have a de- cided value of their own, inasmuch as they throw new light on some points in the history of the Ephrata Brother- hood. The Letters. "The gentleman at whose house I am entertained is one of the people called Quakers, and a wealthy merchant in this city, to whom I had a letter from Mr. L . of

Mennonite preacher. Later, on the same day, he was visited by another, named Benjamin Ereson, Jr., who gave him their Confession of Faith to read. Under date of August 15 he writes: "To writing, being engaged at times for this week past in correcting the Annals of the Brethren at Ephrata, left with me by

Lahn were the publishers. It was printed mostly in German. In 1797 the name was changed to Der Deutche Porcupein and in 1800 to Americanishe Staatsbote. Fortunately, I am able to accompany the notice of this last named paper with the prospectus issued by the pro- prietors prior to beginning its publica

member of the Governor's Council and Treasurer of the Province from 1685 to 1714. He was also a mem- ber of the Provincial Assembly, a trus- tee of the public schools established by the Friends in 1687, and Deputy Governor during Markham's adminis- t r a t i o n . H e m u s t h a v e h a d a l e g a l

that they declared they should "remain by them unalterable."The Trustees were requir- ed to sign them and that this solemn act should go on record. Accordingly, at a meeting of the subscribers and patrons, held on August 5, 1786, a bal- lot was had, and the result showed that thirteen Trustees had been

longer be done there. It had to be done elsewhere, and that fact is demonstrated on this sheet of bills. The plates for the five lower denominations are those used by Hall & Sellers, while the $20, $30 and $40 are set up in the type of the Ephrata press, making it very clear that the plates of the Hall

character of the school buildings is not excelled by those of any city in i $ i{/// ¥ the Commonwealth. ".Oil I In no city in the State save Philadelphia were so many books and newspapers published prior to 1800 as in i i Lancaster. The earliest newspaper was published in 1752 and there was a daily paper as

Philadelphia, in 1816. It is found on page 47: "In the town of Lancaster, a place at that time (circa A. D., 1750) remark- able for its wealth, and which had the reputation of possessing the best and most intelligent Society to be then found in America. It was chiefly in- habited by Germans, who, of all people