# The autobiography of a Pennsylvanian/18 Index

INDEX
* Accident nearly terminates career, 203
* Achievements of administration as governor, 439
* Adamson, Thomas, introduced to Daniel Webster by author's father, 23
* Address at Andersonville, 402; at Chickamauga battlefield, 317; at dedication of capitol, 435; at dedication of statue of Teedyuscung, 268; to voters of state urging Blaine's election in 1884, 188; at 200th anniversary of coming of Germans to Germantown, 148; before Canstatter Volksfest Verein, 240; before Sons of Revolution, 158; before New England Society of Pennsylvania, 1891, 230; urging Blaine's election, commented upon by Philadelphia newspapers, 188; at Bellefonte on the Curtin monument dedication, 428; to the Republican national convention, 360; at Franklin and Marshall College, 305; at Gettysburg, 305, 352; at Hanover, 396; to the Legislature, 291; at Neshaminy to Sons of Revolution, 305
* Adventure with a runaway horse, 367
* Albert, heir to Belgian throne, visits America, 252
* Aldekerk observations and experiences, 217
* Allen, William, Colonial Chief Justice, 34
* Allentown Fair visited, 312
* Ambitions of mother of author, 151
* American Philosophical Society celebrates 200th anniversary of Franklin's birth, 421
* Amsterdam acquaintances, observations and experiences, 216
* Amundsen, Roald, met in company with other Polar explorers, 496
* Ancestors of author, 17; fluent speakers and writers, 136
* Anderson, Dr. Benjamin S., 65
* Anderson, Dr. David F., teaches author chess, 39
* Anderson, Isaac, author's great-grandfather, 20
* Anderson, James, author's great-great-great-grandfather, 20
* Anderson, Dr. James, land purchase at Ardmore, 229
* Anderson, Dr. Joseph W., 229
* Anderson, Major Patrick, 20, 195, 322
* Anderson, Sarah, wife of Matthias Pennypacker and author's grandmother, 19
* Andrews, W. R., 265, 391
* Annapolis appointment offered to author, 90
* Antietam battlefield memorials dedicated, 366, 437
* Antwerp experiences and observations, 215, 248
* Appointive offices, filling the, as governor, 272
* Ardmore built on land of Dr. James Anderson, 229
* Armitage, Charles, 73
* Ashenfelter, 112, 145
* Ashenfelter, S. M., boyhood associate of author, 68
* Ashhurst, Richard L., 407
* Atlantic Monthly publishes "Ills of Pennsylvania," 260
* Atlee, Col. Samuel John, 148
* Audenried, Col. Joseph C., 376
* Auter, James, 410
* Autobiography, how written, 11; never revised by author, 12
* Baer, George F., 229, 424
* Baking Powder Bill, 289
* Balance between states and federal government, 279
* Bancroft Literary Society, members who became friends of author, 101
* Banneker Institute, 104
* Bar, admitted to, 114; leaders of, 119
* Baraçoa observations and experiences, 242
* Barker, Wharton, 124, 175, 178, 186
* Barnes, William, 430
* Bartilotte, Nichola, tried for murder, 236
* Basle observations and experiences, 220
* Bavis, Mary A., 49
* Bear protection bill veto, 289
* Beaver, General James A., 229, 418
* Beaver, James A., nominated for governor, 187
* Beeber, Dimner, 339
* Beitler, Abraham M., 127
* Beitler, Alderman David, 127
* Beitler, Colonel Lewis E., 247, 313
* Bell imprint collection, 160
* Bell, John C, 246
* Berry, William H., elected state treasurer, 398
* Bevan, John, author's Welsh ancestor of royal blood, 21
* Bible of author's great-great-great-grandmother's grandfather, anecdote, 168
* Bicycle case decision, 252
* Biddle, A. Sydney, 123
* Biddle, George W., 114, 119
* Billew (Boileau), Miss Caroline, 77
* Bingham, General Henry, dinner in his honor, 371
* Binney, Horace, remembered by author, 118
* Birthplace, 31
* Bishop, Annie M., 214
* Bispham, George Tucker, declines judgeship, 310
* Black Hand activities, 410
* Blaine, Col. Ephraim, 167
* Blaine, James G., 180, 187, 213
* Blankenburg, Rudolph, 176, 185
* Board of Education activities of author, 193; election of president, 202
* Boarding experiences at Third Street near Callowhill, 112
* Boer War comments, 225, 256
* Bookkeeper for oil company, 114
* Books, collecting, 160; exchange of rare, 167; sale of, 394; farmers' auctions, 162; prices paid for rare, 147
* Books of author's boyhood, 36; studied by author at Grovemont Seminary, 69
* Bosbyshell, Col. Oliver C, 158
* Bosworth Field visit, 250
* Botanizing trips of author while a boy, 41
* Bowen, A. Harry, 254
* Boyd, Peter, 397
* Bradley, Rev. Joel E., 67
* Bradley, Judge Joseph P., 471
* Bradley, Col. Walter T., 308
* Bradley, William, H., 69
* Breckinridge, Senator John C, of Kentucky, 93
* Bregy, F. A., secures judicial appointment, 196
* Brewster, B. H., member of bar, 115
* Brewster, Judge F. Carroll, 116
* Bridges, county, 524
* British Museum visit, 249
* Broek observations, 216
* Brooke, Charles W., 119
* Brooke, General John R., nearly selected for governor, 264; a Gettysburg veteran, 493
* Broomall, John M., 82
* Broomall, Virginia Earl, 69
* Brotherhead, William, 166
* Brotherhead's comment on bibliomaniacs, 170
* Brown, David Paul, 119
* Brown, J. Hay, comments on supposed candidacy of governor for Supreme Court, 338
* Brown, William M., lieutenant governor, 271, 354
* Brown's, John, attempt, news comes to Phœnixville, 80
* Brumbaugh, M. G., asked to urge Shumaker appointment, 457
* Bryce, James, characterized, 488; literary criticisms, 489
* Buckeye Blacksmith, the, a stump speaker and daguerreotypist, 46
* Budd, Henry, 127
* Bullitt, John C., 126, 382
* Bunn, William M., 371
* Burgin, Dr. Herman, 158
* Burgin, Horace, 158
* Burleigh, 51
* Burns, John, monument at Gettysburg, 305
* Butler, Gen. Benj. F., moves author's admittance to practice before U. S. Supreme Court, 135; saves Maryland for Union, 87
* Cabinet of the governor, 273
* Cadwalader, John, 254
* Cadwalader, Jr., John, 114, 431
* Cadwalader, Richard M., 158, 239, 384
* Calhoun, Alfred R., a prominent G. A. R. man, 102; political career, 103
* Cameron, Simon, 103, 171, 196
* Campaign contribution in 1902, 265
* Campaign for governor, 268; speeches, extemporaneous, 269
* Cannon, Joseph G., as a presiding officer, 359; characterization, 468
* Capp, Thomas H., 404
* Capitol—built without depleting treasury, 434; contracts attacked, 432; contract attack blunder in tactics, 433; cornerstone laid, 350; costs compared with other states, 524; dedication, 435; dedicatory address by governor, 435; expenditures defended by governor, 432; expenditures opened to newspaper editors, 434; furnishing attack, 433; investigation and prosecution, 440; itself an answer to critics of builders, 434; scandal, author bids it farewell, 435
* Carnegie, Andrew, 367, 375, 448
