of the political issues of the 1730's, however, there were several important changes. Andrew Hamilton no longer sat for Bucks Coun- ty. In Philadelphia County, five new Quaker representatives replaced William Allen and four moderate city Quakers. In Lancaster County, where the inhab- itants were

, Pennsylvania had es- tablished no right of possession south of the 40th parallel, consequently, Maryland had the opportunity to do so first. In Philadelphia, James Logan was fully aware of what the Maryland- ers were thinking and he pressed his Lancaster County associates to fore- stall them, consequently, in