Notes and Queries

Notes and QueriesSource: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 33, No. 1 (1909), pp. 118-124Published by: The Historical Society of PennsylvaniaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20085461 .

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118 Notes and Queries.

NOTES AND QUERIES.

TOotes*

Letters of Washington to Col. Clement Biddle.?Originals in

the Manuscript Department of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Mount Vernon, Feb. 5th 1784. Dear Sir.

On the 8th of last Month I wrote to you for 70 yards of Livery Lace, of which I was in immediate want, and requested to have it sent by the

Post to Alexandria?as there is some reason to believe the Post has

hardly gone through yet, I beg leave to repeat my want of it, & to pray it may be sent as soon as possible. The Lace should be red & white,

Inch, or f of an Inch wide, or anywhere between.

I would now thank you for sending me a two pole Chain, exact in its

length, & not too small, or weak in the links?this I wish to receive

soon too.

The things you were to send by water, did not arrive before the Post

set in, & I have heard nothing of them since.

I am with esteem & regard Dr Sir,

Yr most Obed* Serv*

G? Washington.

Sample Livery Lace

Mount Vernon, Feb. 10th 1786. Dear Sir.

A hasty letter which I wrote to you by Col0. Grayson, was accom

panied with ten half Johan3 the application of which I informed you sh? be directed in a subsequent letter.

Let me now request the favour of you to send me the following articles

if to be had. A pair of Boots, and two pair of Shoes, to be made by Mr Star (who

has my measure) agreeably to the enclosed Mem?

Young's Six months tour through England (his tour thro' Ireld I have) The Gentleman Farmer?by Henry Home.

Tulls Husbandry.?All to be neatly bound, & lettered.

200 Weight of Clover Seed?to be fresh and good. 12 lbs. Saint seed ) .?, , , -, ,

6 lbs. of the field Burnet j lf to be had Sood'

A Common Hunting horn of the largest and best sort.

It will readily occur to you, my good Sir, that these Seeds (as they are to be sown this spring) cannot be forwarded too soon. I ought indeed

to have wrote for them at an earlier period, but they may yet arrive at

a proper Season if they are quickly dispatched.?At any rate, inform me

if they are to be had, & the prospect there is of forwarding them, for thereon will depend my preparation of the ground.

The Gazettes which were furnished by Mr. Dunlap, for my use, dur

ing my Military appointment, ought, undoubtedly to be paid for by the

public?and I had no doubt but that this had been done, regularly, by



Notes and Queries. 119

the QrMr General or his assist1 in the State of Pennsylvania?If the case

is otherwise, I am ready to give my aid towards his obtaining it.

My respects to Mrs. Biddle

I am?Dear Sir, Yr Most Obed* Hbl Ser.

G? Washington.

I pray you to be pointed with resp* to the goodness of the Seeds : as im

position of bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind ; for your pocket not

only suffers by it but your preparations are lost & a season passes away

unimproved. Dear Sir.

By the Post of Yesterday, I received the enclosed Mem0?If you can

comply with them in time, for the Alexandria Packet it wd oblige me. If the Hatt is already got for Washington, it will be unnecessary to

exchange it ; If not, he prefers a black one, with such ornaments as

would suit a boy of his age, & the colour of the hat.

I beg leave to remind you of the Linnen?two pieces?from Mr. Hazle hursts ; and of the two pieces of finer than those you have purchased at

4/6. For the purposes they are wanted indeed, they should be a good deal finer. I am Dr Sir

? .,, ? Yr Obedfc Serv*

F2?Tern87. G? Washington.

Dear Sir

I have received both your notes of this morning and thank you for

notice of the vessel's sailing.?The Books, I perceive, are only small

treatises upon education, referred to by Doctr Bush, which I can get, &

carry in my Trunk.?Remember the clothes baskets. I send a small

box containing a Lamp?it is a present, but could not have cost 20/.? If the hounds presented to me by Captn Morris are not provided for, will it not be necessary to lay something in for them??I think of nothing else at this time ; therefore, if you will let me know how the ace* stands between us I would wish to square it.

Monday 10* Sept' 1787.

Travelling Expenses of a Visit to New York, Staten

Island, and Long Island, in 1757, Made by John Hughes.