* Carnegie Library at State College dedicated, 367
* Carpenter, Major J. Edward, 158
* Carpenter, Samuel, 21
* Carson, Hon. Hampton L., 13, 94, 145, 175, 273, 331, 460
* Carty, Jerome, 101
* Cassatt, A. J., and horse racing, 270
* Cassel, Daniel K., his history of Mennonites, 147
* Cassidy, Lewis C., 119
* Catto, O. V., 194
* Cavin, Samuel E., 208
* Chambrun, Marquis de, 134
* Chamounix visited, 222
* Charities appropriations, 524
* Chattanooga battlefield visited, 316
* Checkers, the author's progress at game, 39
* Chester County Republicanism, fiftieth anniversary, 395
* Chew, Major David S. B., 492
* Chillon, castle of, visited, 223
* Chinese concessions basis of a company incorporated through author, 125
* Chrisman, Robert R., 114
* Christian Science charter refused, 251
* Chronicles of Nathan Ben Saddi published, 362
* City Troop, 364
* Civil Service problem, 291
* Civil Service Reform Association formed, 179
* Clark, Champ, 245
* Clark, Clarence H., 239
* Clay, Henry, supported by author's father for President, 48; writes a letter to author's father, 48
* Cleveland, Grover, 134
* Clients, relations with lawyer in former times, 111; early, 123
* Clover Club dinners, 234
* Coal and Iron Police condemned, 349; work reviewed and law criticised, 530
* Coal Oil Johnnie, 115
* Coal Strike of 1906, 420; activities of state constabulary, 423; proclamation of May 2d, 422
* Coal tax urged, 534
* Coates, Moses, 34
* Cochran, Thomas, 186
* Coffman, Doctor Isaac Z., 39
* Colesberry, Col. Alexander P., 184, 253
* Colket, Coffin, 204
* Colket, Mary Pennypacker, 204
* Collier's Weekly prints a poem, 424
* Collis, Chas. H. T., as soldier and politician, 173
* Cologne observations and experiences, 218
* Comets of 1858 and 1860 portents of war, 80
* Commissions for executive work deplored, 536
* Committee of 100 organized in 1880, 185
* Commonwealth vs. Tierney decision, 228
* Congress Hall restored, 245; the court room in which author presided as judge, 206; ceiling falls, 238; courts move from, 245
* Congress of Authors at the 1876 Centennial, 148
* Conrad, Judge Henry C., 136
* Conspiracy discovered by Record, 325
* Constabulary organizd, 381; recommendation for organization, 532; stop a prize fight, 426
* Constitutional centennial celebration, 133
* Contempt of court, limitation of, to acts committed in court absurd, 213
* Converse, John H., incident of, offered Chicago clerkship, 159
* Conway, Jesse, 81
* Cook, Joel, 101
* Cooke, Jay, 75
* Copperheads, The, 84, 97
* Comwallis' surrender, new facts as to, 223
* Corporation charters, governor takes active interest, 285; outcry on attitude, 286
* Coudon, Henry, 56; Joseph, 56, 76; Cecil, 56
* Coudon, Joseph, 76
* County bridges recommendations, 524
* Courts move from Congress Hall to City Hall, 245
* Coventry visited, 225–250
* Coxe, Brinton, president of Historical Society, 156
* Coxe, Dr. Daniel, 156
* Craig, Matthew, an American manufacturer in Cuba, 243
* Crawford, G. L., rents office space to author, 115
* Crawford, Jack, 419
* Crefeld observations and experiences, 217
* Crimes created too frequently by statute, 208
* Criminal cases, satisfactory memory of, 207
* Criminal practice, refusal to engage in, 129
* Crittenden, John J., of Kentucky, 93
* Croker, Richard, fellow voyager, 227
* Cruikshank, Montgomery county school superintendent issues teaching certificate to author, 76
* Cuba, proclamation of McKinley a mistake, 472; visited with daughter in 1894, 242
* Curtin, Dr. Roland G., 113
* Curtin monument dedicated at Bellefonte, 428
* Curtis, George William, president National Civil Service Reform Association, 179, 474
* Cutaiar, pardon refused, 332; visited in cell, 333
* Cuyler, Theodore, described by Samuel Dickson, 120
* Dairy and food division achievements, 528; license receipts, 529
* Dare, William S., boss at iron works in Phœnixville, 33
* Darling, J. Vaughan, 117
* Darlington, Bishop, as a Shriner, 418; portrays author as idealist and radical, 12
* Darwin, Charles, corresponded with author, 15
* Darwin, Sir George, marries relative of author, 149
* Daughters accompany author on European trip, 247
* Dauphin County court appointment, 286, 404
* Davies, William T., 183
* Davis, Jennie M., 214
* Davis, William Morris, 90
* Death of author's brother John, 43; of author's father, 60; of judge's mother, 253
* Death penalty an anachronism, 209
* Dechert, Robert P., 158
* Dedication of battlefield memorials, 316; of memorial to Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment dead, 358
* DeKay, Drake, 92
* Delaney, Captain John C., 272, 348
* Delaware channel appropriation, 396; brought to attention of Legislature, 537
* Delaware governor sends an improperly drawn up requisition, 315
* Delegate to the 1904 Republican convention, 358
* Democrats endorse author for judge, 202; make political capital of special session, 411
* Denithorne, Richard, 82
* Department of Health created, 380
* Department of Public Records work, 527
* Departmental reports, economies in printing, 525
* "Desecration and Profanation of the Pennsylvania State Capitol," 432
* Dick, Franklin A., 185
* Dickens, Charles, impressions of, 148
* Dickson, Samuel, 127, 153, 339
* Diffenderffer, F. R., 229
* Dinner given by newspaper men to governor, 438; to newspaper men, Jan. 3, 1907, 437
* Discipline enforced by author as a teacher, 77; of author's boyhood, 36
* Disston, Hamilton, 125, 174
* Divorce congress, commissioners appointed, 415; initiated, 415; recommendations, 416; propositions not endorsed by Pennsylvania, 417, 439
* Dixon, Dr. Samuel G., 284, 380, 463
* Dobson, John R., 100
* Dock, Christopher, 147, 164
* Dodge, Henry C., 86
* Dordrecht Confession of Faith, 19
* Dorr, Doctor, 22
* Dos Passos, John R., 183
* Dotterer, Henry S., appointed private secretary, his death, 283
* Dougherty, Daniel, 99, 115, 128
* Douglass, William, as governor of Massachusetts, 280
* Dow, Neal, visits author's father, 50
* Dramatic performance participated in by author as a boy, 54
* Dreer, Ferdinand J., 239
* Driver, Alfred, 59
* Drug clerk experience of author, 65
* Durham Iron Works, 60
* Durham, Israel W., 273, 386, 450
* Dutch, ancestry of author, 17; language successfully studied, 145
* Dwyer, John P., 374
* Earle, Geo. H., comments on Supreme Court episode, 444; expresses his appreciation, 455; urges acceptance of Supreme Court nomination, 443
* Economies and reforms in office of governor, 284
* Edwards, Kate, murder case, 372
* Egle, Dr. William H., 229
* Egolf, Gus, the Norristown dealer from whom old books, etc., were obtained, 162
* Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves' monument at Antietam, 437
