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1 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY Quarterly Journal of the Pennsylvania Historical Association PAUL A. W. WALLACE, Editor Annville, Pa. DONALD H. KENT, Associate Editor Box 885, Harrisburg, Pa. BOYER, Assistant Editor 2933 Liberty Street, Allentown, Pa. MELVILLE J. J. CUTLER ANDREWS, Book Review Editor Pennsylvania College for Women Pittsburgh, Pa. EDITORIAL BOARD.j. ORIN ULIPHIANT JOHN H. POWELL WILLIAM A. Russ, JR. PHELPS SOULE S. K. STEVENS CONTRIBUTING EDITORS RALPH CORDIER HOMER T. ROSENBERGER LILY LEE NIXON NORMAN B. WILKINSON VOLUME XX January-October, 1953

2 THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS WILLIAM A. Russ, JR., President JAMES A. BARNES, First Vice-Pres. FRANCES DORRANCE, Second Vice-Pres. PHILIP S. KLEIN, Secretary Ross PIER WRIGHT, Treasurer PAUL A. W. WALLACE, Editor COUNCIL The Officers and WHITFIELD J. BELL ARTHUR C. BINING MELVILLE J. BOYER RALPH CORDIER RUSSELL J. FERGUSON ROBERT FORTENBAUGH LAWRENCE H. GIPSON OLIVER S. HECKMAN LOUIS J. HEIZMANN ALFRED P. JAMES Roy F. NICHOLS J. BENNETT NOLAN J. ORIN OLIPHANT JOHN H. POWELL HOMER T. ROSENBERGER S. K. STEVENS CHARLES G. WEBB RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS, 2D HE Pennsylvania Historical Association is designed to serve as a co- T ordinating body to aid, supplement, and make more effective the efforts of the local historical societies and their federation and to stimulate the interest of teachers and other individuals who are concerned with the history of the Commonwealth. Its general aims are to promote scholarly activity in the history of Pennsylvania and the teaching of state history in the schools and colleges of the state. It is planned to accomplish these objectives through annual meetings held successively in different parts of the state and through the publication of articles, books, and source material pertaining to Pennsylvania history. The Pennsylvania Historical Association publishes PENNSYLVANIA HIS- TORY, its Quarterly Journal, to make available articles embodying current historical research on Pennsylvania, news of historical activities, and reviews of books which will be of interest to historically-minded Pennsylvanians. The News and Comment section of the magazine serves the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies, the county and local historical societies, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, as a clearinghouse for news of their activities. The annual subscription rate is $4.00. A cordial invitation is extended to all to join this organization. Application for membership may be made to the Secretary, Dr. Philip S. Kleih, Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa. Membership dues are as follows: active (annual), $4.00; sustaining (annual), $10.00; life, $50.00; patron, $1, All members receive the magazine free.

3 INDEX A After the White House, by Asa E. Martin. Reviewed, 215. Alcoa, An American Enterprise, by Charles C. Carr. Reviewed, 209. American Diaries of Richard Cobden, The, ed. by Elizabeth Hoon Cawley. Reviewed, 313. Andrews, J. Cutler, ed., "Book Reviews and Book Notes," 106, 206, 302, 453. Andrews, J. Cutler, review by, 456. "Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association, The Twentyfirst," by Philip S. Klein, 69. Autumn Leaves Since Shinar, by M. A. Miller. Reviewed, 459. B Bains, George B., "The John Harris Mansion and the Historical Society of Dauphin County," 439. Barns, William D., review by, 206. Billington, Ray Allen, review by, 457. Bissell, Richard, The Monongahela. Reviewed by Richard T. Wiley, 109. "Blooming Grove, The Dunker Settlement of Central Pennsylvania," by Russell Wieder Gilbert, 23. "Boal Family and its Accomplishments, The," by J. Thomas Mitchell, 280. "Book Reviews and Book Notes," ed. by J. Cutler Andrews, 106, 206, 302, 453. Boyd, Julian P., ed., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Volume IV. Reviewed by J. H. Powell, 117. Boyer, Melville J., ed., Proceedings of the