[41] The name Williamina was inherited from a beautiful grandmother, Williamina Wemyss Moore.
[42] This letter was forwarded by Edward Tilghman, who was “out on his parole,” with the gauze handkerchiefs, ribbons, etc, to Mrs. Paca, born Anne Harrison, the second wife of William Paca, of Wye Island, Maryland, who was a delegate to Congress. (Pennsylvania Magazine, vol. xvi. p. 216.)
[43] This story, on the authority of Thomas Jefferson, is related by Miss Elizabeth Montgomery in her “Reminiscences of Wilmington.”
[44] Pennsylvania Magazine, vol. xvi. pp. 216, 217.
INDEX.
A.
- Abercrombie, Dr. James, [119].
- Adams, John, [11], [66], [88], [130], [148], [192].
- Adams, Mrs. John, [13], [16], [65], [191], [224].
- Adams, John Quincy, [70], [125], [167].
- Agassiz, Louis, [145].
- Agassiz, Mrs. Louis, [140].
- Alexander, General William, [70].
- Allen, Andrew, [214].
- Allen, Ann, [216].
- Allinson, Edward P., [154].
- Alsop, Mary, [85]. (Mrs. Rufus King.)
- American Philosophical Society, [97]-[147].
- Amiel, Christian, [223].
- André, Major John, [26], [33], [44], [52], [84].
- Armand, Colonel, [210].
- Armstrong, Colonel Richard, [223].
- Arnold, General Benedict, [63], [194], [223].
- Arnold, Mrs. Benedict, [44]. (Peggy Shippen.)
- Atlee, Dr. W. F., [68].
- Aubrey, William, [184].
- Auchmuty, Miss, [38], [42].
- Auchmuty, Rev. Samuel, [56].
B.
- Bache, Dr. Franklin, [174].
- Bache, Mrs. Richard, [12], [17], [85].
- Barclay, [200], [228].
- Bard, [223].
- Barton, Dr. Benjamin S., [132].
- Bartram, John, [103], [104].
- Bartram, William, [104].
- Bayard, The Misses, [88].
- Beasley, Dr. Frederick, [167].
- Beckwith, Colonel, [168].
- Beekman, Colonel Henry, [85].
- Beekman, Mrs. James, [84].
- Biddle, Clement C., [167].
- Biddle, Nicholas, [117], [152].
- Bingham, William, [211].
- Bingham, William, United States Senator, [211] (note).
- Bingham, Mrs. William, [89], [92], [224], [226].
- Binney, Horace, [173].
- Black, William, [199], [210].
- Bleecker, [82].
- Blended Rose, Ladies of the, [33], [42].
- Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, [139].
- Bonaparte, Joseph, [164].
- Bond, Becky, [43], [218].
- Bond, Dr. Phineas, [103].
- Bond, Williamina, [42], [216].
- Boudinot, Elias, [74].
- Bowers, Mrs. John M., [8].
- Breck, Samuel, [66], [152].
- Bunker’s Hotel, [67].
- Burd, [200], [216].
- Burgoyne, General, [34].
- Burning Mountain, Ladies of the, [43].
- Burr, Aaron, [66], [131].
- Bush Hill, [225].
- Byrd, [229].