* Elkin, John P., elected to Supreme Court, 345; sought governorship without success, 262
* Ellsworth, Colonel Elmer E., 92
* Emery, Jr., Lewis, 187
* Emery, Lewis R., nominated by independents for governor, 433
* Eminent domain, right of, railroads' reform urged, 533; right taken from water companies, 379
* Empire Hook and Ladder Company, 57
* English ancestry of author, 17; baggage handling system breaks down, 226; common law reports, preparation of third volume, 126; estimate of character by author, 247; channel, near collision in, 248
* Enterprise National Bank failure, 397; state deposits recovered, 421
* Ephrata imprint collection, 160
* Equity bill against a municipal loan case, 253
* Etheridge, Emerson, 92
* Euen, Doctor David, 39
* Evans, Nelson F., 174
* Evil eye, 68
* Executive building recommended to be made state library, 528
* Executive mansion, opinion of the governor, 274
* Executor in estate of Joseph R. Whitaker, 246; for estate of Mary Pennypacker Colket, 204
* Eyre, T. Larry, 320
* Fager, Doctor John H., 290
* Fairbanks, Vice President, 395, 445, 463
* Fairmount Engine Company, 56
* Family of author moves to Harrisburg, 274; to Philadelphia, 55; settle on Chestnut near Eighteenth, 57
* Farr, Chester N., 101, 128
* Farr, Edward B., commends administration, 467
* Fee system in state departments ought to be abolished, 536
* Federation of Women's Clubs addressed, 315
* Fell, D. Newlin, 200, 276, 442
* Financial standing of state in 1905, 623
* Fisher, William Righter, 128
* Fisher, George Harrison, 127
* Fitler, Edwin H., Quay's estimate of him, 201
* Five O'Clock Club dinners, 234
* Flag pole incident on Tunnel Hill, author's confession, 82
* Fleitz F. W., 483
* Flemming, Hugh S., 183
* Flomborn observations and experiences, 219
* Flood, Col. Ned Arden, 271
* Food of author's boyhood, 40
* Forestry recommendations, 526
* Foss, Cyrus D., commends administration, 441
* Fourth Pennsylvania Reserves' monument at Antietam, 437
* Fow, John H., 414
* Fox, George, birth place visited, 251
* Franklin, celebration of two hundredth anniversary of birth, 421; claims as a founder of institutions disallowed, 162; estimate of work, 161; imprint collection, 160
* Franklin and Marshall College commencement address, 305
* Franklin visited, reception, 313
* Fredericksburg battlefield memorial dedication, 430
* French admiral greeted by the judge, 204
* French Creek, author's early place of recreation, 34
* French Huguenots, ancestry of author, 17
* French studied by author under Prof. Saunders, 59
* Fuller, Frank M., 266, 387
* Funk, Henry, 164
* Furness, Horace Howard, characterized, 239
* Games of author's boyhood, 37
* Gantvoort, Doctor Arnold, 235
* Garden, Mary, has a talk with the author, 472
* Garfield visited by Philadelphia delegation, 181, 182
* Geiger, Dr. Henry, 55
* Geist, J. W. M., 183
* Geneva observations and experiences, 220
* German studied in order to read a Pastorius manuscript, 144
* Germans, ancestry of author, 17; bestow honors on author, 149
* Germantown anniversary, 314
* Gettysburg, address at dedication of John Burns monument, 305; address by President Roosevelt, 352; author made an address, 15; 1905 encampment of National Guard inspected, 362; 1906 encampment of National Guard inspected, 432; battle experience, 94
* Ghosts in Mont Clare, 63
* Gilbert, Lyman D., thanks governor, 451
* Gobin, General J. P. S., displaces General Miller, 378
* Gorcum, in Holland, place of origin of name of Pannebakker, 17
* Gordon, James Gay, 246
* Gordon, John B., the rebel general, 95
* Governor, 261; names under consideration for in 1902, 263
* Governor Pennypacker launched, 311
* Gowen, Franklin B., 205
* Graduation at Law School of the University, 114
* Graham, George S., 196
* Grammar as studied in boyhood of author, 45
* Grand Army of the Republic experience of author, 104
* Grant, Elizabeth D., 214
* Grant, General Frederick D., 376, 457
* Grant, Gen. U. S., 15; opinion of author as to his merits as soldier and President, 174–175
* Gratz, Simon, 192, 197
* "Greater Pittsburgh," 413
* Greater Pittsburgh bill passed, 294
* Green, Barney, 44
* Grier, W. A. M., 177
* Griest, I. W., 273
* Griffen, John, 90
* Groome, John C., 284, 364, 381
* Grovemont Seminary established in author's birthplace, 68
* Gubernatorial campaign of 1882, 186
* Haarlem experiences, 215
* Haas, Job, first man convicted of first degree murder in new City Hall, 235
* Hagert, Henry S., 122
* Hague, The, experiences and observations, 215
* Haldeman, Col. Horace L., 313
* Hale, Edward Everett, declines capitol dedication invitation, 459; writes of inaugural address, 448
* Hancock, a general with whom author had relations, 15
* Hanover cavalry battle memorial dedicated, 396
* Harcourt's cavalry, 27
* Hardware store experience of author, 76
* Hare, John I. Clark, as president judge of Common Pleas No. 2, 199; memorial meeting of bar, 407
* Harlan, E. S., a fellow law student, 108
* Harmar, James Lanman, 118
* Harris, Joseph S., 153
* Harrisburg Home Week, 396
* Harrison, President Benjamin, how he impressed author, 241; anecdote, 187
* Harrison, C. C., Provost of the University, 6, 153
* Harrity, William F., 202
* Hart, Albert Bushnell, 474
* Hartranft, Governor John F., major general, 87; established National Guard, 307
* Hartshorne, Doctor Henry, 55
* Haslibacher Hymn, 139
* Hastings, Governor, 269, 350
* Hathaway, Loved, earliest playmate of author, 34
* Hawkins, Col. Alexander Le Roy, 358
* Hay, John, estimate of him as Secretary of State, 255
* Hayes–Tilden electoral dispute, 89
* Hays, Dr. I. Minis, 422
* Heidelberg sights, 219
* Heilig, Mrs., author's first teacher, 33
* Hempstead, O. G., an early political friend, 172
* Henderson, John J., 287
* Herman, John Armstrong, 384
* Hermits of Wissahickon song book, anecdote, 168
* Hertogenbosch observations and experiences, 217
* Heustis, Charles H., 434
* Heydrick, Christopher, a Schwenkfelder, 313
* Heyer, Frederick, 115
* Hickman, John, Chester County congressman of pre-war days, 81
* Hildeburn, Charles R., active in Historical Society, 157, 239
* Hirst Lucas, an eccentric member of the bar, 129
* Historical Society of Pennsylvania, appropriation secured for, 155; ground broken for new building, 351; author elected member, 1872, 155; presided over, by author, 15
* Hollingsworth, S. S., 118
* Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 108
* Hopewell Furnace, home of author's maternal grandfather, 25
* Horseback riding at Roosevelt's inaugural, 377
* Hospital appropriations should be systematized, 524
