was the first to read the Declaration, of Independence from the State House step. He was clerk of Congress at the time. Chris- topher Marshall in his diary said it was read by John Nixon. Later he was appointed by Congress storekeeper of military supplies, an important office. "On May 10, 1776

carriage, etc. It was kept in use until 1851, when it was sold, and finally landed in Black Hills, Dakota. Other companies followed suit in securing hose carriages. They were very graceful in construction and sometimes beautifully decorated. The Union carriage was particularly beautiful, having a scene

State, and which was re- ceived by not a few of his political opponents as indicative of coming evil, notwithstanding the ruffianism with which he was attacked, by the Loco-foco papers and their several echoes throughout the state. Without referring par- ticularly to his services in the office of