Early German music in Philadelphia

by Robert Rutherford Drummond

[133] Oldest reliable spelling is Hilde-gras.

[134] Advertised in Pa. Gaz., June 19, 1776.

[135] Pa. Gaz., Aug. 9, 1753.

[136] Material for this sketch taken from “Michael Hillegas and His Descendants” by Emma St. Clair Whitney; also, “A Memoir of the First Treasurer of the U. S.,” by M. R. Minnich.

[137] Pa. Gaz., Jan. 5, 1764.

[138] Cf. Pa. Gaz., Feb. 4, 1762, also Pa. Jour., Dec. 15, 1763.

[139] Pa. Gaz., Nov. 10, 1763.

[140] Pa. Jour., Nov. 17, 1768.

[141] Pa. Gaz., Feb. 17, 1773.

[142] Pa. Pack., Mar. 13, 1775.