* Houck, Henry, as a public speaker, 304
* Houston, Samuel F., 153
* Houston, William C., 158
* Howard, Gen. O. O., 15
* Howard Hospital, 57
* Huey, Sanuel B., 202
* Hughes, Charles E., appointment to Supreme Court commented upon, 337; as a speaker, 484; at University Day, 482
* Hughes, Colonel, 74
* Hughes, Doctor Wm. E., 46
* Huston, Joseph F., the capitol architect, 437
* Hutchinson, George, 272
* Inaugural address outline, 281
* Inaugural as governor, 276
* Inaugural, time of, criticised, 290
* Inauguration of President Roosevelt, 376
* Indian relic collecting, 159
* Indian relics discovered at Johnsonville, Tenn., 320
* Ingersoll, Charles, 97
* Ingersoll, Joseph R., 110
* Ingersoll, Robert G., 177
* Institute of teachers at Trappe, attended by author, 77
* International Exposition at St. Louis, commission, 363
* International Peace Congress address, comment, 446
* Invincibles, a parading organization, 183
* Irish League meeting in the Academy of Music, 366
* "Issues of the Press of Pennsylvania," 158
* Ivins, Aaron, principal of Northwest Grammar School, 58
* Jacobs, John, 63; Benjamin, 63
* Jacobs, Michael W., 287
* Jamestown Tercentenary Exposition brought to the attention of the legislature, 542
* Japan's war with Russia, comments, 255
* Jefferson, Joseph, met by author, 240
* Jefferson Medical College, 61
* Jenkins, Howard M., 179, 186
* Jenkins, Theodore F., 241
* Jennings, Col., commander of Emergency Regiment in which author was private, 94, 96
* Jerman, Thomas, master of James Anderson, 20
* Jerry, the dog associated with author's boyhood, 35
* Johnson, Andrew, 104
* Johnson, John G., commends vetoes, 441; esteemed by author as leader of Philadelphia bar, 116; thanks governor for Judge Ferguson's appointment, 459; writes an appreciation of the author as judge, 205
* Johnson, Governor William F., visits author's father, 50
* Jones, J. Levering, 153
* Jordan, John W., 158
* Jordan, Jr., John, active in Historical Society, 157
* Josephs, Samuel, 186
* Judge, 194; preparation for office of, 198
* Judges' salary bill, 293
* Judicial decisions, methods of forming, 199
* Justice, administration of, 208
* Justices of the peace, new rules for appointment, 358
* Keebler, Godfrey, 240
* Keen, Gregory B., 59
* Keith, George, 21
* Kenilworth Castle visited, 226
* Kensington, author made pills in, 16
* Ker, William W., 128
* Kerwin, M., praises acts of governor, 455
* Keyser, Elizabeth, 512
* Keyser, Dr. Peter Dirck, 235
* Kew Gardens, visit, 249
* Kilgore, Damon Y., 120
* Kimberton School, attended by author's mother, 34
* Kinsey, John L., 193
* Kirkpatrick, Hon. W. S., 133
* Kittera, Anna, a fellow boarder at Foster's, 112
* Knox, Philander C., 264, 276, 353, 356, 372, 445, 453, 465, 472
* Koecker, Dr. Leonard R., 100
* Kratz, H. W., 78
* Kriegsheim observations and experiences, 218
* Küchler's Roost visited, 299
* Kunkel, George, 287
* Liambdin, A. C., notices Ledger article, 464
* Lambert, Major William H., 174, 302
* Lane ancestry of author, 21
* Lane, David H., 264, 343, 445, 462
* Lane, Mary, author's great-grand-mother, 21
* Law Academy politics, 117; presided over by author, 15
* Law, methods of learning, 110
* Law practice, beginnings, 115; financial returns, 123
* Law student, at University of Pennsylvania, 113; experience, 78
* Law students in office of author, 128; associated with author, 107
* Lea, Henry C., 175, 185
* Leach, Colonel J. Granville, 113, 158, 282, 302
* Lecompton Constitution, 81
* Le Conte, Dr. Robert, surgeon general, 311
* Lecturers on law at the University while author was a student, 113
* Lee, General Charles, 27
* Lee, Gen. Fitzhugh, entertained at Executive mansion, 379; writes of Jamestown Exposition, 450
* Lee, General Stephen D., 418
* Lee, Senator James W., 183, 186
* Legal education, cost of, 114
* Legislative expert recommended, 536
* Legislature of 1905, 369
* Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at Portland, Ore., brought to attention of legislature, 542
* Lewis, Jr., Lawrence, 127, 151
* License court, comments on, 257
* Life insurance readjustments attempted, 430
* Lincoln, assassination, 100; body viewed in Independence Hall, 101; first President with whom author had relations, 15; visit to Philadelphia in 1861, 83; ancestor of, 47
* Lind, Jenny, tickets for concert bought by Joseph Whitaker, 26
* Literary societies, convention of city, 104
* Lloyd, Horace, 73
* Lockwood, E. Dunbar, 175, 186
* Lodge, Henry Cabot, 421
* Logan, James, 162
* Logue, Mrs., murder case, 330
* London observations and experiences, 224, 249
* Long, Isaac S., champion corn grower, 395
* Loud, Edward C., 60
* Louisiana Purchase Exposition, report on the Pennsylvania Commission, 542
* Louvre visited, 223
* Loyal Legion, 116
* Lund, Oliver C, 76
* Lynch, Thomas J., 304
* McAfee, Robert, 273, 389
* MacAlister, James, 192, 239
* McCall, George, 106
* McCall, Peter, in whose office author studies law, 106
* McCarthy, Judge Henry J., 253
* McClellan's visit to the Sanitary Commission Fair, 99
* McClure, Agnes, one of author's teachers, 46
* McClure, Alexander K., 428, 446
* McCollum, Chief Justice, his Supreme Court experience and death, 314
* McConkey, Senator E. K., 348
* McCreary, George D., 57
* McCullogh, Johnnie, 34
* McDowell, General, 92
* McFarland, J. Horace, presents photograph of Roosevelt as a wood chopper, 459
* McIlvaine, Judge John A., 323
* McKay, David, 165
* McKee, I. D., 186
* McKim, Miller, 51
* McLaughlin, John, 175
* McManes, James, as political boss, 176; through interest in Mitchell supports author, 201
* McMichael, Judge Charles B., 257
* McMichael, Colonel William, 183
* McMichael, Mayor Morton, 183
* McMullen, Billy, 56
* McMurtrie, Richard C, 117, 119
* McNichol, Senator James P., 369
* McQuade, Mickey, 44
* McVeagh, proprietor of the "Mansion House" during author's boyhood, 47
* McVeagh, Wayne, as a boy encouraged by author's father, 47; appointed Garfield's attorney general, 178
* Mack, Connie, characterization, 481
* Magee, Christopher, 186
* Manheim rose festival address, 385
* Mann, William B., 119
* Mapes, George E., 186
* Marken observations and experiences, 216
* Marshall, Charles, 158
* Marshall, Frank E., 167
* Martin, David, appointed insurance commissioner, 387
* Martin, John C., an early political associate, 172
* Martyr Book of Mennonites, 163
* Masonic degrees conferred on author "at eight," 253
* Mauvais Pas traversed, 222
* Medicines of author's boyhood illnesses, 42
* Medico-Chirurgical College, 292
* Meeting of descendants of Patrick Anderson, 229
* Melon Street case, 241
* Members of Young Men's Literary Union, 73
