Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

CONTENTS

OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

PART I.

Advertisement,

Constitution of the Society,

Officers and Standing Committees,

Honorary and Corresponding Members,
Circular, .

Page S

An Inaugural Discourse, delivered on the 5th of Novem-
ber, 1825, before the Historical Society of Pennsylva- l^~
nia. By WILLIAM RAWLE, Esq. President of the So-
ciety,

A Memoir on the Locality of the Great Treaty between
William Penn and the Indian natives in 1682. By Ro-
BERTS VAUX.
Notes on the Provincial Literature of Pennsylvania. By
THOMAS I. WHARTON, Esq.

A Memoir on the Controversy between William Penn
and Lord Baltimore, respecting the boundaries of Penn-
sylvania and Maryland. By JAMES DUNLOP, Esq. men-
ber of the Senate of Pennsylvania.
Original Letters of William Penn, with his Will and Co-
dicil, and papers relating to them,

101

161

199

PART II.

Papers relative to the Valedictory Address of President
Washington,

231

A Vindication of the Rev. Mr. Heckewelder's History of
the Indian Nations. By WILLIAM RAWLE, Esq.

258

An Account of the First Settlement of the Townships of
Buckingham and Solebury, in Bucks County, Pennsyl-
vania, with Remarks on the State of Manners, Remark-
able Occurrences, &c. By Dr. JOHN WATSON, 1804.
A Brief Account of the Discovery of Anthracite Coal on
the Lehigh. BY THOMAS C. JAMES, M. D.
Some Extracts from Papers in the Office of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth at Harrisburgh, and from other
Documents. Transcribed by REDMOND CONYNGHAM,
Esq. of Carlisle.
Contributions to the Medical History of Pennsylvania.
By CASPAR MORRIS, M. D.
Notices of Negro Slavery, as connected with Pennsylva-
nia. By EDWArd Bettle.