Lehigh County Historical Society. Reviewed by Norman B. Wilkinson, 120. Brackbill, Martin H., "The Eisenhowers in Pennsylvania," 79. Bridges, Hal, Iron Millionaire: Life of Charlemagne Tower. Reviewed by Fred A. Shannon, 308. Brief Account of the Indians of Delaware, A, by C. A. Weslager. Book note, 314. iii Brinton, Howard, Friends for Three Hundred Years: The History and Beliefs of the Society of Friends Since George Fox Started the Quaker Movement. Reviewed by Oliver S. Heckman, 211. Broadax and Bayonet: The Role of the United States Army in the Development of the Northwest, i8x5- x86o, by Francis Paul Prucha. Reviewed, 457. C Carr, Charles C., Alcoa, An American Enterprise. Reviewed by Paul H. Giddens, 209. Cawley, Elizabeth Hoon, ed., The American Diaries of Richard Cobden. Reviewed by Warren S. Tryon, 313. Clemmer, Josephine C., review by, 114. "Covenant of Blood, The," by Paul A. W. Wallace, 284. Cummings, Hubertis, "Pennsylvania's State Houses and Capitols," 409. Cummings, Hubertis, "Stephen Hills and the Building of Pennsylvania's First Capitol," 419. D Dangerfield, George, The Era of Good Feelings. Reviewed by Russell J. Ferguson, 106. Dawes, Norman H., review by, 306. Dearing, Mary R., Veterans in Politics: The Story of the G. A. R. Reviewed by W. Neil Franklin, 309. Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, i86i-1865, ed. by David Donald. Reviewed, 311. Donald, David, Hirst D. Milhollen, Milton Kaplan, and Hulen Stuart, eds., Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, i86i- I865. Reviewed by Robert A. Lively, 311. Dunaway, Wayland F., review by, 458.

4 E Economic Aspects of the Second Bank of the United States, The, by Walter Buckingham Smith. Reviewed, 310. "Eighteenth Century German Lutheran and Reformed Clergymen in the Susquehanna Valley, The," by Charles H. Glatfelter, 57. Eisenhart, Luther P., ed., Historic Philadelphia from the Founding until the Early Nineteenth Century: Papers Dealing with its People and Buildings, with an Illustrative Map. Reviewed by J. Orin Oliphant, 455. "Eisenhowers in Pennsylvania, The," by Martin H. Brackbill, 79. Era of Good Feelings, The, by George Dangerfield. Reviewed, 106. "Establishing a Historical Society," by Frederick Tilberg, 187. Extraordinary Mr. Morris, The, by Howard Swiggett. Reviewed, 108. F Ferguson, Russell J., review by, 106. Forests for the Future, ed. by Rodney C. Loehr. Reviewed, 312. Fortenbaugh, Robert, review by, 214. Rortenbaugh, Robert, "York as the Continental Capital: September 30, 1777-June 27, 1778," 399. Fortenbaugh, Robert, and H. James Tarman, The Pennsylvania Story. Reviewed by Wayland F. Dunaway, 458. Franklin, W. Neil, review by, 309. Friends for Thtree Hundred Years: The History and Beliefs of the Society of Friends Since George Fox Started the Quaker Movement, by Howard Brinton. Reviewed, 211. G Giddens, Paul H., review by, 209. Gilbert, Russell Wieder, "Blooming Grove, The Dunker Settlement of Central Pennsylvania," 23. Gilbert, Russell Wieder, Pennsylvania German Wills. Reviewed by Francis Coleman Rosenberger, 207. Glatfelter, Charles H., "The Eighteenth Century German Lutheran and Reformed Clergymen in the Susquehanna Valley," 57. Goldman, Eric F., Rendezvous with Destiny. Reviewed by Richard C. Wade, 453. Guthrie, Dwight Raymond, John Mc- Millan, the Apostle of Presbyterianism in the West, i752-i833. Reviewed by J. Orin Oliphant, 302. H Handlin, Oscar, The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations that Made the American People. Reviewed by F. C. Swanson, 212. Harbison, Winfred A., review by, 112. Harding, George M., "Historical Murals in the Montgomery County Court House," 219. Heckman, Oliver S., review by, 211. Helfman, Harold M., review by, 215. Henry Deringer's Pocket Pistol, by John E. Parsons. Reviewed, 110. Hermann, Burke M., review by, 108. Higginbotham, Sanford W., The Keystone in the Democratic Arch: Pennsylvania Politics, i8oo-i8&6. Reviewed by William D. Barns, 206. Hillegass, Foster C., "History, Art, and County Commissioners: A Unique Story from