* Mennonites, literature in writer's library, 161; Martyr Book, 163
* Mer de Glace visited, 221
* Meredith, William M., 118
* Meschianza dance music discovered, 158
* Message to special session of legislature, 407; to the legislature of 1905, 523
* Mifflin, Lloyd, corresponded with author, 15; declines Historical Society invitation, 465; a poem, 139
* Miles, General Nelson E., 497
* Military service as private in Emergency Force, 93
* Miller, Major General Charles, 312, 378
* Miller, E. Spencer, 113
* Miller, Justice, speech on a crisis in American history, 130
* Miller, Justice Samuel F., 130
* Mitchell, James T., comments on refusal to pardon Cutaiar, 333; elected to Supreme Court, 196; writes of the Ledger article, 465
* Mitchell, John I., 185
* Mitchell, Major S. B. Wylie, 116
* Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir, as trustee of University, 153; commends appointment of Le Conte, 440; discusses literature with author, 154; not favorably impressed by Roosevelt, 477
* Money, in politics, 181; troubles of the war, 90
* Monnikendam visit, 216
* Mont Alto tuberculosis camp inspected, 306
* Mont Clare, given this name by Bayard Taylor, 52; home of author's family after death of father, 61; home of Joseph Whitaker, 26
* Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, appointed State Librarian, 284
* Moody, Col. Samuel, 309, 447
* Moore Hall bought by author's mother, 203
* Moore, J. Hampton, 428
* Moore, William, 203
* Morrell, Edward D., 377
* Morris, Judge Benjamin, 33
* Morris, P. Pemberton, 113
* Mount Carmel coal strike riot, 423
* Mount Gretna encampment of Third Brigade inspected, 307
* Mount Vernon, author as delegate to National Convention, Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution, 234
* Moyamensing Hose Company, 56
* Moyer, William W., 174
* Mullen, John H., 46
* Muller, Frederick, of Amsterdam, 217
* Mullin, 44
* Munson, C. La Rue, 415
* Murphy, Robert K., 427
* Myers, Albert Cook, 147
* "My Mother"—a poem, 138
* Mystery of young insurance clerk, 125
* Name Pennypacker, meaning of, 17
* National Republican League, aims of, 175; extends over state, 183; organized in Philadelphia, 175; plank inserted by author in platform of, 180; sends delegates to Convention of 1880, 176
* Negro question, 401
* Neighbors of author's family on Chestnut Street, 57
* Neshaminy address to Sons of Revolution, 305
* Netherlands Society of Philadelphia formed, 235
* New Jersey, a few of author's ancestors came from, 16
* Newspaper, comments on legislative session of 1905, 380; restrictions should be made more severe, 538; re-enactment of legislation, 440; repeal of legislation, 439; editors refuse to examine books on capitol expenditures, 434; abuse, injurious effects of, 302; (see Salus–Grady newspaper bill)
* New Year message, 405
* Nicholson, Col. John P., 362, 384
* Nomination for governor received, 267
* Norris, A. Wilson, 103, 195
* Norris, S. Henry, 57
* Norristown Court House dedicated, 351
* North American exercises its fancy over Pennsylvania's share of St. Louis Exposition, 365; first collision as governor, 283; frankly characterized, 146; is criticised in message of 1905, 539
* North Carolina governor in dispute about a requisition, 316
* North Pole, discovery of, included in author's life-span, 15
* Northwest Grammar School attended by author, 58
* Notebook records of reading begun 1863, 145
* Oakman, Elizabeth, 34
* O'Barr, Felix, 76
* Oberholtzer, C. Herman, 77
* O'Brien, Jack, in a pugilistic pose with Mr. Cannon, 469
* O'Brien, J. Duross, 107
* O'Bryne, John, 122
* Observations on the French people, 223; on the origin of childish games and words, 38
* Oliver, George T., 356, 454, 461
* Oliver, Harry W., 185
* Olmsted, Marlin E., 276
* Op den Graeff, Abraham, 28, 30
* Opinions of newspaper correspondents on newspaper restriction, 299
* Orchard Knob battlefield memorial, 403
* Organization of state government under author's administration, 303
* "Origin of Species," appeared during life of author, 15
* Otterson, James, 78
* Outerbridge, Albert A., 127
* Oxenstiern, Chancellor of Sweden—comments on legislation, 543
* Page, S. Davis, a fellow law student, 109
* Page, William Byrd, 109
* Pannebakker, Jan, a Dutch connection, 249
* Pannebecker, Hendrick, author's great-great-great-grandfather, 17
* Pannebecker, Jacob, author's great-great-grandfather, 17
* Paoli, scene of militia drills, 83
* Pardee, Ario, 103, 177
* Paris, Comte de, 15, 150
* Parker, Alton B., 430, 458
* Parrish, Dr. Joseph, 55
* Passos, John R. Dos, 183
* Pastorius, Fiancis Daniel, 144
* Patriotic Society memberships and offices, 239
* Pattison, Robert E., 186, 268, 362
* Paxson, Justice Edward M., 133, 228, 262, 449, 471
* Pearson, Gen. Samuel, interviews Roosevelt, 486
* Peary, Robert E., at the New York Pennsylvania Society, 490; describes polar travel, 491; met in company with other polar explorers, 496
* Peck, William H., 73
* Penn Club, 75
* Pennepacker, John B., sketches and incidents, 499
* Pennsylvania Club of Washington entertains the governor, 417
* Pennsylvania College of Medicine, 61
* "Pennsylvania Colonial Cases," elaborated from law academy address, 230; written, 128
* Pennsylvania Company for the Insurance of Lives and Granting Annuities dinners, 234
* Pennsylvania, cruiser, silver service, 399
* Pennsylvania Day at St. Louis Exposition, 364
* Pennsylvania Dutch, ignorance of, 204
* Pennsylvania German Society organized, 229
* Pennsylvania, people a blended race, 16
* Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames organized, 234
* Pennsylvania Society of New York entertains governor, 328
* Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution organized, 158; list of organizers, 158
* "Penny-a-milers' " excursions a success, 434
* Pennypacker, Charles H., 136
* Pennypacker, Elijah F., 80, 136
* Pennypacker, Gen. Galusha, his military achievements, 88
* Pennypacker, Henry C., brother of author, owns Wernwag clock, 32
* Pennypacker, Isaac Anderson, author's father, 22
* Pennypacker, Isaac R., as a writer, 136; wrote introduction, 13
* Pennypacker, James L., brother of author, 474
* Pennypacker, Matthias, author's great-grandfather, 17
* Pennypacker, Matthias, the younger, author's grandfather, 18
* Pennypacker, meaning of name, 17
* Pennypacker, men of family who had been suggested for governo, 266
* Pennypacker, Dr. Nathan A., 136
* "Pennypacker of Penn," 370
* Pennypacker, Peter, 512
* Pennypacker, Samuel, 168