April ye 23rd 1757 L. S. D.

at the widow Amos's 0 : 3:4 Ferrage at Dunks's 0 : 4:6'

24th at Thomas's Burlington 0 : 14 : 6 at Alen's Town 0:3:3

at Cranberry 0 : 4:9 at Atkins 0:2:6 Ferrage at Eariton 0 : 5:5

25 at Mr Dear's at Amboy 0 : 13 : 0 at Morris's 0 : 0:9 at Elizabeth Town 0 : 12 : 6 Ferrage 0 : 3:7

26 : at Simonsons at S : Island 0 : 8:4 at Scotch Johnny's 0:8:4 at Do 0:2:4




27

28

29

30

Mayyc

2nd

at Ditto breakfast 0 : 3:0 Do. Dinner 0 : 9:8

at ye Coffee house 0 : 2:6 Supper 0:2:6 breakfast 0:3:0

Dinner 0 : 10 : 4

Supper 0:2:6

Ferrage to Long Island 0 : 4:9 breakfast 0 : 3:0 Dinner at Mashes 0:12:6

Supper & Lodging 0 : 14 : 0 Dinner @ Mashes 0 : 12 : 9

Ferrage to York 0 : 4:9 3 horses hired 2 Day @ 4/ 1:4:0

Supper for 5 of us 0 : 12 : 5 1st at Johnneys

Breakfast 0 : 2:9 Dinner 0:6:8

Supper 0:3:0 breakfast 0 : 3:0

Dinner 0 : 10 : 0 Paid for a boat to view the prizes 0 : 7:6 To Supper & Club 0:4:6 To Breakfast 0:3:0 To Dinner 0 :> 9:4

Supper & Club 0:5:6 breakfast 0:3:0

Dinner 0:9:6 at Tavern 0:3:0

Supper 0 : 6:8 Ferrage to Statton Island 0

Ferrage at Elizabeth Town 0

Dinner 0

To supper Lodging & breakfast & ye horses j & ferrage j

Supper 0 Breakfast 0

Dinner 0

Supper 0 Breakfast 0

Dinner 0 To Symonson 3 horses 14 Days 2

10

3 : 0 3 : 0 9 : 0

0 : 17 : 4

Supper Lodging & breakfast and horses at Herd 0 :

Ferrages 4 Times to Statton Island 0 : At Elizabeth Town ferrage 0 : 1 Bowl of punch 0 :

Dinner at ye Nagshead 0 :

Brunswick ferrage 0 :

Trentown Tavern & ferrage 0 :

Supper Lodging breakfast and the horses 0 :

Shamany ferry 0 :

at ye widow Amos 0 :

7 : 6 3 : 0 8 : 6 7 : 6 4 : 6

11 : 9 19 : 8 14 : 0 12 : 0

3 : 0 1 : 6

12 : 6 3

10 12

1 3

?21 : 17 : 0




Household Bills of James Steel.? James Steel

Bought of Richard King, Pewterer, London.

1730 April 30 1 Doz staid mettle plates

1 oval shaving bason

1 Chamber pot Engraving 14 pieces with

Cypher S M James Steel

To John Bland & Co Dr. 1750

May 7.

0 . 16 . 0 0 . 5.6

0.3.6

0.4.8

1 . 9.0

1 Teapot 17 oz. 16/8 Silver lprMuggs 13 1 do 13 1 Waiter 7 2 Pepper boxes 6 1 Snuff box 2 '

1 da lost 1 Milk pot 3 1 Spoon

"

1 Cane

1 Cha. Deld allowed the owner

3/7 16/7 9/8

11/2

18 1/2

7 .

4 .

4 .

2 .

2 .

1 .

0 .

1 .

0 .

0 .

0 .

?27 James Steel. Gente

To Christian Grafford 1740 June 12

Dr.

2

12

16

19

0

9

12

12

13

15

12

14

4

13

2

7 . 0

8 . 0

7 . 0

3 . 0

Making a Waist Coat & 1 pair breeches of Striped Linen 0

Making a new Coat for James

Thomsen of Duray 0

also for Benjamin Bojen 0

Making old Holland Jeakit & breeches fit for your Negero 0

Making 2 new Jeakits & 2 pair breeches of

stripped Linen for both your Negeromans 0

And also for Little Negero boy 0

Making a Waist Coat of Duray

again for James Thomsen 0

Making 2 pair Leather breeches, 1 for James

Sanders & another for your Negroeman Zeasor 0

A skin for pokits 0

7th. 3 mo. 1741 Received of James Steel the full Contents of the above Ace* by me Christian Grafford

?uer?es.

