Notes and Queries. 365 NOTES AND QUERIES. IRotes.

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1 Notes nd Queries. 365 NOTES AND QUERIES. IRotes. A FRENCHMAN'S COMMENTS ON THE DISCIPLINE OF THE AMERI- CAN AND BRITISH ARMIES IN Extrct from the New Jersey Gzette, nd contributed by Frncis B. Lee, Esq., Trenton, N. J. BEADING, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, NOV. 28, My Der Count, Generl Howe hs t lst gined possession of the city of Phildelphi, but not without being obliged to fight two bttles for it. The forts on the Delwre were gllntly defended. Count de Donop, so well known for his exploits in the lte wr, fell in n unsuccessful ttck upon Fort Mercer smll unfinished work, on the Est side of the Delwre. Fort Mifilin, on Mud-Islnd, stood furious ttck from bombs nd rtillery, for upwrds of month. After every gun on it ws dismounted, nd the works torn nd burnt in such mnner, tht no covering ws to be hd for the men, it ws evcuted with degree of conduct tht equlled the brvery with which it hd been defended. Generl Howe, it is true, forced his wy into the city of Phildelphi, but the city owns his brother, Lord Howe, s its conqueror; for it could not hve been tken without the ssistnce of the nvy of Britin. Hd his Lordship filed of opening the nvigtion up to the city, the Generl must hve decmped, or fllen into the hnds of Generl Wshington. I hve tken some pins to mke myself cquinted with the chrcter of Generl Howe, nd to know upon wht springs his good fortune hs turned in the course of the lst cmpign. I m told tht he is brve soldier, nd n exct officer; but tht he possesses none of the tlents of gret generl. His eduction ws slender, nd his understnding is moderte one; but he hs hd prudence enough to supply his deficiencies in both, by clling into the cbinet Sir Willim Erskine, Brigdier Generl nd Qurtermstr of his rmy. This gentlemn hs pssed through the regulr stges of militry eduction, nd served with gret reputtion in the lst wr in Germny, under Prince Ferdinnd. He is indeftigble in business quick in expedients bold in his enterprizes decisive in council nd intrepid in ction. He is not only fvorite of Generl Howe's, but is eqully der to ll the officers in his rmy. They sy of him, tht he is "An ngel in the cbinet, nd lion in the field." The Troops in Generl Howe's rmy being composed of English, Scotch, Irish, nd Germn corps, full of spirit of emultion, nd this my be given s nother reson for their successes over the Americns. The Americns, it is true, re of different Sttes, but common dnger hs united them so closely, tht the principle of emultion cts s yet but feebly upon them. Perhps the custom of blending troops from different Sttes into one commnd, which I observe in some instnces in the Americn rmy, hs contributed to prevent the growth nd opertion of this principle mong them. The superior discipline of Howe's rmy hs hd lrge shre in crowning it with success. By discipline I do not men superior

2 366 Notes nd Queries. knowledge in the use of rms, but superior sense of order nd subordintion mong both officers nd soldiers. Their whole rmy, I hve been told, is compct piece of mchinery, put in motion only by the breth of the Commnder in Chief. I m t loss to ccount for the wnt of n equl degree of order nd subordintion in the Americn rmy. It hs been scribed to n excess of tht spirit of liberty, which nimtes both officers nd soldiers ; but I m fr from entertining n opinion so degrding to the scred cuse of Americ. I think I hve discovered degree of docility nd trctbleness in the Americns, which I never before sw in ny other people. If the cuse which hs been ssigned, ws just one, it would be more uniform in its effects; but history tells us of FREEMEN who deposed tyrnts, nd vnquished whole rmies of vetern mercenries, by nothing else but the perfection of their discipline. But the principl dvntge of Generl Howe's rmy over Generl Wshington's, in the two bttles fought by them, must be scribed to their being more trined to the use of the byonet. The Americn rmy know their superior dexterity in firing well, nd rely entirely upon it: The British rmy know it likewise, nd dred it. Hence in ll enggements the British soldiers rush on with the byonet fter on^ fire, nd seldom fil of throwing the Americns into confusion. Hbit, which forms men to ny thing, I m persuded would soon render these brve people s firm t the pproches of byonet, s the whistling of musket-bll. Generl Lee, I hve been told, took gret pins to erdicte the universl prejudice he found mong the Americns, in fvour of terminting the wr with fire rms lone: "We must lern to fce our enemies," sid he, "mn to mn in the open field, or we never shll bet them." The lte Generl Montgomery, who served his pprenticeship to the rt of wr in the British rmy, knew so well tht nothing but the byonet would ever rout troops tht hd been trined to the use of it, tht he once proposed in the Convention of New York, of which he ws member, tht directions should be given, both in Europe nd in this country, to mke ll muskets intended for the Americn soldiers two inches longer thn the muskets now in use in the British rmy, in order tht they might hve n dvntge of their enemy, in chrge with byonets; for, sid he, "Britin will never yield but to the push of the byonet." It gve me gret plesure to her n old sying mong the French officers, tht "Englishmen hve no stomch for the byonet," confirmed by Colonel of regiment in the Americn rmy. He told me tht in the bttle of Germntown, he chrged lrge body of the enemy with his single regiment, nd drove them bove mile without firing single gun. He would hve driven them into Phildelphi, or cut them to pieces, hd he not been unfortuntely ordered to retret, fter the fte of the dy turned in fvour of Generl Howe's rmy. The sme predilection to the use of fire rms which I hve mentioned mong the Americn soldiers hs given Generl Howe severl dvntges over them with rtillery. The Americns it is true hve n excellent trin in their rmy, nd some ble rtillery officers but unfortuntely it is so feebly supported by the musketry, tht in one of their bttles eleven pieces fell into the hnds of the enemy. The English you know were no mtch for the French troops till our ntion tught them the rts of mnging rtillery. The King of Prussi I hve been told relies chiefly upon field-pieces, nd hs prophesied tht in the next century ll wrs will be terminted by them.

