victories on the plains of Chalmette,and who was twice President of the United States, coming from another man, who, seventeen years later, was himself elected to that high office. Letter to General Jackson. But here are the letters, neither of which has ever been in print. I present them in the order in

All Early Letter by Thaddeus Stems, In an address on "Thaddeus Stevens as a Country Lawyer," which I pre- pared sor the Pennsylvania State Bar Association last June, and subsequent- ly elaborated and illustrated sor publi- cation in the Lancaster County Histor- ical Society proceedings, I avowed

settled by this class of people."—From Thanksgiving sermon by Rev. P. J. Timlow, November 23, 1854. William Hamilton,also called Hattell Vernon,bought land from Hatwell Var- man and Abigail, his wife, on May 1, 1745. This was part of a tract pat- �ented to Hatwell Varman by the pro- prietaries, John and

Letter by Dr. John L. Atlee, The following account of a case of Cynanche Tonsillaris, in which trache- otomy was resorted to, is from the pen of the operator himself, the eminent physician and surgeon, John Light Atlee, M. D., to his uncle, E. Atlee, M. D.: Dear Uncle: My son, William, was taken