that James Wilson, Esq., was really the author of the greater part of the Constitution of �the United States, and was its ablest de- fender. The New England people, and some from other States, sneer at Pennsylvania and the part her people took in the early struggle for independence. Our Com- monwealth

direction of the Harrisburg and Lan- caster turnpike. William Dunlap was engaged in the Indian trade, and resided along the Swatara river. David McCakarty removed from Done- gal and went to Cumherland county. George Moffet and John Moffet also moved from Donegal at an early day. James Mitchell, Esq., was a

WHEN WAS STRASBURG ERECTED INTO A TOWNSHIP? When I came to arrange some stray notes pertaining to the early settlement of the locality embraced within the limits of Strasburg township as it was bounded one hundred and sixty-five years ago, I found a good many snags in my way. Some of the earliest

Johnsons moved to Westmoreland county, Pa. Privates John Caldwell, Robert Miller, William Cowen, John Watson, the Findleys and others of Buyers' Company were land owners. After the campaign of 1776, Colonel Crawford seems to have dropped out of the military service. All of his staff and line officers were

Snyder, now re sides at Selins Grove, Pa. Grist and Saw Mill. Willism Smith, in the year 1728, took up 152 acres of land along Beaver creek, where the village of New Providence now stands. He built a grist and saw mill in 1729. The mill, with meadow containing four or five acres, was in Strasburg

very lucrative business. Many of the most success- ful Indian traders resided in Donegal township, and Mr. Simon very soon formed close business relations with Colonel Alexander Lowrey,which con- tinued for more than forty years. Many of these early traders suffered great losses from Indian