Montgomery County," 237. "Historical Murals in the Montgomery County Court House," by George M. Harding, 219. Historical Societies, 90, 190, 287, 443. Historic Philadelphia from the Founding until the Early Nineteenth Century: Papers Dealing with its People and Buildings, with an Illustrative Map, ed. by Luther P. Eisenhart. Reviewed, 455. "History, Art, and County Commissioners: A Unique Story from Montgomery County," by Foster C. Hillegass, 237. Iron Millionaire: Life of Charlemagne Tower, by Hal Bridges. Reviewed, 308. J "John Harris Mansion and the Historical Society of Dauphin County, The," by George B. Bains, 439. iv

5 John McMillan, the Apostle of Presbyterianism in the West, 1752-x833, by Dwight Raymond Guthrie. Reviewed, 302. Johnson, Gerald W., Pattern of Liberty: The Story of Old Philadelphia. Reviewed by Jeannette P. Nichols, 303. K Kent, Donald H., "News and Comment," 90, 190, 287, 443. Keystone in the Democratic Arch, The: Pennsylvania Politics, I8oo- I8I6, by Sanford W. Higginbotham. Reviewed, 206. Kirkland, Edward C., review by, 305. Klein, Philip S., "The Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association," 69. Klett, Guy S., "Scotch-Irish Presbyterian Pioneering Along the Susquehanna River," 165. Know Pennsylvania, A Handbook of Basic Information, by Louise M. Young, Harold F. Alderfer, and Elisabeth Smedley. Reviewed, 113. Kuriack, Dennis C., "The 'President's House in Philadelphia," 380. L Langer, William L., and S. Everett Gleason, The World Crisis and American Foreign Policy: The Challenge to Isolation, Reviewed by Jeannette P. Nichols, 116. Lehigh County Historical Society, Proceedings of the, ed. by Melville J. Boyer. Reviewed, 120. Lewis, Virginia E., review by, 210. Lincoln the President: Midstream, by J. G. Randall. Reviewed, 214. Litgelbach, William E., "Philadelphia and the Conservation of the National Heritage," 339. Lively, Robert A., review by, 311. Loehr, Rodney C., ed., Forests for the Future. Reviewed by S. K. Stevens, 312. M Makers of Modern Journalism, by Kenneth Stewart and John Tebbel. Reviewed, 456. Martin, Asa E., After the White House. Reviewed by Harold M. Helfman, 215. Massey, George Valentine, II, The Pennocks of Primitive Hall. Reviewed by Milton Rubincam, 115. Miller, M. A., Autumn Leaves Since Shinar. Reviewed by Sewell E. Slick, 459. "Mr. Davy's Diary, 1794," ed. by Norman B. Wilkinson, 123, 258. Mitchell, J. Thomas, "The Boal Family and its Accomplishments," 280. Monongahela, The, by Richard Bissell. Reviewed, 109. Morman, John F., "The Painting Preacher: John Valentine Haidt," 180. N "News and Comment," by Donald H. Kent, 90, 190, 287, 443. Nichols, Jeannette P., reviews by, 116, 303. Norman, John, review by, Oakley, Violet, "The Vision of William Penn: Mural Paintings in the Capitol of Pennsylvania," 317. Oliphant, J. Orin, reviews by, 302, 455. Origins of the New South, 1877-i9I3, by C. Vann Woodward. Reviewed, 118. P "Painting Preacher, The: John Valentine Haidt," by John F. Morman, 180. Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume IV, ed. by Julian P. Boyd. Reviewed, 117. Parsons, John E., Henry Deringer's Poalket Pistol. Reviewed by Henry W. Shoemaker, 110. "Partnership Between Public and Private Initiative in the History of Pennsylvania, The," by William A. Russ, Jr., 1. Pattern of Liberty: The Story of Old Philadelphia, by Gerald W. Johnson. Reviewed, 303. Pennocks of Primitive Hall, The, by George Valentine Massey, II. Reviewed, 115. V