3 Notes nd Queries. 367 I hve conversed with some individuls who scribe Howe's good fortune to the greter spirit of his soldiers, nd to the superior tlents of his officers. But this is fr from being true. On the contrry I believe there re not finer mterils for n irresistible rmy in the whole world thn the troops now under the commnd of Generl Wshington. Howe's soldiers re ctuted by nothing but rge nd lust for plunder. Wshington's re ctuted only by courge nd superltive love of their country. They hve been defeted it is true, but they hve never been conquered. I hve been often stonished not only t their ptience, but t their cherfulness under cold, ftigue nd ll the common hrdships of soldiers life. Hd Howe's rmy suffered only hlf s much s these brve fellows hve done, I m sure, from the common chrcter of Europen rmies, their spirits would hve been broken long go, nd Howe would hve been left before this time with scrcely regiment to cover his flight from this country. Nor do I think the blnce is in fvour of Generl Howe's officers. You nd I know of wht stuff mny of them re mde. Two scholrs to regiment is rre sight in the British rmy. How mny of them hve we seen trvelling with their interpreters, or, s they re clled in Englnd, Berleders, through Frnce, distinguishing themselves only by their debucheries. The Americn officers it is true, from the nture of their eduction, pper to be less men of the world. Some of them too hve been reproched with being trdesmen, but trdesmn in Americ is quite different creture from trdesmn in Europe. Some of the best fmilies in this country bring up their sons to trdes, nd, long before the present wr, trdesmen filled some of the most importnt offices in government. I hve been chrmed to find mny of them whose mnners were liberl nd whose minds were enlrged with considerble cquintnce with politicks nd history. But by fr the gretest prt of the Americn officers re frmers nd frmers sons of independent or esy fortunes. Mny of them hve been bred to the lerned professions. I hve the plesure of knowing some of them who would not pss unnoticed in the politest court in Europe. But I vlue them most for their brvery nd zel in the service of their country. They hve not been whipped from schools, nor driven by necessity into the rmy. Their py is no llurement to them, for from the scrcity of goods, nd the deprecition of the money, it is hrdly sufficient to support them. They re bove the common mxims of your "Soldiers of fortune," nd hve no other wish but to estblish the liberties nd independence of their country. The tking of Phildelphi will probbly mke noise in Europe but it hs no bd effect upon the minds of the people in Americ. They sy tht Generl Howe hs only chnged his prison from Brunswick to Phildelphi, for t no time hs he possessed more territory here thn he could cover with his out-posts. I m clerly of the opinion tht his tking Phildelphi will be rel dvntge to this conntry. It hs long been the jkes of disffection to the Americn cuse, nd the snctury of tories nd tritors who hve fled from every other prt of the Continent. I hve constntly observed tht Americ cquires strength by the progress of Howe's rmy for where-ever he goes he confirms the timid nd the neutrl chrcters in the cuse of Americ, nd t the sme time like good scvenger crries wy ll the tory tilth with him tht lies in his wy.

4 368 Notes nd Queries. I refer you to my letter of Februry lst for n ccount of Generl Wshington, the mible nd illustrious commnder-in-chief of the Americn rmy. His persevernce nd mgnnimity hve not forsken him. Adieu my der friend, nd believe me to be with the gretest ffection, Your most sincere friend nd Most humble servnt, DE LISLE. PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA AT BATTLE OF WHITE MARSH, The Editor of the Penn. Mgzine hs been requested by correspondent, who is member of the Pennsylvni Society in New York, to furnish list of the bttlions of Pennsylvni Militi with Wshington's rmy, in the enggement t Whitemrsh. The following list of the bttlions with the nmes of the officers commnding, re tken from the return of Ludwig Sprogell, Muster Mster Generl of Pennsylvni, dted t Whitemrsh, November 24, 1777* City of Phildelphi, Infntry. Artillery. Phildelphi County. ic Chester County. K (C IC d Bucks County. n Lncster County. C( It York County. IC CC Cumberlnd County. cc Berks County. U cc il ii (i ic Northmpton County. Northumberlnd County. Col. Willim Brdford, Col. Shrp Delney Lt. Col. Jonthn B. Smith, Col. Willim Will, Col. Joseph Cowperthwite, Eobert Knox, Col. Jehu Eyre, Col. Dniel Hiester, Col. John Moore, Col. Benjmin McVugh, Col. Willim Den, Col. Eobert Curry, Col. John Hnnum, Col. Evn Evns, Lt. Col. John Elston, Col. Willim Evns, Lt. Col. George Pierce, Col. Hugh Tomb, Lt. Col. Jmes McMsters, Mjor John Folwell, Col. Philip Greenwlt, Col. Jmes Wtson, Col. Alexnder Lowry, Col. Jmes Thomson, Col. Willim Col. Dvid Jmison, Col. Jmes Dunlp, Lt. Col. John Dvis, Col. Dniel Hunter, Col. Dniel Uttery, Col. Michel Lindenmuth, Col. Joseph Heister, Lt. Col. Stephen Blliett, Col. George Brinigh, Lt. Col. Hugh White. The ctul number fit for duty on this dy ws 6167 : deserters 432.

5 Notes nd Queries. 369 LETTER OF GEN. H. W. BENHAM TO S. A. DRAKE. U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, 75 Stte Street; BOSTON, MASS. My 27, MY DEAR SIR. Allow me to thnk you for tlie much vlued gift of your " Old Lnd Mnrks." I believe I hve told you tht hd I been 11 gentlemn of leisure," my studies nd lbors Avould hve led me to similr pursuits the gthering up, of the relics of the pst; nd s much those of persons, s of things. Yet I fer those F. F. B's (First Fools of Boston?) must think you in relity S. A. D. = Rke for the bones of the Chrnel houses of their ncestors, when they find s Mrs. B. did in " dipping 11 into your book yesterdy such records s tht of one ldy who bosts so proudly of her blood " Becon Street dme n if she ever gets her new house there, well enough furnished for her : one who would tell Mrs. B. tht she "weeps ters of blood t missing her invittion" nd the next week would not know her, though in the sme room for hours nd here you shew tht her most vunted ncestor nd his widov: fter khn dvertized nd sold by the whrf "long cut, short cut nd pigtil" yes pigtil! Oh! tell it not in Gth, nor publish it "in Becon St.' 7 Very fithfully yours S. A. DRAKE, ESQ. H. W. BENHAM. THE "STATE GUARD 17 OF PHILADELPHIA, AMONG the militry compnies of Phildelphi, who volunteered their services during the Wr , ws the "Stte Gurds" who served in the cmpign of 1814, t Cmp Brndy wine nd Cmp DuPont. The following is the roll of the Compny : Cptin. Henry Meyers. Lieutennts. I. H. Fisler, George Billington, Alexnder McCrher. Andrew Geyer, George Richrds, Ensign. Dniel H. Miller. Sergents. George Benners, Jcob Heyburger, George Hrnin.* Corporls. Joseph S. Collody, Peter C. Meyers, Thoms Worn, Thoms M. Rush, Jcob Burkhrt.* *Died prior to July, VOL. xxxv. 24

