meet a want long felt throughout the commonwealth, and be a means of intercommunication that cannot fail to be of very great advantage, tending, too, it is hoped, to render more homogeneous the various populations comprised in the State. Subscribers to the Publication Fund, at $25, will receive the Magazine by virtue of their subscription, and it will also be sent without further charge to all paying members of the Society who do not reside in the immediate vicinity of Philadelphia. To others, the subscription price will be three dollars a year. It is hoped that the subscriptions to the Fund will be largely extended throughout Pennsylvania, as well as elsewhere. In this connection it afforded the Council great pleasure to observe that Governor Hartranft, in his late annual message, spoke in most eulogistic terms of the publications of the Society, and of the importance of this Fund; and our members may rest assured that no effort shall be wanting on the part of the Trustees to deserve a continuance of such generous praise. PHILADELPHIA, May 7, 1877. Payment may be made to the Librarian or Secretary, at the Hall, 820 Spruce Street, or to DANIEL W. KNOWLES, Collector. INDEX. (Surnames that are of value in genealogical research are printed in SMALL CAPITALS ALLEN, 202-211 113 Bartholomew, Col. Edw., Baxter, Mr., of Va., 238 Bellows, Rev. H. W., sketch of Henry Bennett, Caleb P., 20 Allen, William, C. J. of Pa., 69, 202, Beverly, William, see Black's Journal, André, Maj. John, parole of, 54, 302 Armstrong, Gen. John, the elder, 183 Arthur's, Mrs., lodging house, 243 Backhouse, Rev., 240 Baird, Rev. Chas. W., 356 Balch, Thomas, sketch of Dr. Shippen Balch, Thomas, death of, 354 Balfour, Major Nisbet, 15 BANNISTER, 110 118, 125, 130, 238, 243, 245, 411, 414, 418 Biddle, Col. Clement, 177 Biddle, Edward, by Craig Biddle, 100 Billingsport taken by the British, 11 Bird, Lieut.-Col., 13, 393 Black, William, Journal of, from Va. Bladen, Gov., of Md., 126, 127, 130, 415 BLAIR, see Shippen Genealogy, 111 "Blue Bell," near Darby, 29 BOLLMAN, 201 Book Notices, 232, 475 Boston, unwritten chapter in the his- BOUQUET, N. Y., 134, 252 BOWIE, N. Y., 138, 145 BOWLES, 189 Bradford, Major Wm., 198 |