, 206, 371

“Evangeline,”       34, 36, 37, 38

—F.—

Fairmount Park, 236, 238, 240-1,

     245, 246-258

Family, a city of, 1-3, 69, 147

     391

Fitch, 309-310

Footscrapers, 113

Forrest, Edwin, 197, 198

Fourth of July, 76-8

Franklin, Benjamin: his coming

        to Philadelphia, 5; his first

       lodging, 116-7; his first sleep,

       140; his homes, 12, 43, 44, 45

       46; printing press, 47-51; his

       pew, 23; religion, 52; his

            wife, 41, 42, 58; silver and

            china, 45; his daughter, 46;

            his son William, 57-60; his

            mother-in-law, 48; insurance

            policies, 45, 50; proposed

            European tour with Washing-

            ton, 40, 41; as a friend maker,

            59; visited by William Pitt,

            52; with the Wests, 168;

            clever replies, 53, 65, 71,185;

            the kite, 109-110; Duplessis

            portrait, 154; Cleveland fore-       

            seen, 57; organizations founded

            by, 55,56,57, 205, 261, 377;

            described by Manasseh Cutler,

            54; President of Pennsylvania

            55; “Autobiography” 57, 58

            59; relations with France, 60-

            61; meeting Gibbon, 184; last

            return from Europe 404, 405;

            meeting five Kings, 159; en-

            ergy in old age, 43,54; grave

            of, 27

Franklin Inn, 214-215

Franklin Institute, 224

Franklin, William, 57-60

Franklin, William Temple, 58

Franks, David 249

Franks, Isaac, 300

Fulton, Robert, 175- 309-311, 370

—G.—

Gallatin, 310

George, Henry, 11

George II: and Benjamin West,

            163; and Cornwallis, 316

Germantown, 288-304; battle of

            293-304

Germantown Academy, 302

Gilder, Richard Watson, 338

Girard College, 255-229, 379

Girard, Stephen; his Philadel-

            phila advent, 6; buildings

            named in his honor, 12, 219,

            220; in yellow fever days,

            116; Latin and Greek, 264:

            his college and benefactions

            279, 380; his career, 226-229

Gloria Dei, 28   

Graeme Park, 312, 313, 314

Graft, 234

Gratz, Rebecca, 183

Graveyards: 16-19; Arch Street,

            17; Christ Church, 17, 26, 27;

            St. Peter’s 16, 17; Swedes,

            16, 17, 29; Woodlands, 268,

            269

Green, Elizabeth Shippen, 177

“Green Tree,” 152-155

Grey, General, 46, 326

Grove house, 250

Gustavus Adolphus, 28, 345

—H.—

“Hail Columbia!” 179

Hamilton, Alexander, and the

            Constitution, 119

Hamilton, Judge, 23

“Hamlet,” 377

Hancock, John 64, 65 68; and

            “Dorothy Q.,” 247

“Hand-in-Hand” 150-2

Hanna, Mark, 267

Henry, Patrick at Carpenters’

            Hall, 90

Hicksites, 97, 98, 106

Holy Trinity Church, 7, 16

Holy Trinity (Catholic), 37

Hopkinson, Francis, 168, 338

            339

“Hugh Wayne” 287-9

Humphreys, Joshua, 269-271

Hunt, Isaac, 181

Hunt, Leigh, 181-3

Hunting clubs, 212

Huntington Valley County Club,

            308

—I.—

Independence Hall; see State

            House

Individuals, city of, 5 -10

Inns: Black Bear, 85; Black

            Horse, 160, Buckingham, 315;

            City Tavern, 84,85

            Crooked

            Billet, 85; Indian King, 84;

            Indian Queen, 79; Peg Mul-

            len’s, 84;  Pewter Platter, 84;

            Robert Morris, 317; Three

            Crowns, 85

Insurance Companies, 50, 150-5

Insurance, Franklin’s 45, 50

Irving, Washington, 183, 186

—J.—

Jabetz, Brother, 206

James, Henry, 141, 281

Jaudenes, 334, 355

Jefferson, Joseph, 199

Jefferson, Thomas, 61, 68, 69,

            246, 292

Joffre, General, 378

Jordans, 4

—K.—

Kearsley, Doctor, 23

Keith, Governor, 59, 312, 313

            314

Keithites, 106

Kemble, Charles, 185

Kemble, Fanny, 185, 298, 306

            307

Kipling, 366

Knox, General, 182, 269, 271

            294, 295, 359

—L.—

La Farge, John, 176

Lafayette, almost caputed, 356;

            gateway of Pennsylvania Hos-

            pital, 378; Laurens, 375;