6 370 Notes nd Queries. * Andrews, Nichols Brtholomew, Joseph Bins, Isc Brtleson, Peter * Brry, John Bncroft, Stcy *Benners, Henry Bechler, Tobis Bicknell, Chrles Boyer, John * Buck, John Busby, Hezekih * Burrows, Jcob Brckenridge, George Brock, John * Bruce, Willim Clrk, Dvid Collody, Willim Cooper, Jmes Christin, Thoms Clymer, Jcob * Correy, Wlter Comby, Joshu * Dungn, Willim Dunlp, Sils Everitt, Jonthn Grdner, Eobert Grdner, Jcob H. Grrison, John Grvenstein, Willim Gillins, Theodore Gobrecht, Christin Goodwin, Comter Hnsell, Jmes Hwse, John Hmilton, John Hrmon, Jcob Jr. * Hollinbush, Henry *Houpt, Henry Hollhn, John Hertzhog, Peter Hill, Joseph Keemle, 'Smuel Keyser, Joseph Kennedy, Willim D. * Knight, Isih Kreider, John King, Joseph Kookogey, John Jckwy, Nthn Lowderbck, Peter Lyons, Mordeci Privtes. Mgee, Hugh McClintock, Joseph McDonld, Dniel * Meyers, George G. * Mills, Smith Murphy, John Morris, John Mitchell, Elijh Mingle, John Jr. Newmn, Dniel Noxson, Joseph G. Owens, Owen Prkhm, Robert Porter, McKimmey Price, Ischer * Pollock, John Pool, Willim * Pennell, Henry P. Peterson, Smuel, Record, Alexnder Richson, Philip Roberts, Isrel Riley, Joseph Rush, John * Sinder, Peter Sink, John Sink, Peter Sskey, John * Smith, Jcob Smith, Joseph South, Joseph Shinn, Cleb Shunk, Isc Shuster, Lurence Skinner, Willim Shinkle, Jcob Slhter, Jcob Sgers, Smuel D. Stngen, Thoms Seckel, Joshu C. Stout, George Snyder, Peter Strock, Joseph Thompson, Thoms * Vnstven, Willim * Wilstck, John A. Wrnock, John Weiss, Willim West, Richrd Yeger, Joseph Lechler, Drummer Brem er, Fifer *Died prior to July, Wlter Correy nd Isih Knight died t cmp.

7 Notes nd Quenes. 371 In July of 1829, the following circulr ws issued : SIR. A number of the surviving Members of the Volunteer Compny of " Stte Gurds 7 ' who served in the Cmpign of 1814, t Cmp Brndywine nd Cmp Dupont, feel desirous of celebrting together the dy when they first mrched in defence of i% Their Country nd its Eights. 1 ' You re therefore prticulrly requested to ttend Meeting of your "Old Assocites in Arms," on Thursdy evening, the 5th dy of August next, t Worn's Tvern, on Fourth below New Street, in order to scertin whether it would be generlly greed to. July 27th ' will be observed tht none but those who served dring the Cmpign rc invited. At the meeting of the survivors of the compny held t Worn's Tvern, George Benners ws elected Tresurer, nd the dinner ws set for September 22, It ws lso scertined, tht twenty-six members hd died ; seven were bsent from the city ; six unknown ; nd seventy-nine were residing in the city. Of the ltter the following fortv-seven subscribed for the dinner : Jcob H. Fisler, Dniel H. Miller, Hugh S. Mgee, Jonthn Everitt, Peter Snyder, Joseph Yeger, Jcob Clymer, John Boyer, Isrel Roberts, Dniel Newmn, Smuel D. Sgers, Lurence Shuster, Willim Grvenstein, Thoms M. Rush, Joshu C. Seckel, John Hmilton, John Wrnock, Alex. McCrker, Willim Weiss, Thoms Worn, Joseph S. Riley Jmes Hnsell, Tobis Bechler, G. Billington. T. Gillins, John Holohn, Jcob Shinkle, Isc Brnes, Peter Sink, Jcob H. Grdner, Theodore Gillins, Jcob Slhter, Alexnder, Red Mordci Lyons, John Grrison, John Hwse, Smuel Keehmle, Joseph Keyser, Jcob Hrmn, Jr., Sils Dunlp, Chrles Bicknell, Willim Skinner, Christin Gobrecht, Hez. Busby, John Brock, Cpt. H. Meyers, Peter C. Meyers, The foregoing mteril ws presented to the Historicl Society of Pennsylvni by Miss Benners nd Mrs. Ashbridge.

8 372 Notes nd Queries. INCIDENT OF INDIAN ATROCITIES IN LYNN TOWNSHIP (LEHIGH COUNTY), Februry 1J/,. u Two children of John George Ziesloff were murdered by the Indins, nd third crried into cptivity. On Mrch 24, following, while Ziesloff ws fleeing with the reminder of his fmily, they were set upon by the svges, nd he, his wife nd four children were killed. They hd been dvised to flee for sfety to Bethlehem, but chose to seek plce of sfety elsewhere." Lynn Church Book. WASHINGTON ALMANAC FOR , printed in Phildelphi by D. Dickinson, interleved, contins the following records of locl interest: 1818 Feby 4- Delwre frozen over, good skting. Feby 15. Cler nd very cold ; hundreds of people on the Delwre. Feby 28. At 3 p.m. ice in the Delwre broke up. Mrch 2. The Delwre so freed from ice s to llow ll the vessels to rrive which hd been detined below. Mrch If,. Continued hevy rin. Mrch 5. About 2.m. the wind shifted suddenly to N. W. followed by snow storm. My 2. Snow nd frost. June 28. Thermometer t 2 p.m. 90. June 29. Thermometer t 4 p. m. 92. July 12. (Sundy), Very wrm, Therm. 95, 4. p.m. Dec Hurricne t S. E., gret del of dmge done to the shipping. Dec. 19. Very cold, the Delwre full of ice, nvigtion nerly closed. Decbr 25. Christms, wether moderte. Dec. SI. Riny. 1819, Jny. 31. The wether, for the seson, so very plesnt, the like not known for fifty yers. No ice in the Delwre. Feby Very plesnt wether, some dys extremely sultry. Sw honey suckle bush out in leves. Mrch 9. Msonic hll destroyed by fire, which begn t 8 p.m. nd lsted until midnight; t hlf-pst nine the steeple fell. It ws dedicted in 1811, nd cost $20,000. Mrch 11. A meeting of Msons took plce t Wshington Hll; decided to rebuild the Hll ; bout 1000 present. How THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDE- PENDENCE WAS CELEBRATED IN PHILADELPHIA. The Pennsylvni Gzette, Pennsylvni Journl, nd Henry Miller's Pennsylvnischer Sttsbote for July 9th, nd the Evening Post of July 5, 1777, contin ccounts of the unique mnner in which the first nniversry of the Declrtion of Independence ws celebrted in Phildelphi. The following is copied from the Evening Post: t Yesterdy the 4th of July, being the Anniversry of the Independence of the United Sttes of Americ, ws celebrted in this city with demonstrtions of joy nd festivity. About noon ll the rmed ships nd gllies in the river were drwn up before the city, dressed in the gyest