A Committee of the Alumni of All Departments of the

University of Pennsylvania is Preparing a Catalogue to con

tain all of the graduates and non-graduate matriculates of the Univer

sity. We append a list of the medical graduates of whom the committee

has no information. Our readers will lighten not a little the difficult

labors of the committee in collecting data of these graduates, some of




more than a century ago, if they will send at once whatever information

they may have to Dr. Ewing Jordan, 1510 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Information is especially desired as to full name, parents' names, full

date and place of birth and of death, if married, wife's name, academic

degrees received, prominent positions held, and any printed reference to

the men named. 181o.

Allen, Thomas Lancaster Pa.

Atkinson, Mahlon Pa.

Billings, Thomas Pa.

Boyd, James N. J.

Briggs, Robert Va.

Brundige, Henry Ya.

Brux, Edward Ga.

Burrell, Benjamin Pa.

Chambers, Maxwell N. C.

Croghan, John Ky.

Davis, David Jones Pa.

Doughty, James S. C.

Dudley, Theodore Bland Va.

Dupont, Thomas Coachman S. C.

Eggleston, William Henry Va.

Elmendorf, James Bruyn N. J.

Farrington, Jairus S. C.

Gignilliat, Charles Ga.

Griffith, Alexander L. Md.

Grossjean, John C. Va.

Hamm, James J. Pa.

Hunt, James W. Va.

Jones, Caleb Mordecai Md.

Jones, Tingnal Va.

Lehman, George F. Pa.

Lyne, Henry N. C.

McGehee, Alexander Miss.

Mariott, Richard Md.

Meredith, John Va.

Middleton, James Md.

Murphy, Robert Va.

Nancrede, Nicholas Cussens Mass.

Patterson, Samuel Va.

Pearson, Charles Edwin N. J.

Quarles, Pryor Va.

Ragland, John C. Va.

Robertson, Thomas W. S. C.

Salter, Thomas Barton N. Y.

Scott, William T. Va.

Shellcross, Morris Cadwalader Pa.

Sloan, William Md.

Smith, Beverly Va.

Stevens, Joseph L. S. C.

Terrill, Uriel Va.

Thomas, John N. Pa.

Vanhoy, Abraham Del.

Waring, William Richard S. C.

Waterhouse, John Fothergill Mass.

Wilson, Joseph Pa.

1814.

Alexander, William M. Va.

Anthony, Thomas Powell Pa.

Barnhill, John Redman Pa.

Blackburn, Churchill Jones Ky. Blair, James Va.

Braxton, Corbin Va.

Breton, Baron Frederick

von St. Croix.

Brognard, Francis Herd N. J.

Brown, George W. Pa.

Burwell, Dudley Va.

Caldwell, Daniel Ky. Campbell, Charles Md.

Carrington, Richard A. Va.

Carter, Charles Walker Va.

Casey, John A. Ga.

Cutler, John H. Va.

Dent, John Ga.

Diffenderffer, Michael Md.

Dove, John Va.

Duer, Robert Md.

Edmunds, Carter N. C.

Edwards, Charles Lee S. C.

Feild, Andrew Va.

Feild, John Va.

Field, Henry N. Y.

Hardaway, John Segar Va.

Hening, William H. Va.

Johnston, John Warfield Va.

Jones, William Payne Va.

King, John White Va. Langley, William, Jr. S. C.

Lewis, Henry Va.

McCaa, John S. C.

McConochie, James R. Ky.

McCullough, James Haines, Jr. Md.

McMurtrie, Henry Pa.

May, Richard Va.

Moore, Alexander Spotswood S. C.




Proudfit, Andrew, Jr. N. Y. Rutledge, Charles S. G Reese, Charles M. S. C. Spidden, Edward Md. Reynale, William H. N. J. Thomas, William Md. Russell, Thomas Mass. Tucker, Henry W. Va.

1815.

Addison, Edward Brice D. C.

Barton, Edward Conn.

Benezet, Anthony Pa.

Bonner, Jesse A. Va.

Boswell, William Va.

Conway, James H. V .

Dupuy, William A. Va.

Gwinn, John Md.

Hereford, William Va.

Holland, Nathaniel Littleton, A. B. Va.

Horwitz, Jonas Pa.

Jiggitts, David E. N. C. Lawrence, Jason Valentine

0' Brien La.

Long, Alexander N. C.

Macaulay, Patrick Va.

Minton, William Va.

Beatty, Charles C. Pa.

Boulden, Nathanial L. Del.

Brown, William A. 0. Va.

Burson, Stephen Pa.

Cabaniss, John Va.

Cameron, Thomas Nash Va.

Crouch, John G. Va.

Davis, Thomas J. Pa.

Dickenson, Samuel C. Va.

Dudley, Joseph Va.

Emerson, Gouverneur Del.