            Napoleon, 319; at Bethlehem,

            374; at “State in Schuylkill”        

            216; joins the army, 315

Lancaster, 366, 367, 369

Latrobe, Benjamin, 220, 221

Laurens, Henry, 374, 375

Lee, General Charles, 26

Lemon Hill, 249

Leslie, Charles, 176

Letitia house, 124, 250; Letitia

            Street, 124-125

Liberty Bell, 24, 72

Library Company,The, 56

Library, Ridgeway, 221

Lincoln, President, 71, 233, 250,

Lititz, 372

Logan, the Indian, 292

Logan, James 56, 101, 291 292

Logan Square, 233, 239

Long, John Luther, 308

Longfellow, 37, 330, 373

Lorimer, George Horace, 7, 308

Lowell, James Russell, 109, 190

—M.—

Macpherson, Captain John, 255

Main Line, 323-4

Mansfield, Richard, 200

Market Street, North of, 141

            146-7

Market Street, South of, 141, 146

            386-396

Markets, 30,277

Marshall, Chief Justice, 304

McClellan, General, 10

McKean, Thomas, 264

McKinley, President, 266

McLane, Captain, 143, 295

Meade, General, 38-9

Meeting-houses: 95, 96, 97, 98

            106-10; Abington, 96; Bir-

            mingham, 347; Germantown,

            298; Mennonite, 303

Memorial Hall, 244

Mennonites, 303, 369

Mint, the, 223, 306

Mirailles, 258

Mischianza, 248, 402

Mitchell, S. Weir, 155, 387-9

Mobs, 281

Moore, “Tom,” 193

Moravians, 372-5

Morris houses, 120, 121, 299

Mott, Lucretia, 96

Mt. Pleasant, 248, 251, 255-8

Mummers, 403

Münchausen, 196

Murray, Lindley, 164, 370

—N.—

Naaman’s 249

Napoleon, 319, 340

Navel heroes, graves of, 17, 18

            27, 75, 269

Navy Yard, 270, 306

Newcastle, 251-2

New Hope, 315

—O.—

Oakley, Violet, 177

Oaks of Abington, 96

Octavia Hill Association, 384

Old Swedes’ Church, 15, 28-31

Opera, the, 394

Orchestra, Philadelphia, 285

Orianna Street, 43, 44

—P.—

Pageants, 403

Paine, Tom, 8, 10, 338

Paoli, 325-7

Parkway, the, 239

Parrish, Maxfield, 177

Peale, Charles W., 75, 171, 172

            205, 319

Peale, Rembrandt, 172, 205

Penn, Admiral, 3, 4, 10

Penn Charter School, 100

Penn, John  250

Penn William: his ancestors, 3,

            4; his family, 4, 5; naming

            his city, 2; Indian treaty, 101-

            3; land reserved for Indians,

            148; boating, 157; planning

            the squares, 23; witchcraft,

            232; love for Philadelphia,

            103; estimate by Colonel Byrd,

            104-5; estimate by Mccaulay,

            103; Delaware River mansion,

            251; Newcastle bequest, 352;

            City Hall statue, 237, 238;