9 Notes nd Queries. 373 mnner, with the colours of the United Sttes nd stremers displyed. At one o'clock, the yrds being properly mnned, they begn the celebrtion of the dy by dischrge of thirteen cnnon from ech of the ships, nd one from ech of the thirteen gllies, in honor of the Thirteen United Sttes. In the fternoon n elegnt dinner ws prepred for Congress, to which were invited the President nd Supreme Executive Council, nd Speker of the Assembly of this stte, the Generl Officers nd Colonels of the rmy, nd strngers of eminence, nd the Members of the severl Continentl Bords in town. The Hessin bnd of music, tken in Trenton the 26th of December lst, ttended nd heightened the festivity with some fine performnces suited to the joyous occsion, while corps of British deserters, tken into the service of the continent by the stte of Georgi, being drwn up before the door, filled up the intervls with feux de joie. After dinner number of tosts were drnk, ll brething independnce, nd generous love of liberty, nd commemorting the memories of those brve nd worthy ptriots who gllntly exposed their lives, nd fell gloriously in defence of freedom nd the righteous cuse of their country. Ech tost ws followed by dischrge of rtillery nd smll rms, nd suitble piece of music by the Hessin bnd. The glorious fourth of July ws reiterted three times, ccompnied with triple dischrges of cnnon nd smll rms, nd loud huzzs tht resounded from street to street through the city. Towrds evening severl troops of horse, corps of rtillery, nd brigde of North- Crolin forces, which ws in town on its wy to join the grnd rmy, were drwn up in Second-street, nd reviewed by Congress nd the Generl Officers. The evening ws closed with the ringing of bells, nd t night there ws grnd exhibition of fireworks (which begn nd concluded with thirteen rockets) on the Commons, nd the city ws beutifully illuminted. Everything ws conducted with the gretest order nd decorum, nd the fce of joy nd gldness ws universl. Thus my the fourth of July, tht glorious nd ever memorble dy, be celebrted through Americ, by the sons of freedom, from ge to ge time shll be no more. Amen, nd men. LETTERS OF GENERAL THOMAS GAGE TO SIR WM. JOHNSON. NEW YORK October 14 th 1764 DEAR SIR, I hve received your Letter of the 30 th of Sept r nd herewith trnsmit you the memorndum mentioned before, concerning your wrrnt; which upon nicer Inspection I find, tht I hd entirely mistken. The vouchers to be lodged in the secretry's office here, re for the Southern Deprtment only, nd do not concern you. I therefore return you the only voucher you sent me, so tht ll is right gin. It is not esy to Judge wht the Shwnese nd Delwres will do, or wht Colonel Brdstreet will do ; if He is fed up with Hopes, nd his People not come in. I ws from the Beginning of opinion tht the Indins would keep them, looking with some Eeson upon their Negotitions only s Deceit. The Phildelphi Pper which rrived yesterdy still mentions their infesting the Frontier of Virgini.

10 374 Notes nd Queries. I hve just got Letters from Col 0 Brdstreet of the 12 th of Sept r from Detroit, Since Mjor Gldwin's Deprture the ottws Chippews &c. hd mde their Pece. I trnsmit you Copy of their Trety. Pondic ws t the Mimie with ll the Twigtwees nd Indins of the onbche which could be collected. Cptin Morris of the 17 th sw them ll in his wy to the Ilinois. Pondic still despotick, but ws become trctble, nd ws to meet Col 0 Brdstreet t Sndusky, to tret, I understnd, for Himself. The Army ws to set off for Sndusky bout the 14 th of Sept r. Colonel Bouquet ws t F. Pitt on the 26 th ul mo nd pssed the ohio few Dys fterwrds. He hd hd n Accidentl Interview with some Delwr Indins, whom he reproched for their triterous Infrction of their lte Negotitions, which He gve for Reson of his Mrching on ; nd sent some of them to inform their Ntions of it, nd to Send their Chiefs to him, to give stisfction for their Murders. He proposed to send others with some of his own People, with Letters to Colonel Brdstreet, nd to detin number of the Indins s Hostges for their Sfety. The Mohwks nd other Indins you sent to Him, hd not then joined Him. The French seem resolved to give us ll the Trouble they cn, I ws in Hopes they were moved wy by this time, nd hd given np New Orlens to Spin. I hve hd no news from the Southwrd this long Time. Wht you observe bout clling the Indins to frequent Conferences my no Doubt hve very good Effect. The Neglect of this ws sid to be in prt the Reson of their not being herty in our Cuse, the Beginning of lst Wr. This nd Mny other "Expedients my be necessry to cement our union with them ; nd gret del will depend, on our finishing our Mtters with the Shwnese nd Delwres. A Little Time will cler this up, nd we shll then judge, wht is proper to be done, upon the whole. Our Concerns with Indins re now gretly extended by our Acquisitions in the lte wr. And we seem to hve occsion for some settled, uniform, System for the Mngement of Indin Affirs. The Number of your Deputys, Interpreters &c. should be incresed, nd the severl Ntions with whom they re to del, llotted to them. To begin t Detroit nd tke in the whole Country from thence round by Missilimkink nd by the Ilinois River to Fort-Chrtres, nd from thence down the Mississipi nd up the Ohio to Fort-Pitt, seems the Trct of Country immeditely under our Considertion. The rest is under your own Eye or your Deputy in Cnd. You will be so good s to tke this rough sketch under your Considertion nd think of wht Pln will be the best to pursue, for generl System, dditions or ltertions my be mde fterwrds, s Experience shll direct. Conferences my possibly be so mnged in the different Districts s to embrce the whole. The Trde is nother Considertion, for which I her Commissrys will be ppointed. The Tretment of the Indins t the Posts is likewise Mteril, nd tht shll be regulted. You know the Posts we occupy, the Quntity nd nture of the Presents to be furnished the officers Commd g nd on wht Accounts they re chiefly to be given deserves lso to be mentioned. I throw out loose thoughts s they occurr. You will be the best Judge wht is worth dopting nd wht Rules re the most proper to estblish. You will probbly soon hve occsion of n Interview with some of