* Pennypacker, Samuel W., appointed a member of Philadelphia Board of Public Education, 191; appointed member of Valley Forge Park Commission, 254; appointed to Bench of Philadelphia Common Pleas Court No. 2, 198; as a representative Pennsylvanian, 263; becomes president judge of Common Pleas No. 2, 247; becomes president of Pennsylvania German Society, 246; becomes vice president of Historical Society, 246; elected president of Pennsylvania Historical Society, 257; declines proffered Supreme Court nomination, 344; elected to ten-year judicial term with practically no opposition, 202; is defeated for Assembly, 187; read six languages, 12; receives honorary LL. D. from the University of Pennsylvania, 346; selected delegate to the 1904 National Convention, 346; sworn in as governor, 276
* Pennypackers Mills visited by Sons of Revolution, 253
* Pennypacker's Supreme Court Reports, 127
* Pennypacker, Washington, 86
* Penrose, Boies, acknowledges receipt of poem, 455; asks governor to work for 1905 ticket, 452; compared with Quay as a politician, 355; excuses Durham for apparent neglect of duties, 446; writes congratulations on handling of coal strike, 424. See also 265, 357, 387, 393, 437
* Pepper, Dr. William, 134, 152, 239
* Pepys, author of a book often reprinted, 15
* Perkasie encampment of First Brigade visited, 307
* Perot, T. Morris, 175
* Petition from Philadelphia lawyers asking governor not to be a candidate for Supreme Court, 335
* Pettit, Silas W., 181
* Pfannebecker, meeting a, in Germany, 218
* Philadelphia, College of Medicine invites author's father to a chair on faculty, 55; City Institute, 57
* Philadelphia delegation to State Convention unanimously endorses governor for Supreme Court, 343
* Philadelphia, her "Greatest Need," 374
* Philippine question discussed with Mr. Taft, 472
* Phillips, John J., 55
* Phillips, Thomas W., 183
* Philobiblon Club organized, 239
* Phœnix Iron Company, 72, 90
* Phœnix, Weekly, 86
* Phœnixville, Annals of, 147; charter, 52; conditions during author's boyhood, 62; war record of her sons, 89; war work of girls, 89; Young Men's Literary Union, 72
* Phœnixville Guardian, 75
* Phœnixville Pioneer, The, 35
* Physical peculiarities, 149, 150
* Pierie, George G., 234, 431
* Pittsburgh consolidation, 294, 382; consolidation urged, 537; Ripper Bill, 270
* Platt, E. Greenough, 126
* Platt, Senator Thomas C., 344
* Playfair, Sir Lyon, 134
* Plockhoy, Peter Cornelius, 147
* Poe, second edition of poems, 166
* Poetry written by author, 136
* Political, associates of early manhood, 172; ward struggles, early, 174; parades and riots, 184
* Politics in Phœnixville just before war, 82
* Pollok's "Course of Time" favorite book of author's grandmother, 19
* Pollock, James, appointed harbormaster of Philadelphia, 428
* Pollock, Moses, 168
* Pollution of streams brought to attention of legislature, 542
* Pomeroy, A. Nevin, 292
* Popular election of U. S. Senators, 279
* Porter, Chas. A., an early political associate, 172
* Porter, General Horace, 396
* Portfolio, the, finest known set owned by author, 161
* Positions sought by author as a young man, 72
* Pratt, Joseph T., 199
* Prentis, Major General Benjamin Mayberry, 319
* Presentation of silver set at close of administration, 438
* Press, controversy with the, 300; correspondent sent out of Mt. Gretna camp, 308
* Press comments on judicial capacity of author, 203; irresponsible meddling of, interferes with justice, 212; liberty of the, and its significance, 295
* Price, Eli. K., 119
* Price, William T., 183
* Principio visited by author as a boy, 56
* Prisons and their methods, 209
* Probst, Anton, tried for murder, 121
* Program of legislation suggested in inaugural address, 282
* Prospects in life at opening of 1902, 261
* Pryor, Roger A., 92
* Puleston, John Henry, 75
* Punishment inadequate to prevent wrong doing, 209
* Pupils associated with author in Grovemont Seminary, 69
* Puzzling a reporter, 146
* Quaker comments on veto policy, 288
* Quarter sessions court, reluctance to preside, 200
* Quay, Matthew Stanley, a distant relative of author, 195; aids a Southern lady who had befriended him, 419; appreciation by F. W. Fleitz, 484; approves of author as judge, 195; as a host 484; compared with Clay, 281; dies, 351; eulogized by author before Eighth Ward Republican Club, 316; funeral, 354; members of Indian tribe, 483; jokes with Ben Sooy, 485; Latin humor from, 345; moves remains of his grandmother from Ohio to Chester County, 322; political methods characterized, 320; resolution adopted by Pennsylvania delegation to Chicago 1904 convention, 359; statue to be erected at capitol, 440; superstitions, 322; talks over gubernatorial nomination, 265; writes a scathing letter on the Supreme Court muddle, 340 et seq.
* Radcliffe, Sarah Ann, made clothes for Pennypacker family, 39
* Rand, Dr. Benjamin Howard, 55
* Railroads to take precautions against forest fires, 527
* Rawle, William Brooke, 158, 302
* Rawle, William Henry, 114, 197
* Read, John M., 172
* Reading, records of, 145
* Readings in law, 110
* Reapportionment into senatorial and representative districts recommended, 534; difficulties explained, 535; of the state proposed in 1905, 370
* Reception of newspaper abuse, 309
* Record as governor, 439
* Record plant offered to the governor, 374
* Red Bank Revolutionary War battle monument dedicated, 431
* Redmond, John E., 366
* Reed, Henry, 176, 186, 187
* Reed, William B., 58, 97
* Reeder, J. Howard, 186
* Reeves, Benjamin, 52; David, 52, 55; Col. Paul S., 33
* Reeves, Colonel Paul S., 313
* Reeves & Cornett, 72
* Reeves, Francis B., 186
* Reflections on judicial functions, 206–207
* Reform, ideas of author as a young man, 171; in corporation law urged, 532; in State printing, 292; of marriage relation suggested, 211
* Registration commissioners, first board appointed, 431; laws asked for, 538
* Relatives of author fluent speakers and writers, 136
* Relics of author's military experience, 97
* Renshaw, Robert, 172
* Reply of governor to lawyers' Supreme Court candidacy letter, 338; to Record's "Foul Conspiracy" article, 326
* Reports of cases in the Philadelphia License Court of 1901, 257
* Republican Convention of 1880
* Republican State Convention of 1906 adopts resolutions of commendation, 427
* Requisition of criminals, 315
* Residence at 1540 North Fifteenth Street began 1875, 174
* Resignation from bench, 268
* Respect due to public officials, 194
* Results of election for governor, 272
* Reviewing a body of troops from a carriage, 308
* Rewards of life not secured through eagerness, 262
* Reyburn, Mayor, subject of discussion with Mr. Taft, 59, 470
* Rhine boat trip, 218
* Rhoades, Henry, 37
* Rice, Charles E., President Judge of the Superior Court, 322
