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| 17; Archives, 17 ; condition in 1698, 65-68 ; home for the poor, 68; separation of Delaware, 72; Philadelphia, 74-77; political history, 85-87; growth, 113; government, 143; election in, 171-172; county court in, 205; Franklin's almanacs, 263 ; state of religion, 278 ; Quakers against slavery, 291; Braddock's defeat, 365; Congresses in Philadelphia, 434, 442, 525, 543; "Battle of the Kegs," 562; Valley Forge, 568; confederation, 604. — See also Middle Colonies and Vol. I. |
| Pennsylvania Farmer. — See Dickinson, John. |
| Pennsylvania Gazette, 299-302. |
| Pennsylvania Hall, as a source, 4. |
| Pennsylvania Historical Society, transcripts of minutes of Lords of Trade, 10; Memoirs, 20, 208. |
| Pennsylvania Journal, 301. |
| Pennsylvania Magazine, 455. |
| Pennsylvania Packet, 476; The Federal Arch Completed, 604. |
| Perquimans. — See Courts. |
| Perry, W. S., Collections relating to the American Colonial Church, 13. |
| Pettit, Charles, describes local politics, 25; A Colonial Election, 171-172. |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hall, 4; Old Swedes' Church, 4; description in, 1710, 74-77; violent election, 85-86; Adams's impression of, 439; threatened, 559-560; British annoyed at, 562-565. — See also Pennsylvania. |
| Physicians, as writers, 9. |
| Pigwacket, fight at, 344-346. |
| Pirates, official protection, 244-247; in the Delaware, 349-351. |
| Pitch and tar, manufacture of, 96-97. |
| Pitt, William, Correspondence, 19, 369; Anecdotes of the Life of, 19; The Empire is no More, 367-369; An Englishman's Protest against Taxation, 404-407. |
| Plain English, Reign of King Mob, 458-461. |
| Poetry, list of examples, 9. — See also Intellectual Life. |
| Poore, Ben Perley, Federal and State Constitutions, 5, 13. |
| Population, of New England in 1720, 52-53; of New Hampshire in 1731, 57 ; of America in 1766, 408. |
| Pownall, Thomas, adviser of English government, 7; Administration of the Colonies, 21, 152, 169, 183, 204; The Effect of Royal Instructions, 150-152; The Ground of Dispute over Salaries, 166-169; How to Avoid a Governor's Veto, 182-183; Defects of Colonial Judicature, 202-204. |
| Precinct court, business, 191-192. — See also Courts. |
| Preston, H. W., Documents illustrative of American History, 5. |
| Prices, question of regulation, 463-465. — See also Finances. |
| Prisons, English military, 508-511. |
| Privateers, in the Delaware, 349-351; life on, 497-499; fondness for, 557, 558. — See also Navy, War. |
| Privy Council, against colonial misgovernment, 149; appeal case before, 200-202. — See also English, Government, Laws. |
| Proclamations, value as sources, 2. |
| Proud, Robert, History of Pennsylvania, 16, 87; Politics in Pennsylvania, 85-87. |
| Providence, Records, 14, 17, 21, 219; business of a town-meeting, 214-219. — See also Rhode Island. |
| Public Record Office, contains colonial manuscripts, 10. |
| Publishers' Weekly, lists of books, 14. |
| Punishments, by petit jury, 192; military, 493-494. — See also Courts, Prisons. |
| Pupils, practical introduction for, 1-34; use of sources by, 25. |
| Pynchon, William, Diary, 2, 21, 603; table-talk, 25 ; rumors, 31; Not Worth a Continental, 601-603. |
| QUAKERS, arguments with Orthodox ministers, 279-282; The First Vote against Slavery, 291-293 ; arguments against slavery, 302-308. — See also Religion, Slavery, and Vol. I. |
| Quebec, taken by the English, 369-372. — See also Canada, French. |
| Queen Anne's War, 324, 340-341. |
| Queen's Rangers, in the English army, 511-513. |