11 Notes nd Queries, 375 the Senecs ; nd my sound them concerning the Crrying Plce, we my mke Merit of every thing we do in their Fvor s they hve by Trety given up the whole. I m with gret Regrd, Der Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servnt, SIR W M JOHNSOX, BART. THO S GAGE. NEW YORK Dec 1 80 th 1765 DEAR SIR, Cptin Stirling got sfe to the Ilinois on the 9 th of October, nd cme so unexpectedly nd suddenly upon them, tht there ws no Time to form Plots or to cbl ginst him. He immeditely got Possession of Fort Chrtres, which he sys is the best Fort in Americ. The Indins were t first frightened nd cme running with Pipes of Pece nd Belts, but no sooner the sw the smllness of his Detchment thn they becme very insolvent. There ws no Ace 1 of Mjor Frmr on the 10 th of October, but I hope the 34 th Reg* will get up before the winter. Cptin Stirling complins of the wnt of n Interpreter or Indin Agent, nd I write to Mr. Croghn to send M c Kee or Smllmn, who re ll now t Phildelphi: Whrton & C intend sending some Bot-Lods of Goods from Fort Pitt, immeditely, unless the Frost setts in to prevent them. A Letter from one of the Officers t Fort-Chrtres sys, ner J/,000 Indins come there every yer. The French hve formed two settlements on the opposite Side of the River. I hve received your Letter of 21 st Ins* inclosing Court of Enquiry held t Nigr. It's to be hoped tht the Murtherer mybe discovered, tht the svges my hve no Pretence to brek with us. The Intelligence you hve received from Lieu* Colonel Cmpbele nd Cp* Howrd my be true or flse, but we hve Reson to suspect the Pontetmies who hve been redy for ll Mischief; nd don't seem ever to hve been thoroughly reconciled to us. And the Chippews re People of the sme Chrcter. The ottws seemed better kind of Indin, nd we hd reson to hope from Pondic's Behvior, tht He nd his Ntion were now reconciled. Lieu* Colonol Cmpbele will doubtless be upon his Gurd nd thro' mens of the Hurons my be ble to lern the Truth of these Reports. I hve wrote to Cp* Murry t Fort Pitt bout condoling with the shwnese in the Mnner you desire; nd hve mentioned the sme thing to M r Croghn. Cp* Murry cn do it if there is ny Person who cn ssist him s Interpreter, but it might be better if M c Kee ws present, nd I imgine tht M r Croghn will send him up. With Respect to the supposed Murtherer of the Indin, I imgine he my be tken up on the Evidences of the Persons exmined t Nigr ; or perhps the Court of Enquiry my be sufficient. And on tht Ace* I return it to you. And if the Description of Him nd the Circumstnces which shll pper further on his exmintion re trnsmitted to the Detroit proper Evidences my be procured there to prosecute him. I m with gret Regrd Der Sir, Your most obedient humble Servnt To SIR W M JOHNhON. THO S GAGE.

12 376 Notes nd Queries. SOME FAMILY EXPENSES OF A CENTURY AGO. The following items hve been selected from the "Fmily Expense Book" of well-known gentlemn of this city, bout century go : To Dniel Jndon, for 90 dys schooling of dughter $6. Report. Lte times. Absent " Missed " Merit " Behviour No. 1. Receives... Premium. 2 Pyrmids of Ice Crem 3 pts ech $ lbs ckes $1. 1 Silver Te Pot, $38.15 ; 1 Silver Wter Pot $35.10 ; 1 Sugr Dish $25.03; 1 Silver Slop Bowl, $20.08 ; 1 Crem Ewer, 12.9; 132 oz 2.30 $ Port Wine, $9. per doz.; Ale, Porter nd Cider per doz. $1.25; Chmpgne $20. per doz.; French Brndy, $2.50 per gl. White silk gloves, $7.50 per doz.; tn silk gloves, $4. per doz.; white figured Stin, 90c per yd ; Cnton Crepe Shwl, $4.80; Umbrell, $2.25; bottle of Lvender, $1.50; Pomtum, 25c; Leghorn hts, $13.; 1 Bot. Cologne, 75c ; 1 plid cot, $10.; 1 pr. Corsets, $3.50; 1 bonnet 19.50; Lce vil, $8.; Blck silk velvet, $2.50 per yd; Bottle silk velvet, $3. pr yd.; Drb silk velvet, $4. pr yd.; Trimming Leghorn ht with fethers, $5.; Ldies Ptent Lever, Gold dil wtch, engine turned cse, Rose edges, $122. Dentl bill: Clening teeth, filing nd cutting out 4 decys, filling 4 cvities with gold, $ Rent of Hrp for 6 mo. $31.25; 1 qr. instruction on Hrp, $50.; Guitr nd cse, $18.; 1 qr. instruction on pino, $18.; 1 qr. tuition in French, $8.; Phild. Acdemy, 1 qurter $20.; University of Pennsylvni, Freshmns Clss, 1 qurter, $20.; Miss Bzeley's school, $50. per qr.; Dncing per qr. $10. 1 Trunk, with engrved brss plte, $11.; Regent 7 s blue cloth cot with velvet collr, $42.50; Blck Bever ht, $8 t ; 1 pr. boots, $7.; silk suspenders, $1.; 1 pir horses, $375.; Fncy chirs $6. ech, rm chir $9.; 1 lrge wing'd wrdrobe, $ Stove, $28.; Imperil Te, $2.78 per lb.; 1 bbl. Superfine Flour, $14.25; J peck ice dily per week, $1.; Hm, 16c per lb.; Venison, 15c per lb. Purchse of pew in St Stephen's P. E. Church, $255; dues on 1 shre Librry Compny of Phildelphi, 15 shillings. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE HISTOR- ICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE YEAR The following selections hve been mde from the nnul report of Dr. John W. Jordn, Librrin of the Historicl Society of Pennsylvni, for the yer The ccessions of books, 1458; pmphlets, 4228; mnuscripts, 1461; nd miscellneous, The following re deserving of specil mention :

13 Notes nd Queiies. 377 Benjmin West Collection of 7 roy] folios of mnuscripts nd sketches, 2 sketch books ; oil portrits of George III nd Queen Chrlotte, by West; portrit of West, by Sir Thoms Lwrence. Newsppers, 11 vols., Directories of Phildelphi, model of stem ycht Dorothe, presented to the U. S. Government, from Thoms McKen. Letter of Admirl Robley D. Evns, U. S. N., describing the destruction of the Spnish fleet off Sntigo, from Cpt. J. B. O'Neil. Silver wtch of Wshington, nd letter of Wshington to Mjor George Lewis, from Willim Alexnder Smith. 13 Books, 282 pmphlets nd 212 miscellneous, from Hon. Jmes T. Mitchell. 804 pmphlets, from Dr. S. Solis Cohen. Indi ink portrit of Dr. Willim Shippen the elder ; miniture of Col. Isc Roberdeu, by Rembrndt. Pele, from Roberdeu Buchnn. Silver cstor of Jonthn Mifflin, from Mrs. Jmes Mifflin. Oil portrit of Thoms Mifflin, by Copley, from estte Mrs. Willim Mifflin. 2 oil pintings of nvl enggements by Thoms Birch, from estte of W. C. Kehmle. Wtch of Count Donop, killed t Fort Mercer, from W. H. Rmborger. Portrit from life of Mjor Gen. Anthony Wyne, by Elouis, from Mrs. Joseph W. Drexel. Mhogny secretry bookcse, used by Lfyette, from Mrs. W. C. Hewes. 8 Mhogny chirs, purchsed t the sle of effects of President Wshington in Phildelphi, bequest of Elizbeth Burkhrt. Illustrted genelogy in mnuscript of the Hre-Powel fmily, from Robert J. Hre Powel. Oil portrit of Dniel Webster; unfrmed portrits of Wshington, Npoleon nd Webster, nd bronze bust of Wshington, from estte Frnk Hzeltine. Oil pinting "The Prting of the Bots/ 7 (Jenette Artie Expedition,) by Briscoe, from Mrs. Fnnie Muhr. Oil portrit Mjor W. S. Diller, nd his militry ppers, from bequest LeRoy Diller. " Journl C." of Dr. John Morgn, , contining list of the members of the Americn Philosophicl Society, , purchsed by the Society. 20 vols. English Prish Registers, 7 vols. books, 76 pmphlets, from W. Brooke Rwle, 329 Mnuscripts, from Theodore M. Hrt. 188 Mnuscripts, relting to the Civil Wr, from Mrs. Hnnh Schmitt. 369 Mnuscripts, Muster Rolls nd Certifictes of Bounty Fund, from the Christopher Sower Co. 24 books, 90 pmphlets, from Miss Julin Wood. 14 vols. of Records from the Genelogicl Society, viz. Bucks Co. Mrriges nd erly wills, ; Delwre Co. Wills, ; Records Orphns' Court of Phildelphi ; Mrrige license bonds, New Cstle Co., Delwre, ; Records Slem Reformed Church, Dover, (2 vols.); Records Evngelicl Luthern Church, Upper Milford, Penn.; Tombstone inscriptions Trinity P. E. Church,