6 Pennsylvania Archaeologist, The. Book note, 314. Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies, 105. Pennsylvania German Wills, by Russell Wieder Gilbert. Reviewed, 207. Pennsylvania Story, The, by Robert Fortenbaugh and H. James Tarman. Reviewed, 458. Pennsylvania Story, The, by Marjorie Ruth and Muriel Taylor. Reviewed, 114. "Pennsylvania's State Houses and Capitols," by Hubertis Cummings, 409. "Philadelphia and the Conservation of the National Heritage," by William E. Lingelbach, 339. "'Philadelphia Fever' in Northern Pennsylvania, The," by Norman B. Wilkinson, 41. "Philadelphia, the Nation's Capital, ," by Edward M. Riley, 357. Portraits and Miniatures by Charles William Peale, by Charles Coleman Sellers. Reviewed, 210. Powell, J. H., review by, 117. Presidential Succession, by Ruth D. Silva. Reviewed, 112. "'President's House' in Philadelphia, The," by Dennis C. Kurjack, 380. "Printzhof," by Isaac C. Sutton, 395. Prucha, Francis Paul, Broadax and Bayonet: The Role of the United States Army in the Development of the Northwest, 18i Reviewed by Ray Allen Billington, 457. R Randall, J. G., Lincoln the President: Midstream. Reviewed by Robert Fortenbaugh, 214. Rendezvous with Destiny, by Eric F. Goldman. Reviewed, 453. Riley, Edward M., "Philadelphia, the Nation's Capital, ," 357. Rosenberger, Francis Coleman, review by, 207. Rubincam, Milton, review by, 115. Rubincam, Milton, "The Wistar-Wister Family: A Pennsylvania Family's Contributions Toward American Cultural Development," 142. Russ, William A., Jr., "The Partnership Between Public and Private Initiative in the History of Pennsylvania," 1. Russ, William A., Jr., President's Page, before 1, 123, 219, 315. Ruth, Marjorie, and Muriel Taylor, The Pennsylvania Story. Reviewed by Josephine C. Clemmer, 114. S Scaife Company and the Scaife Family, i , by Will and Maxine Schoyer. Reviewed, 305. Schnure, W. M., "The Snyder County Historical Society," 75. Schoyer, Will and Maxine, Scaife Company and the Scaife Family, i Reviewed by Edward C. Kirkland, 305. "Scotch-Irish Presbyterian Pioneering Along the Susquehanna River," by Guy S. Klett, 165. Sellers, Charles Coleman, Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale. Reviewed by Virginia E. Lewis, 210. Shannon, Fred A., review by, 308. Shoemaker, Henry W., review by, 110. Silva, Ruth C., Presidential Succession. Reviewed by Winfred A. Harbison, 112. Simkins, Francis B., review by, 118. Slavery and the "Woman Question": Lucretia Mott's Diary of Her Visit to Great Britain to Attend the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in i840, ed. by Frederick B. Tolles. Reviewed, 107. Slick, Sewell E., review by, 459. Smith, Walter Buckingham, The Economic Aspects of the Second Bank of the United States. Reviewed by Harold F. Williamson, 310. "Snyder County Historical Society, The," by W. M. Schnure, 75. "Stephen Hills and the Building of Pennsylvania's First Capitol," by Hubertis Cummings, 419. Stevens, S. K., review by, 312. Stewart, Kenneth, and John Tebbel, Makers of Modern Journalism. Reviewed by J. Cutler Andrews, 456. Susquehanna University Studies, Volume V, No. 1. Book note, 314. Sutton, Isaac C., "Printzhof," 395. Swanson, F. C., review by, 212. Swiggett, Howard, The Extraordinary Mr. Morris. Reviewed by Burke M. Hermann, 108. vi

7 T Tilberg, Frederick, "Establishing a Historical Society," 187. Tilberg, Frederick, "Washington's Stockade at Fort Necessity," 240. Tolles, Frederick B., ed., Slavery and the "Woman Question": Lucretia Mott's Diary of Her Visit to Great Britain to Attend the World's Anti- Slavery Convention in i840. Reviewed by Alice Felt Tyler, 107. Tryon, Warren S., review by, 313. Tyler, Alice Felt, review by, 107. U Uprooted, The: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations that Made the American People, by Oscar Handlin. Reviewed, 212. V Veterans in Politics: The Story of the G. A. R., by Mary R. Dearing. Reviewed, 309. "Vision of William Penn, The: Mural Paintings in the Capitol of Pennsylvania," by Violet Oakley, 317. W Wade, Richard C., review by, 453. Wallace, Paul A. W., "The Covenant of Blood," 284. War of the Revolution, The, by Christopher Ward. Reviewed, 306. Ward, Christopher, The War of the Revolution. Reviewed by Norman H. Dawes, 306. "Washington's Stockade at Fort Ne-. cessity," by Frederick Tilberg, 240. Weslager, C. A., A Brief Account of the Indians of Delaware. Book note, 314. Wiley, Richard T., review by, 109. Wilkinson, Norman B., ed., "Mr. Davy's Diary, 1794," 123, 258. Wilkinson, Norman B., "The 'Philadelphia Fever' in Northern Pennsylvania," 41. Wilkinson, Norman B., review