* Richardson, Henry Starr, 315
* Richardson, Nathaniel K., 101
* Richardson, Samuel, 21; Ann, 21
* Riley, James Whitcomb, made doctor of laws, 349
* Rittenhouse, David, 147
* Rittersville Homeopathic Hospital for Insane, cornerstone laid, 362
* Road improvement, 293, 350
* Roberts, Julia, mulatto slave of Lane's, 24
* Roberts, of Montgomery, advocates improved roads, 294
* Rogers, John I., 101
* Rogers, William B., 273
* Romig, James E., 187
* Roosevelt at capitol dedication, 479; at Gettysburg, incidents, 477; characterized by author, 474; classmate of writer's brother at Harvard, 474; comments of author on his administration, 481; corresponds with author in Blaine campaign, 475; described as a Jew, 488; entertained at Executive mansion, 480; expresses a wish to interfere in coming coal strike, 478; introduced at Gettysburg, 352; invited to capitol dedication, 478; last President with whom author had relations, 15; University Day orator, 476; visited by author, 328; vice presidential nomination suggested by author, 475; inauguration, 16
* Root, Senator Elihu, 422, 488
* Rosengarten, Joseph G., 153, 175
* Rothermel, P. F., a rival for judicial appointment, 197
* Rothermel, Jr., P. F., 197
* Rowe, L. S., comments on address to International Peace Congress, 446
* Royer, Dr. J. Warren, 39
* Rush, Madame, 58
* Russo–Japanese War, comments, 255
* Ryan, Archbishop, urges appropriation for Catholic protectory, 450
* St. Louis Exposition, commission, 363; visited, 364
* Sachse, Julius F., 229
* Sale of part of library, 394
* Salus–Grady newspaper bill, 295, 299, 302
* Sampson, Admiral, criticised, 417
* San Salvador noticed and described, 242
* Saunders, Courtland, 98
* Saunders, E. D., founds West Philadelphia Institute, 59
* Savanah experiences and observations, 400
* Sawtelle, Colonel Charles G., 72
* Scattergood, Henry, 431
* Schaffer, William I., 271
* Schall, Lieut. Col. Edwin, 87
* Scheffer, Dr. J. G. De Hoop, 150, 216
* Schenten family genealogy investigated, 217
* Scherer, C. Louis, 145
* Schley, Admiral, meets governor, 417
* Schomberg, Emily, 99
* School, recollections of author's first, 33
* School sentiment of boys on war questions, 80
* Schroeder, Lib., 33
* Schwab, Charles M., 367
* Schwenkfelder literature owned by author, 161–163
* Scotch–Irish ancestry of author, 17
* Scott, General Winfield, 92
* Scott, John, Jr., tells anecdote about M. S. Quay, 438
* Scripture verses, learned by author for reward as a boy, 40
* Sea sickness, 224
* Second term election not contested, 254
* Seidensticker, Dr. Oswald, 144
* Sellers, David, 197
* "Settlement of Germantown" published, 229
* Seventh Pennsylvania regiment attacked in Baltimore, 86
* Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves' monument at Antietam, 437
* Seventy-third Pennsylvania regiment memorial dedicated at Chickamauga, 316
* Seward, William H., writes to author's father, 51
* Shackleton, Sir Ernest, met in company with other polar explorers, 496
* Shapley, Rufus E., 251
* Sharswood, Judge George, 113
* Shaud, David, convicted of murder, asks for speedy execution, 334
* Sheppard, Isaac A., 202
* Sheppard, Frank K., 101
* Sheppard, Furman, esteemed as an able man, 121
* Sheridan, General, 134
* Sheriff's request not a prerequisite to gubernatorial action, 422
* Sherman, General 15
* Sherman, John, one of the author's teachers, 44
* Shiffler Hose Company, 56
* Shiloh battlefield visited, 319
* Shipley, Samuel R., 125
* Shippen, Edward, 245
* Shoddy clothing complaints, 87
* Shriners of Harrisburg entertain governor, 417
* Shumaker, James M., rescues imperiled people, 348
* Sickles, Gen. Daniel E., 15
* Silver set, presentation of, 438
* Silver, W. A., 101
* Simes, Snyder B., schoolmate of author in Philadelphia, 58
* Simons, Menno, author settles question of date of birth, 165
* Simpson, W. Alexander, 253, 339
* Singer, Captain, 103
* Slam-bang case, 241
* Slemmer, Lieut. A. J., 149
* Slight incidents and great consequences, 159
* Sloanaker, A. B., becomes politically prominent by means of wax flowers, 104
* Small, Col. Wm. P., gets a reputation as hero, 83
* Smith, A. E., 172
* Smith, Charles Emory, 185, 264, 272, 297, 301, 434
* Smith, Dr. William, founder of the University, 162
* Smith, Walter George, 415
* Smith, William B., 184
* Smithers, Elias P., 78
* Social evil through eyes of judge, 210
* Social occasions at the old "Bellevue," 233
* Soldiers' Home at Erie visited, 313
* Somerset encampment of Second Brigade inspected, 307
* Sower imprint collection, 160
* Sower, Samuel, had boyish quarrel with author, 68
* Spanish language studied, 145
* Special session of legislature called, 398; considered, 389; corrupt practices act passes, 412; creates greater Pittsburgh, 412; proposed legislation, 398; reapportionment passes, 412; resolution of thanks and congratulations, 412
* Spencer, John Thompson, 113
* Sprogell, Lodowick Christian, became a Dutch patroon in Pennsylvania, 17
* Sproul, William C., advocate of improved roads, 293; on governor's retirement, 460
* Staake, William H., 415
* State engineer, 534
* State Library achievements, 527; recommendations, 527
* Stearns, John O., 204
* Steel, Edward T., 185, 191
* Steelton railway accident, 384
* Sternberg, Ambassador, on Trautwin murder case, 449
* Stevens, Thaddeus, a correspondent of author's father, 54, 136
* Stewart, Adjutant General, 362
* Stewart, Judge John, 183, 385, 451
* Stewart, Gen. Thomas J., 304
* Stillé, Dr. Charles, president of Historical Society, 156
* Stockton, Rear Admiral, 90
* Stokes, Governor E. C., 431
* Stone, Frederick D., 134, 157
* Stone, Governor William A., 254, 350
* Stony Point, author made an address, 15
* Stotesbury, Edward T., 495
* Stove plate cast by a Pennypacker in 1787 discovered, 366
* Stream conservation brought to attention of legislature, 537
* Stuart, Edwin S., estimate, 432; inaugurated governor, 438; nominated for governor, 427
* Sullivan, Andrew J., 44
* Sullivan, Mark, writes a poem on "Samuel Whangdoodle Pennypacker," 425; writes "The Ills of Pennsylvania," 260
* Sulzberger, Mayer, 181, 194, 241, 323, 452
* Sulzer, Governor William, 280
* Sumter, awakening effect in North, 84
* Supplementary call for special session, 406
* Supreme Court of U. S., admitted to practice before, 135
* Surface, H. A., 272
* Susquehanna river scenery, 347
* Swedes, ancestry of author, 17
* Sweeney, Colonel Frank G., 307
* Sword, John, a fellow law student, 109
* System of approving financial bills, 292
* Taft, Wm. H., conversation with governor, 469 et seq.; dines with University of Pennsylvania Alumni, 469
