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1 THE Pennsylvania Magazine OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY VOLUME XCVI THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1300 LOCUST STREET, PHILADELPHIA

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3 CONTENTS ARTICLES Page Thomas McKean and the Coming of the Revolution G. S. Rowe 3 Tench Coxe: Tory Merchant Jacob E. Cooke 48 Notes on the Pennsylvania Revolutionaries of 1776 Robert Gough 89 Anthony Benezet and the Natural Rights of the Negro Roger A. Bruns 104 Legal Privilege and the Bank of North America M. L. Bradbury 139 William Jones: Mr. Madison's Secretary of the Navy Edward K. Eckert 167 Law and Order, 1877: Philadelphia's Response to the Railroad Riots Philip English Mackey 183 Charles M. Schwab, President of United States Steel, Robert Hessen 203 The Philadelphia Chef: Mastering the Art of Philadelphia Cookery Emma Seifrit Weigley 229 Stamp Act Cartoons in the Colonies E. P. Richardson 275 Philadelphians in Exile: The Problem of Loyalty During the American Revolution Robert F. Oaks 298 Lord Howe Clears the Delaware Marion Balders ton 326 The Town Proprietors of Lancaster, Jerome H. Wood, Jr. 346 Parson Weems on Franklin' s Death Sheldon Sloan 369 Dallas, The Democracy, and the Bank War of 1832 John M. Belohlavek 377 The Powel Portrait of Washington by Joseph Wright Nicholas B. Wainwright 419 The Early History of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company: A Study in Technological Adaptation W. David Lewis 424 America's First Student of Russian: William David Lewis of Philadelphia Norman E. Saul 469 Giant Power: A Progressive Proposal of the Nineteen- Twenties Jean Christie 480 Gifford Pinchot and the Politics of Hunger, James S. Olson 508 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS The Revival of the Aurora: A Letter to Tench Coxe Peter J. Parker BOOK REVIEWS 114, 241, 390, 526 INDEX 553 iii

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5 THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICERS President BOIES PENROSE Honorary Vice-President, ROY F. NICHOLS RICHMOND P. MILLER ERNEST C. SAVAGE Vice-Presidents HAROLD D. SAYLOR THOMAS E. WYNNE Secretary HOWARD H. LEWIS Treasurer GEORGE E. NEHRBAS Counsel R. STURGIS INGERSOLL Councilors THOMAS C. COCHRAN H. RICHARD DIETRICH, JR. MRS. ANTHONY N.B. GARVAN WM. RICHARD GORDON JOSEPH W. LIPPINCOTT, JR. ROBERT L. MCNEIL, JR. HENRY J. MAGAZINER H. JUSTICE WILLIAMS BERTRAM L. O'NEILL HENRY R. PEMBERTON EDGAR P. RICHARDSON CAROLINE ROBBINS MRS. LAWRENCE M. C. SMITH MARTIN P. SNYDER DAVID VAN PELT The Board of the Society is composed of the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer and sixteen Councilors. v

6 STANDING COMMITTEES Committee on Finance HENRY R. PEMBERTON, Chairman ERNEST C. SAVAGE GEORGE E. NEHRBAS WM. RICHARD GORDON Committee on Library and Collections EDGAR P. RICHARDSON, Chairman THOMAS E. WYNNE MARTIN P. SNYDER MRS. ANTHONY N.B. GARVAN H. RICHARD DIETRICH, JR. BERTRAM L. O'NEILL Committee on Hall and Buildings HAROLD D. SAYLOR, Chairman MRS. LAWRENCE M. C. SMITH H. JUSTICE WILLIAMS HENRY J. MAGAZINER Committee on Membership and Activities RICHMOND P. MILLER, Chairman MRS. ANTHONY N.B. GARVAN THOMAS E. WYNNE ROBERT L. MCNEIL, JR. Committee on Nominations H. JUSTICE WILLIAMS, Chairman BERTRAM L. O'NEILL HOWARD H. LEWIS WM. RICHARD GORDON Committee on Publications THOMAS C. COCHRAN, Chairman JOSEPH W. LIPPINCOTT, JR. CAROLINE ROBBINS EDGAR P. RICHARDSON NICHOLAS B. WAINWRIGHT vi