            lead statue of, 378; burial

            place, 4

Pennell, Joseph, 177

Pennsylvania, origin of name, 2

“Pennsylvania Dutch,” 366-9

Pennsylvania Hospital, 376-8

Philadelphia Club, 202-5

Philosophical Society, 55, 205,

            206

Plastic Club, 214

Poe, 191-3

Politeness, 281-282

Poor Richard Club, 214

Porter, Admiral, 269

Potter: the Bishops, 8

Potter’s Field, 234-235

Powel house, 112

Priestly, Doctor, 53

Princeton, 318, 319

Pronunciations, local, 183, 138

Punishments, 136,232,233

Pyle, Howard, 176

—Q.—

Quakers, 4, 82, 93-110, 239, 279

287

Quoin d’Or, 214

—R.—

Rachel, the actress, 198

Read house, 351

Read, Thomas Buchanan, 180

Reid, Captain Mayne, 192

Revere, Paul, 224

Reynolds, General, statue of, 237

Ridgeway Library, 221, 222, 223

Rising Sun, 289, 290

Rittenhouse Square, 393

Rochambeau, 235

Rodney, Cæsar, 66-68, 329, 349

Rogers, Samuel, 181

Rogers, the sculptor, 237

Romantic business, 150-162

Roosevelt, 266

Ross, “Betsey, 23, 125-7

Ross, Charlie, 301

Rush, Doctor Benjamin, 116, 195,

            221, 272

Rush mansion, 222, 223

Rush, Mrs., 221-223

Rush, William, 172, 236, 241, 242

—S.—

St. David’s 329-331

St. Gaudens, 238

St. Joseph’s 32-8

St. Peter’s, 15-21

Sargent, John S., 155, 173

Schools, 398

Scott, Stir Walter, 62, 63 183

Scrapple, 273, 277

Seckle pears, 29

Shackamaxon, 102

“Sheridan’s Ride,” 179

Shipley, Bishop, 405

Shippen, Peggy, 218, 251-4

Shooters, the, 403

Silver, old; of Christ Church, 25;

            Franklin’s, 45; by Syng, 73

Silversmiths, early, 73, 278

Sketch Club, 214

Slavery, Jefferson on, 68

Smith, Kate, 11

Smith, Provost, 123, 339

Smith, Sydney, 164

Solitary, Order of the, 371

South Street, 400

Spanish Ministers, 258, 277,

            333-5

Speech, characteristic, 128, 129

            138, 139

State House; “Independence

            Hall”; 62-79; architect of, 23;

            Lincoln at, 71

“State in Schuylkill,” 215-7

Stenton, 291-3

Stephens, Alice Barber, 177

Sterne, Laurence, 314

Stock Exchange, the old, 156

Stockton, Frank R. 268

“Street of Little Clubs,” 213

Street Signs, 138

Stuart, Gilbert, 169-171, 296-8,

            334

Sully, 74, 175

Supreme Court building, 78

Sutter, 372

Swanson, 29

Swedes, 28, 29, 233, 345, 349

Sweetbriar mansion, 250

Syng, the silversmith, 73

—T.—

Tammany, 289, 290

Taylor, Bayard, 180, 330

Temple University, 6

Thackeray, 133, 186-9, 404

Theatres, 198, 199

Tilghman, Tench, 266

Treaty Elm, 101-2

Trenton, 317, 319, 320

Trumbull 63-4

Truxtun, Commodore, grave of,

            27

Twyford, 57

—U.—

Union League, 211

“United States” the 270

University Club, 208

University of Pennsylvania

            260-5

—V.—

Valley Forge, 354-365

Vining, Mary, 328

—W.—

Walnut Street, Theater, 198

Washington, George; his Phila-

            delphia home, 119-120; bells

            rung for, 24; at church, 25;

            his pews, 19, 23; costumes, 25;

            79; and Yrujo, 334; at Powel

            house, 112; setting watch, 118;

            at theater, 119; the American

            flag, 126; on York Road, 314;

            the Crossing, 315; at Brandy-

            wine 347, 348; near Chester,

            347-8; Valley Forge head-

            quarters, 360; at Stenton, 293;   

            home in Germantown, 299-301

            visiting Navy Yard, 270; pro

            posed European tour, 40-1; re-

            tiring from Presidency, 79;

            Farewell Address, 78; por-

            traits of, by the Peals, 205,

            319, by Stuart, 169-171, by

            Sharples, 75, at Princeton,

            319; German statue of in Fair-

            mount, 239

Washington Square, 220, 233, 234

Wayne, Anthony, 235, 272, 295

                321-4, 325-5, 360; burial place

            329-331

Welsh names, 324

West, Benjamin, 32-9; 56, 163-8,

            376

Whistler, 173

White, Stanford, 12, 220

Whitefield, 51, 52, 309

Whitman, Walt, 144, 194

Whittier, John G., 93, 103-4

Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 11

Willow Grove, 309

Wilmington, 349-351

Wilson, grandfather of Woodrow

            Wilson, 44

Wilson, James, 22

Wilson, the ornithologist, 29

Wissahickon, 243, 299

Wistar, Doctor Caspar, 207; his

            house, 208

Wistar Party, 206-8

Wistaria, 208

Wister, Owen, 186, 207,298,307

Wister house, 298

Witchcraft, 232

Woodford mansion, 248-289

Woodlands, 268, 269

Wright, Patience, 337

Wrought iron, 112, 113, 114

—Y.—

Yellow Fever, 116

“Yellow Mansion,” 121

York, 367, 370

York Road, 305-315

Yrujo, 334