14 378 Notes nd Queries. Southwrk, Phild., Records Zions Luthern Church, Lehigh Co., Penn.; ; Record of interments, Asbury M. E. Church, Phild.; ; Docket of John Wilson, Bucks Co., Penn ; Records St. Andrews P. E. Church, Phild., ; Welsh settlers of Hilltown nd New Britin, Penn.; Records Evngelicl Luthern Church, Oley, Berks Co., Penn., Vluble dontions to the Society hve lso been mde by the following members nd friends: Louis Ashbrook, H. G. Ashmed, N. W. Ayres & Sons, Thoms Willing Blch, Miss Emily Bell, Mrs. H. M. Berlin, Robert M. Beth, Chrles S. Brdford, Chrles H. Browning, 0. C. Bosbyshell, Hmpton L. Crson, Mrs. Hmpten L. Crson, Chrles A. Converse, Miss Josephine H. Crr, Richrd Y. Cooke, John B. Clement, the Misses Cresson, Gherrdi Dvis, Herbert Duprey, Elbert J. Edwrds, H. Frnk Eshlemn, the Misses Elliott, Hermn Fber, Howrd O. Folker, Chrles C. French; E. Burd, Foster C. Griffith, G. W. B. Hicks, Mrs. T. R. Hrper, Miss Mry Stockton Hunter, John J. L. Houston, Chrles Henry Hrt, Joseph F. Jckson, John W. Jordn, Ewing Jordn, Willim H. Jordn, Gregory B. Keen, Frncis Fisher Kne, De B. Rndolph Keim, Dr. Henry Leffmn, Willim H. Lmbert, Arthur H. Le, Willim Leveritt, Willim W. Longstreth, John K. Lcock, Mrs. E. L. Mrshll, Dr. C. K. Mills, the Misses Murry, M. R. Muckle, Horce Mgee, J. Hmpton Moore, W. Nelson Myhew, Clrence B. Moore, John B. McPherson, John Mrshll, John P. Nicholson, Dr. Geo. W. Nins, Willim Nelson, E. P. Oberholtzer, Smul W. Pennypcker, Willim A. Ptton, Geo. Rnsberry, Frncis Rwle, Frncis X. Reuss, Miss Mry J. Stille, Mrs. W. Hinckle Smith, D. M c N. Stuffer, T. Guilford Smith, Miss Tenbrook, C. H. B. Turner, H. T. Underdown, C. H. Vinton, Joseph Willcox, Stephen W. White, John R. Witcrft, Mrs. Tlcott Willims, Mrs. Ashbel Welch nd George F. P. Wnger. During the yer, the steel cses for the newspper files were erected, nd the ppers rrnged by Sttes chronologiclly. EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF THE MORAVIAN CONGREGATION AT OLDMANS CREEK, N. J., Rev. Frederick Schmidt, pstor. September 11. All dy long there ws hevy cnnonding, nd fterwrds we herd tht bttle hd tken plce between the two rmies t the Brndywine River. September 26. Henry Miller, the printer nd bookseller, rrived from Phildelphi. September 27. Nichols Grrison nd wife cme from Phildelphi s fugitives. Miller ws lodged with Mrs. Gill, nd the Grrisons with us t the prsonge. October 1. All re in lrm! Henry Miller leves for Reding, Penn. An English troop hs lnded three miles from here. October 22. Ferful cnnonding shook the house like n erthquke. (It ws the ction t Red Bnk). December S. Twenty Americn militimen were qurtered in the prsonge. 1778, Februry. Americn militimen re gin qurtered in the prsonge.

15 Notes nd Queries. 379 Februry 25. Over two thousnd English troops pss, on their wy to Slem. The house ws full of soldiers polite, but crry off" trifles. Februry 26. The Grrisons leve for Bethlehem, hving been here five months. There is tlk of flight mongst the neighbors. My wife nd self re determined to remin. My 10. Mny militimen ttended the services. June 12. A skirmish took plce ner by between the English nd the militimen: one of the ltter ws killed. A report previls tht the English were bout to mrch through Jersey, to kill nd to set fire to everything. June 21. We herd this week tht the English rmy hd left Phildelphi nd re mrching towrds New York. October 4. A new lrm. English troops hve lnded t Egg Hrbor, nd mny of our locl militimen hve been ordered thither. In 1780, reference is mde to the difficulties of trvel nd the interruption of communiction with the outside world, owing to the destruction of the bridges. The winter following ws one of exceptionl severity, the ink in Pstor Schmidt's inkstnd freezing. AMONG THE WHARTON PAPERS, in the Mnuscript Division of the Historicl Society of Pennsylvni, re mny interesting items relting to the school dys of Chrles Mifflin. Supplementing wht ws published in PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE, Vol. xxxiii, p. 365, re the following : I Begn Jnury 3 to Keep Diry in which time I sid 38 morning Lessons in Eng. Grm r : I Recited 21 morning Lessons in Eng. Syntx, Red Eng. History 123 Attended Remrks on the Sme once Hd Exercises in Geogrphy & Mps 5 times Recited 118 Corderius Lessons Attended Lectures & Exercises 123 times. Wrote 30 Copies Hed of the Second Clss 9 times Foot nme Hed of the First, twice Foot none Hd Tryls for Plces 12,1 ws Hed twice M. Rser 4 times C. Bensel twice I Neglee once T. Livesey C. Engle Geo. Mifflin once Attended Divine Service t the Friends meeting 11 time Red 80 Chpters in the Holy Bible Absent none Omitted morning Lessons twice Mrch Msters Certificte tht Chrles Mifflin hs Performed his School Exercises in Generl Well mkes Proficiency in Eng. Prsing & Ltin but is too remiss in his morning Lessons which will put him behind his Clss, if he does not Mend. To MR THO S WHARTON, his Gurdin. P. WEBSTER. Germn town Decm r 18, 1764 Received of Thoms Whrton the Sum of Seven pounds Sixteen shillings being in full for one qurters bord of Chrles Mifflin & for sixpence p Week supplied sid Chrles during this Qurter, which ended the 10 th of this Month rec'd for my husbnd Jmes Delplin ANN DELAPLEAIN