by, 120. Williamson, Harold F., review by, 310. "Wistar-Wister Family, The: A Pennsylvania Family's Contributions Toward American Cultural Development," by Milton Rubincam, 142. Woodward, C. Vann, Origins of the New South, i Reviewed by Francis B. Simkins, 118. World Crisis and American Foreign Policy, The: The Challenge to Isolation, 1937-I940, by William L. Langer and S. Everett Gleason. Reviewed, 116. y "York as the Continental Capital: September 30, 1777-June 27, 1778," by Robert Fortenbaugh, 399. Young, Louise M., Harold F. Alderfer, and Elisabeth Smedley, Know Pennsylvania, A Handbook of Basic Information. Reviewed by John Norman, 113. Vii

8 PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY Quarterly Journal of the Pennsylvania Historical Association * Vol. XX, No. 1 JANUARY, 1953 COMMUNICATIONS regarding inemnbership, subscriptions, and general business of the Association should be addressed to the Secretary, Dr. Philip S. Klein, Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa. CONTRIBUTIONS to the magazine-manuscripts and advertising copy-should be sent to the Editor, Dr. Paul A. W. Wallace, Annville, Pa. BOOKS FOR REVIEW, and reviews contributed, should be sent to the Book Review Editor, Dr. J. Cutler Andrews, Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburgh, Pa.

9 PRESIDENT'S PAGE HIS issue of PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY marks the launching of Ta new experiment which we hope will mean another step for- Vward for the magazine and the Association. The idea of publishing a convention number each January occurred rather suddenly after the Association meeting at Selinsgrove in October, It seemed clear that a convention issue of the magazine would be mutually advantageous to the host colleges and to the Association. By printing many of the papers that were given and by including a few pictorial representations of the colleges and their communities, the Association is able to provide some invaluable publicity of a dignified nature for the sponsoring institutions. It is the best possible kind of publicity for the colleges because it emanates not from them but from others. The Association can afford to do that much as a gesture of gratitude to the various educational institutions of the State which entertain the organization. By the same token, the Association advantages financially because the colleges will desire to purchase copies of the convention issue for their own publicity. We hope, therefore, that the January number of PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY will from this time on be the regular convention issue. Those who read papers at future meetings must understand that their work should be in finished form so that it can be put into print in short order. There is not much time intervening between the holding of the convention in October and the publishing of the convention number the following January. All of us owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Wallace and his confreres for getting this issue out more or less on the spur of the moment. Much planning and changing of plans were required. Materials originally slated for the January number had to be delayed. Photographs were secured and drawings made at short notice. President G. Morris Smith of Susquehanna University deserves an accolade for making the venture financially possible. For my part I am thankful and proud that a means may have been found to help the Association publish one of the numbers of its quarterly journal and that by the same token our college friends and hosts may receive some well earned publicity. I believe it is beneficial to both parties concerned. and I trust that the experiment will work well enough this year to justify its repetition after next year's convention at Franklin and Marshall. If the idea does take hold, I shall receive some satisfaction in the thought that the custom of putting out an annual convention number of the magazine resulted from the meetrng at Susquehanna University. WILLIAm A. Russ, JR.