* Talbot, Bishop Ethelbert, on governor's Thanksgiving proclamation, 459
* Taney, Roger B., 80
* Taylor, Annie M., 69
* Taylor, Bayard, aided by author's father starts paper, Phœnixville Pioneer, 35; corresponded with author, 15; member of N. Y. Tribune staff writes to author's father, 53; playmate of author, 34
* Taylor, Col. Charles Frederick, 102
* Taylor, Enoch, 78
* Teaching experience of author, 76
* Temperance pledge, signed by author twenty times as a boy, 43
* Tener, Governor John K., 246
* Text of proposed act further restricting newspapers, 543
* Third Pennsylvania Reserves' monument at Antietam, 437
* Thompson, Jonah V., seeks governorship in vain, 262
* Thompson, Joseph Whitaker, 128
* Thompson, Mrs. Jonah V., entertains governor and Senator Penrose, 388
* Thompson, Samuel Gustine, 195
* Thompson, Samuel G., 195; appointed to Supreme Court, 323; suspected by newspapers of being a chairwarmer, 325
* Thomson, J. A., one of author's school teachers, 62
* Thomson, John. 239
* Tindle, James R., 384
* Todd, Henry, 184
* Todd, M. Hampton, 184, 416
* "Tom Thumb" visits author's father, 49
* Tory connections of first American Whitaker, 27
* Tower of London visited, 225
* Townsend, Joseph B., 133
* Trexler, Col. Henry C., 312
* Truitt, Robert, 57
* Truman, George, 184
* Trust companies request to do insurance business recommended for study, 534
* Trustee of University of Pennsylvania, 151
* "Truth Exalted" picked up cheaply, 165
* Tunnel Hill, how village grew, 44; location of a candy store, 41
* Twain, Mark, 148
* Twitchell, Geo. S., tried for murder, 122
* Tyson, Dr. James L., 55, 218
* Umstat, Eva, wife of Hendrick Pannebecker, 17
* Underground Railway station near Phœnixville, 80
* Union League of Philadelphia, its critics, 97; founders' day dinner, 324
* Union sympathies of Maryland Whitakers, 86
* University Day speaker, 349
* University of Pennsylvania, trustee of, 151; date of founding established, 152; graduation at Law School of, 114; funds secured, 151; presided over by author, 15; receives direct appropriation, 293
* Updegrove, Sarah, married to Joseph Whitaker the elder, 28
* Utrecht, place of martyrdom of members of family in 1568, 17
* Valley Forge Commission report, 529; map discovered in Amsterdam, 158; Park Commission activities, 254; Park first urged by author's father, 51
* Van Bebber, Matthias, employed Hendrick Pannebecker as attorney, 17
* Vanderslice, Kate, 89
* Vardaman, Governor, as an orator, 418
* Vaux, Richard, 97
* Verses commenting on governor's message to special session, 409; scribbled in license court, 258; written to entertain fellow voyagers, 214
* Veto policy of governor, 288
* Vicksburg battlefield memorial dedicated, 418
* Visit to Washington to seek West Point cadetship, 91
* Visitors at capitol dedication, 435
* Vivisection condemned, 237
* Volunteer fire companies of Philadelphia, 56
* Von Moschzisker, Robert, 310
* Von Ossing, Caspar Schwenkfeld, 163
* Voyage from Southampton, 251
* Wagner, George M., 144
* Wagner, General Louis, 493
* Wagner, Samuel, 108
* Wagon load of corn incident, 411
* Waite, Chief Justice Morrison R., 133
* Walker, Dr., 83
* Walking trip by author and cousin, 73
* Wallace, John William, president of Historical Society, 113, 156
* Walton, Charles M., 108
* Walton, Henry F., 344
* Wanger, I. P., entertains J. G. Cannon, 468
* War of 1812 loan to U. S. by Pennsylvania repaid, 421
* War of Rebellion, the proper name for the war, 15; boyhood associates in, 98
* Warren, B. H. ("Birdie"), characterized, 303
* Warwick Castle visited, 226
* Washington's letter dated from Pennypacker's Mills anecdote, 168
* Watres, Louis A., a dark horse, 267
* Watson, annalist of Philadelphia, correspondent of author's father, 54
* Watson, David T., 276, 323, 405
* Watterson, Henry, lectures in Academy of Music, 245
* Wayne, Anthony, 20; statue at Valley Forge, 158, 384; erection of a monument recommended, 530
* Wayne, William, 158, 239
* Weaver, Dr., appointed surgeon general, 311
* Weaver, John, as mayor of Philadelphia, 382
* Webster, Daniel, 23, 48, 49, 84
* Weedon, General George, his Orderly Book published, 268
* "Weekly Notes of Cases," 127
* Weekly Phœnix, 86
* Weimer, Albert B., 127
* Welsh ancestry of author, 17
* Welsh, John 151
* Wernwag, Lewis, builder of house in which author was born, 31
* West art collected by author, 161
* Westminster Abbey visited, 225
* Wetzel Swamp excursion, 290
* Wharton, Bromley, chosen private secretary, 283
* Wharton, George M., 119
* Wharton, Henry, 119
* Wheeler, Charles, 175
* Whitaker ancestry of author, 27
* Whitaker, Anna Maria, author's mother, 23
* Whitaker, George W., 72
* Whitaker, Gertrude K., 49; Edmund L., 55; George P., 55; Nelson E., 55; George W., 60; William P. C., 64; Benjamin R., 69; Andrew R., 69
* Whitaker, Joseph, author's maternal grandfather, 25; nail factory at Fourth Street and Old York Road, 26; executor of, 246
* Whitaker, Joseph R., 85, 246
* Whitaker, Bishop O. W., 215
* Whitaker, Dr. Samuel, A., 71
* Whitaker & Coudon, 76
* White, Ferguson & Co. of Robesonia, 76
* White, Josiah, 73, 89
* Whitehead, Miss Mary, 97
* Whitman, Walt, as a realist poet characterized, 498; entertained by Penn Club, 497
* "Wide Awakes," 83
* Wiley, Brigadier General John A., 378
* Willard, Dr. De Forrest, 113
* Williamson, Stanley, 128
* Wilson, James, 167
* Wilson, J. Lapsley, 175
* Wilson, William L., 123
* Wilson, Woodrow, address at Congress Hall characterized, 495; characterized, 494; compared with Sulzer and Zangwell, 494; civil service reform, 180; compared with author as governor, 326; present at opening of restored Congress Hall, 245
* Wiltbank, William White, 118, 247
* Winnemore, George W., 120
* Wise, John Sergeant, 133
* Wistar, I. J., writes letter of thanks, 441
* Wistar parties attended by author's father, 57
* Wister, W. Wynne, 127
* Wister, William Rotch, 175, 185
* Wolfe, Charles, S., 185, 229
* Wood, Edward R., 176, 185
* Wood, Stuart, 176
* Woodford, Stewart L., 177
* Woodruff, Clinton Rogers, 431
* Woods, Cyrus E., commends administration, 463
* Woods, Joseph M., 321
* Woodward, Byron, 113
* Workman, J. Henry, 98
* Workman, James Henry, 55
* Wright, Richardson L., 193
* Wu Ting Fang, at dedication of University Law Building, 486
* Xanthippe, poem written by request in early life, 137
* Yates, Richard, Governor of Illinois, 91
* Yellow Journalism compared with English common law offense of scolding, 541; leads to lawlessness, 541; severely scored, 539
* Young Men's Literary Union of Phœnixville, 72
* Yumuri observations and experiences, 244
* Zaandam sights, 216
* Zimmerman, Colonel T. C., 229