16 380 Notes nd Queries, DODD-HOLLAND nd other fmily records, copied from Bible of Mrs. Chrles Jones, Lewes, Delwre, nd contributed by Eev. C. H. B. Turner. Willim Dodd the son of W m Dodd nd Elizbeth his wife ws Born September the 14 th 1775 Elenore Bruce Dughter of Alexnder Bruce nd Ester his wife ws Born My the 26 th 1778 Eliz Turner Dodd Dughter of W m Dodd nd Elenore his wife ws Born September the 17 th 1799 Mri Dodd the Dughter of W m Dodd nd Elenore his wife ws Born October the 24 th dy Anno Domini 1801 Comfort Bruce Dodd dughter of W m Dodd nd Elenor his Wife ws Born Feb. 11 th 1804 Hnnh Dodd Dughter of W m Dodd & Elenor his Wife ws Bom December the 25 th Dy Anno Domini 1805 Elenor Bruce Dodd Dughter of W m Dodd nd Elenor his Wife ws Bom April the 14 th 1808 Joseph Hzlett Dodd son of W m Dodd nd Elenor his Wife ws Bom October 6 th 1810 Amy Dodd Dughter of W m Dodd & Elenor his Wife ws Born April the 22 th Anno Domini 1814 Willim Alexnder Dodd the Son of W m Dodd nd Elenor his Wife ws Born August the 11 th dy Anno Domini 1820 Ebenezer the Son of John Hollnd & Elizbeth his Wife ws Bom Sept 4 th 1801 Mri Hollnd the Dughter of Ebenezer Hollnd nd Eliz T. Hollnd his wife ws Born June the 18 th 1827 Ann Bobbins Hollnd the Dughter of Ebenzer Hollnd & Eliz his Wife ws Born Jnury the 7 th 1829 Hetty Elenor Hollnd Dughter of Ebenezer Hollnd nd Eliz his Wife ws Born June 21 th 1831 Hnnh Newbold Hollnd the Dughter of Ebenezer Hollnd nd Eliz his Wife ws Born Mrch 22, 1833 Joseph Hollnd the Son of Ebenezer Hollnd nd Eliz his Wife ws Born September the 12 th 1835 Tbith Hollnd Dughter of Ebenezer Hollnd nd Eliz his Wife ws Born Februry the 11 th 1837 Willim Dodd Hollnd the Son of Ebenezer Hollnd nd Eliz his W T ife ws Born Mrch the 22 nd 1839 John Pynter Hollnd the Son of Ebenezer Hollnd nd Eliz his Wife ws Born August the 6 th 1841 Albert Bruce Hollnd the Son of Ebenezer Hollnd & Eliz his Wife ws Born Jnury the 4 th 1846 Hnnh N Lnk the Dughter of John C. Lnk nd Hnnh his Wife ws Born November the 14 th 1859 Mry Alif Dughter of Joseph Aylif nd Amy his Wife Deprted this life My the 14 th Dy bout 6 oclock in the morning, Anno Domini Supposed to be bout Seventy yers of Age Hnnh Newbold the wife of Jmes Newbold deprted this life August the 15 th in the yer of Our Lord 1825 Supposed to be 73 yers 2 months old Willim Dodd deprted this life Mrch the 31 st in the yer of Our Lord Aged 62 yers 6 months & 16 dys

17 Notes nd Queries. 381 Elenor Dock! Deprted this Life April the 3 d dy in the yer of Our Lord 1840 Aged 61 yers 10 mo. & 23 dys Wllce W. White nd Tbith Hollnd were mrried December John P. Hollnd nd Mggie A. White were mrried December 29 th 1868 Mggie A. Hollnd, wife of John P. Hollnd, deprted this life August 18, 1869 Ebenezer Hollnd & Eliz T. Dodd were Mrried My the 3 d 1826 Hnnh N. Lnk the Dughter of Ebenezer Hollnd nd Eliz his Wife Deprted this life the 24 Dy of December Age 26 yers 9 months 2 dys COPY OF THE NONCUPATIA^E WILL AND PROBATE, OF JOHX HILL, DECEASED. Contributed by Eev. C. H. B. Turner. Sussex County) The Lst Will & Testment of John Hill of to Wit j Angol Neck in Sussex County decesed. Declred by word of mouth on the 10 th dy of November (being then sick of the sickness whereof he died) In the presence of us the Subscribers who Sign our nmes s Witnesses* thereof which words so spoken were s follows, before Mry Dy. Molloy must hve schooling nd Sib, the Chest with ll her mothers Cloths the rest must be divided nd Ezekiel West must py himself out of it. Witness Jn Tylor. her r ^ s Mry X Dy j SEAL mrk ( j Before Srh Hzzrd upon her sking John Hill wht he ment to do with his Children. He sid he left ll his Children, nd wht there ws to Ezekiel West to School his Children nd py himself. her Srh A Hzzrd mrk Witness Jn Tylor Before Mrgret West, John Hill tlking to Ezekiel West sid tke ll the Children nd ll wht I hve. her Mrgret M West mrk Witness Jn Tylor. Before Willim Blizrd Jn r John Hill speking to Ezekiel West sid tke the Children, tke cre of them tke ll wht I hve fter Polloy hs her mothers Cloths nd Chest, nd my debts pid let the rest be divided mongst the other three. Willim Blizrd Witness Jn Tylor. Be it remembered tht on the Tenth dy of November, 1777 before me Phillips Kollock, Reg 1 ' for the probte of Wills & Grnting Letters