7 STAFF NICHOLAS B. WAINWRIGHT, Director and Editor JUNE M. PFEIL, Secretary JOHN H. PLATT, JR., Librarian Reading Room RICHARD M. BALDINO ANTHONY A. ROTH PETER J. PARKER, Head LINDA STANLEY Manuscript Department VlLMA HALCOMBB GARY JAY CHRISTOPHER VIRGINIA L. SODEN, Head Catalogue Department NANCY L. PARSLY Photo-reproduction Department ROBERT J. AMORE Repair Department THOMAS W. DUNCAN Treasurer's Office SARAH B. POMERANTZ, Assistant to the Treasurer EDITH COCHRAN Membership and Museum DARTHE C. HAUCK DAVID T. MCKEE, Superintendent JOHN LUNNEY Maintenance Staff MARGARET FREELAND CATHERINE K. MCKEE vii

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9 THE Pennsylvania Magazine OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY JANUARY 1972 THOMAS MCKEAN AND THE COMING OF THE REVOLUTION G. S. Rowe 3 TENCH COXE: TORY MERCHANT Jacob E. Cooke 48 NOTES ON THE PENNSYLVANIA REVOLUTIONARIES OF 1776 Robert Gough 89 ANTHONY BENEZET AND THE NATURAL RIGHTS OF THE NEGRO ROger A. Bruns 104 REVIEWS 114 PUBLISHED SINCE 1877 BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA VOLUME XCVI NUMBER 1

10 BOOK REVIEWS PAGE GIPSON, The British Empire Before the American Revolution. Vol. 15: A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the History of the British Empire, , by John Shy 114 KLINEFELTER, Lewis Evans and His Maps, by Jeannette D. Black 115 BAUMAN, For the Reputation of Truth, Politics, Religion, and Conflict among the Pennsylvania Quakers, by Edwin B. Bronner 117 PILCHER, Samuel Davies: Apostle of Dissent in Colonial Virginia, by Martin E. Lodge 119 WILLIAMS, The Ancestor: The World of William Williams, by Ann Van Devanter 120 COLLIER, Roger Sherman's Connecticut: Yankee Politics and the American Revolution, by Oscar Zeichner 122 AMMON, James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity, by G. S. Rowe 124 MOHL, Poverty in New York, , by John F. Bauman 125 MUSHKAT, Tammany: The Evolution of a Political Machine, , by Robert V. Remini 126 CAMPBELL, Maryland in Africa. The Maryland State Colonization Society, , by Maxwell Whiteman 128 NEVINS, The Ordeal of the Union, Vol. 7: The War for the Union, Vol. 3, The Organized War, , by Russell F. Weigley 130 ALEXANDER, On the Main Line. The Pennsylvania Railroad in the 19th Century, by C. B. B. Penrose 132 SMITH, In and Out of Town, by John A. Lester, Jr. 133 EVANS, The Administration of Modern Archives: A Select Bibliographical Guide, by Peter J. Parker 134 RIGGS, A Guide to the Manuscripts in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. Accessions through the year 1965, by Peter J. Parker 134 MACKAY-SMITH, American Foxhunting, An Anthology, by John B. Hannum 135 WELCH, Oh! Dem Golden Slippers 136 THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY is published each quarter in January, April, July and October by THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa Yearly subscription, $10.00; single numbers $2.50. Communications should be addressed to the Editor. The Editor does not assume responsibility for statements of fact or of opinion made by contributors. Copyright, 1972, by The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Second class postage paid at Philadelphia, Pa.

11 THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY VOLUME XCVI January, 1972 NO. I NINETY-SIXTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION Publications Committee THOMAS C. COCHRAN FREDERICK B. TOLLES JOSEPH W. LIPPINCOTT, JR. CAROLINE ROBBINS NICHOLAS B. WAINWRIGHT Editor NICHOLAS B. WAINWRIGHT

12 Contributors G. S. ROWE, an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Northern Carolina, earned his Ph.D. degree at Stanford University. The subject of his dissertation was a biography of Thomas McKean, which he is currently expanding. JACOB E. COOKE, John Henry MacCracken Professor of History at Lafayette College, is the author of several books and articles on American history and Associate Editor of the Papers of Alexander Hamilton. He is currently writing a life of Tench Coxe. ROBERT GOUGH, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, is at present serving in the Army. His article is based on a seminar paper. ROGER A. BRUNS has worked for the National Historical Publications Commission since receiving his M.A. degree at the University of Arizona in He hopes to publish a book on Anthony Benezet's antislavery career. PRINTED IN U. S. A. by The Winchell Company, PHILADELPHIA, PA.