bar in 1743. (His name appears in the list of members of the Lancaster bar, with year of admission, as found under the subject of "Bench and Bar," in Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, Page �245). He continued to reside in Lancaster until his untimely death by drowning in the Susquehanna

associate judge. He took part in the War of 1812, and was on the flagship "Lawrence" in its first engagement with the British fleet on Lake Erie. He served as state treasurer of Pennsyl- vania from 1821 to 1827, and treasurer of the United States from June 4th, 1828, to November, 1829. Subsequently, he was

elsewhere. Unless we keep in mind the fact that the election of 1860 was prior to the radio, telephone and daily mail in many sections, and that there were only a few dailies in the United States, we may not be able to appreciate fully the widely extended influence of Mr. Fell's efforts in securing Mr