18 382 Notes nd Queries. of Administrtion for the County of Sussex Personlly ppered Srh Hzzrd, Mry Dy & Willim Blizrd nd mde Oth on the holy Evngelists of Almighty God, Tht John Hill lte of Sussex County Yeomn decesed in the Annexed pper writing mentioned did declre by word of mouth on the dy therein mentioned to Wit the 10 th dy of November lst pst (he being then in his own dwelling house nd sick of the Sickness whereof he died) in the presence of the sid deponnts did pronounce the Contents of the pper writing fs d to be his Will & Desire & tht t the time of the doing thereof the sid decesed ws to the best of their pprehensions of sound nd disposing mind memory nd understnding And tht the words so pronounced by the sid decesed were committed to writing on the 13 th dy of November, by these deponnts } her Srh mtrk IZZid Willim Blizrd Before Phillips Kollock, Reg r. LETTER J. MOORE TO FREEHOLDERS OF CEDAR CREEK HUNDRED. Contributed by Rev. C. H. B. Turner, Lewes, Delwre. Gent. I m informed tht gret number of the inhbitnts Freeholders ot your hundred hve been stopp'd from coming to Town to choose your Convention Men occsioned by resolve of the Committee of Inspection s is supposed, whereby it is directed tht the election of the Convention Men re to be held in the respective Hundreds of the County, in the first plce, The committee hd s much right to mke such resolve s the King of Frnce & no more, secondly By n express resolve of the Committee of Inspection pss'd some time go not less thn two thirds of the whole committee of the County were enbled to do business nd it is beyond doubt tht not more thn twenty of the Committee were there this number of the inhbitnts of your Hundred hers from M r Groves on Sturdy lst. This ppers to be mere stroke of those persons to void your giving your votes t time when they re more necessry thn it ever ws t ny election, becuse wht it to be done by the Convention is to lst while the Government lsts. The Committee in their resolves set out with n bsolute flsehood becuse they sy this County ws not represented in the lte house ot Assembly, which is not so s three Members of the County were there, beside if this County ws not represented in Assembly how cou'd. this County be represented in Committee when not more thn twenty persons were there, who were not quorem under the resolve fs d. But the Committee hd no right to mke such resolve becuse the people t the time they were chosen invested them with no such power t the time they were chosen, nor hve they it by ny order of Congress consequently they hd no more right to mke ny such resolve (s I hve sid before) thn they hd to mke Lws to bind us in ll cses whtsoever, becuse it ppers to be no more thn n ttempt to deprive you of the right which you hve hitherto enjoyed s freemen. To the Freeholders inhbitnts of Cedr Creek Hundred. Y rs J. Moore.

19 Notes nd Queries. 383 (Sluertes* BRIG u NEGOCTATOR. " Prticulrs re requested relting to the wreck of the Brig "Negocitor," Cpt. Jmes Nicoll, of Phildelphi. She is sid to hve been wrecked in Dt concerning Cpt. Nicoll is lso wnted. WILLIAM ABBOTT, 141 Est 25th Street, New York City. Sr. JAMES CHURCH, KINGSESSING. Do ny of the reders of the PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE know of n engrving or sketch of ny kind of St. Jmes Church, Kingsesbing, prior to its being enlrged in 1855? Soofc motices* HARRISON, WAPLES, AND ALLIED FAMILIES. Being the Ancestry of George Leib Hrrison of Phildelphi, nd of his wife Srh Ann Wples. By their son Willim Welsh Hrrison, LL.D., Phildelphi. Printed for privte circultion only. One hundred copies printed on Whtmn's hnd-mde pper nd one on vellum ; 176 pges, 83 illustrtions nd chrt of ncestry. This exceptionlly hndsome, well printed nd superbly bound book, with eighty-two photogrvures, gives the history of the Hrrison fmily from bout the yer 1375, to the present time. The Hrrisons were of Greystoke nd Thurstonfield in Cumberlnd, Englnd, nd were mong the erly followers of the Quker George Fox. John Hrrison of Phildelphi, son of Thoms Hrrison, the emigrnt, ws prominent chemist nd the first successful mnufcturer of sulphuric cid in Americ. He ws Eecorder of Phildelphi nd one of the first Bord of Mngers of the Frnklin Institute. He mrried Lydi Leib, sister of Dr. Michel Lieb, Postmster of Phildelphi, United Sttes Sentor nd Generl of the militi. Their son George Leib Hrrison, LL.D., of Phildelphi, Philnthropist, nd President of the Bord of Public Chrities, ws the fther of Mrs. Willim West Frzier, Chrles Custis Hrrison, LL.D., lte Provost of the University of Pennsylvni, Alfred Crven Hrrison, Willim Welsh Hrrison, LL.D., nd Mitchell Hrrison. The ncestry of Srh Ann Wples hs been crefully trced through Delwre, Mrylnd nd Virgini, nd the mternl lines of Custis, Wise, West, Scrburgh, Thorogood nd other prominent Virgini fmilies hve been interestingly described. The copy of this book presented to the Historicl Society by Dr. Hrrison hs lredy ttrcted considerble ttention, which it well merits. The reserches in this country nd brod were mde by Willim M. Mervine, genelogist, of Phildelphi. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LISTS OF NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS. By Mry Ellen Bker, A.B. Boston, vo., pp. 56. This bibliogrphy of lists of New Englnd soldiers who hve served in the regulr rmy nd volunteer rmies of the United Sttes, whether

20 384 Notes nd Queries. colonil or constitutionl, is limited to printed books nd pmphlets. The dt hs been crefully collected nd will be found very helpful to ll interested in the subject. BARRATT'S CHAPEL AND METHODISM. Historicl Address delivered before Forty-third Wilmington Annul Conference, t Asbury Methodist Episcopl Church, Wilmington, Delwre, on Fridy, Mrch 7th, By Hon. Norris S. Brrtt. The Historicl Society of Delwre ; vo., pp. 62. Illustrted. "Brrtt's Chpel nd Methodism" is volume of unusul historicl nd biogrphicl merit, nd contins much tht is of more thn locl interest. It ws t this chpel tht Bishops Coke nd Asbury first met in Americ, nd rrnged the preliminries for forming the Methodist Episcopl Church in this country. The book, throughout, is vluble contribution to the history of Methodism in the United Sttes. It is ttrctively printed nd replete with illustrtions. TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATION, From the Germn of Johnn Dvid Schoepf. Trnslted nd edited by Alfred J^Morrison. Phildelphi, Vols. Price $6.00. Dr. Schoepf's trvels, of which we gve notice in recent number of the Pennsylvni Mgzine, hs been published nd is on sle by Willim J. Cmpbell, of this city. The trnsltion nd editing shows cre nd reserch, nd the book is credit to ll concerned in the mking of it. As the edition is limited, copies should be secured promptly. A CALENDAR OF DELAWARE WILLS, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Abstrcted nd compiled by the Historicl Eeserch Committee of the Colonil Dmes of Delwre. New York, vo., pp The Historicl Eeserch Committee of the Delwre Society of the Colonil Dmes of Americ is to be highly commended for the publiction of this work, for it will be found of the gretest vlue to genelogists nd of interest to historins. These bstrcts hve been mde none too soon, for mny of the originl wills, from frequent hndling, hve suffered considerble defcement. A very full index of nmes will be pprecited by ll who consult the volume. Copies my be purchsed of Mrs. Mry B. Wright, 704 West Street, or Mrs. J. Ernest Smith, Wilmington, Del., who compiled the work.