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OF THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
VOLUME IV.-PART II.
UNIVERSITY
PHILADELPHIA:
HENRY C. BAIRD,
(SUCCESSOR TO E. L. CAREY,)
FIFTH AND MARKET STREETS.
SOLD ALSO BY JOHN PENINGTON, NO. 10 SOUTH FIFTH STREET, AND MAURICE BYWATER, FIFTH AND WALNUT STREETS.
1850.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
1. Discourse delivered before the Historical Society, February
21, 1842, on the Colonial History of the Eastern and some
of the Southern States. By Job R. Tyson, Esq., V. P. . 5
2. Remarks and General Observations on Mercer County,
Pennsylvania. By B. Stokely, the first actual resident
Settler in the County,
3. A Particular Geographical Description of the lately disco-
vered Province of Pennsylvania, by Francis Daniel Pas-
torius. Translated from the original German, by Lewis
H. Weiss,
4. The Society's Circular, January, 1845,
5. Incidents in the Early History of Crawford County, Pa. By
Alfred Huidekoper,
6. Letter from J. S. M'Calmont, of Franklin, Venango County,
Pa.
7. Letter from Lyman Robinson, of Wattsburg, Erie County,
65
83
105
113
164
8. Description of Economy, Beaver County, Pa. By R. L. Baker,
183
9. Notes respecting the Indians of Lancaster County, Pa. By
William Parker Foulke,
188
221
10. Constitution of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
11. Catalogue of Papers relating to Pennsylvania and Dela-
ware, deposited at the State Paper Office, London,
12. Lists of the Officers and Contributing Members of the His-
torical Society of Pennsylvania,
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387, 389