Estill, Wallace Va.

Fitzhugh, Edmund D. C.

Footman, Richard S. C.

Galphin, Milledge Ga. Garland, John Tabb Va.

Harper, Paterson W. Va.

Harris, Hartwell Va.

Haskins, Creed Va.

Heard, Daniel M. Ky. Honeyman, Robert Bruce Va.

Hopkins, Samuel C. N. J.

Jenks, John W. N. J.

Klapp, Harvey N.Y.

McCaw, William Reid Va. McGarry David Ireland. McLees, William J. Ky. Morris, John Lewden Del.

Morgan, Mordecai Pa.

Norton, Daniel Norborne Va.

Owen, William Va.

Palmer, William Pennell Pa.

Patterson, William A. Va.

Purneil, John Godden Md.

Reubel, Peter Pa.

Roper, Thomas W. S. C.

Smith, Joshua Va.

Stockdell, John Y. Va.

Thomas, John Hanson Md.

Wells, John M. Va.

White, Benjamin Aspinwall Ga. Whitehead, Nathaniel C. Va.

Williams, Edward P. Pa.

Wills, John M. Va.

Worthington, Nicholas

William D. C.

Mosely (or Moseley?), Robert G. Va.

Nice, William George Va.

Pegram, John Coleman Va.

Pickering, Samuel White Pa.

Polk, William Julius N. C.

Prall, Zaccur N. J.

Price, William B. Va.

Ridout, John Md.

Robertson, William Henry Va.

Royster, John W. Va.

Ruffin, Thomas Roane N. C.

Scolley, Samuel Va.

Shrewsbury, Samuel Va.

Shuman, Samuel Md.

Spark, Philip W. Va.

Speer, James Pa.

Stith, Ferdinand Va.

Stockton, Elias Boudinot Pa.

T?te, Joseph A. Va.

Tebbs, Thomas Foushee Pa.

Thorton, Samuel C. Pa.

Tingle, Nathaniel R. Md. Tinsley, James Ga.

Watkins, Mayo S. Va.

Wilkins, Benjamin Va.

Wilson, James Ky.

1816.




Patterson.?In the Pennsylvania Magazine for January, 1902, Vol. XXV., p. 576, reference is made to John Patterson, Collector of

Customs at Philadelphia, 177#. In Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pemisylvania, Vol. X., p. 213, a document dated Oct. 17, 177^, refers to John Patterson, Collector of Customs. I should be glad for

any information about this man and his family. It is said that Daniel T. Patterson, Commodore in the U. S. Navy, was a son. If so, Carlile

Pollock Patterson, Director of the U. S. Coast Survey for many years, would be a grandson, and the wife of Admiral D. D. Porter a grand

daughter. R. C. Archibald,

Brown University, Providence, R. I.

Lander.?Wanted, the ancestry of Captain Francis Lander, who was a member of the Royal Americans from 1756 to 1759, and was at

the capture of Lewisburg in 1758. Whom did he marry and who are -

his descendants? J. A. P.

Thomas Willing, 1731-1821.?

The undersigned would be much obliged for references, either to

manuscripts or printed documents, relating to Thomas Willing. Thomas Willing Balch.

Miles.?The genealogy of Margaret Miles, who died in Erie, Penna.,

1872-3, is requested by J. G. W. Knowlton, M.D.,

Exeter, N. H.

rfiSoofc iRot?ces*

Progressive Pennsylvania: A Record of the Remarkable In

dustrial Development of the Keystone State, with Some

Account of its Early and its Later Transportation Sys

tems, its Early Settlers and its Prominent Men. By James M. Swank. Philadelphia, 1908. 8vo. pp. 360. Price, $5.00.

The long connection of the author with the work of the American

Iron and Steel Association has made him acquainted with many import ant facts relating to the industrial development of Pennsylvania, includ

ing its systems of transportation, which are not to be found in accepted histories of the State. In arranging these facts, it was necessary to give

prominence to some features of the early years of the Province, which

include the presence of settlers on the Delaware, before the granting of

Penn's Charter; the existence of negro slavery, and when and by whom

the agitation for its abolition was set on foot; the cause of the estrange ment of the peaceful Delaware Indians; the physical characteristics of

Pennsylvania, and its animal life. After the presentation of these and

other features of the early history of Pennsylvania, he considers the

means of transportation that were employed by the pioneers and by those who eame after them ? the early roads, flatboats, keel boats, fer

ries, bridges, turnpikes, canals, steamboats, and railroads, and these de

tails are followed by several chapters which deal with the great produc



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