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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