and he died June 21, 1924. Both he and Mrs. Wood are buried in the military cemetery at West Point. On May 4, 1970, the United States Military Academy had a Cen- tennial Commemoration of the Class of 1870 to which descendants or nearest surviving relatives of members of the class were invited. It was

the Middle Creek, heard these menacing accounts of the rebel invasion. Perhaps his anxieties were reinforced by speculation that his mill might become a casualty of war captured by invaders or destroyed to avoid capture. On the evening of the thirtieth he went down the road from his home in Hopeland

Ode to the United States on its Bicentennial and to the Rededication of its People to the Principles of the Declaration of Independence by Rabbi Samson A. Shain Rabbi Samson Aaron Shain was a good friend of the Lancaster County Historical Society, and was a dear personal friend of the editor. His

dated December 2 and 19, 1861, and January 3, 1862, to Harriet, he discussed the then current delicate international ques- tion, the "Trent Affair," involving the Confederacy and British neu- trality early in the Civil War. In the letter of January 3 Buchanan gave his views about an indiscretion of

- tion of the freed Negro, were unfulfilled. Furthermore, toward the end of his life, he was disappointed when the Pennsylavnia legisla- ture did not elect him to the U.S. Senate, in a three-man race with Andrew Curtin, the Civil War governor, and politico Simon Camer- on, who won and for whom Stevens

Penn's Settlement on the River of Susquehannagh by A. Day Bradley Some nine years after the grant of Pennsylvania, William Penn published in London plans for the establishment of a settlement on the Susquehanna. A prospectus, Some Proposals for a Second Settle- ment in the Province of Pennsylvania

on the History, Present State, and Prospects of the Evangelical Alliance Cause in the United States," in his Progress and Pros- pects of Christianity in the United States of America (London: Partridge and Oakey, 1851), p. 51n.; H. M. Baird, Life of Robert Baird, pp. 228-230; H[orace] B[ushnell], "The

King George's War and the Quakers The Defense Crisis of 1732-1742 in Pennsylvania Politics By Alan Tully To many observers the political history of colonial Pennsylvania has always appeared to be a contention-ridden affair. During the first three decades of the colony's existence factions

Theology ended about the year 1863. Schaff moved on to New York in that year and became a prominent teacher at Union Theological Seminary. Meanwhile, Nevin was relatively inac- tive. After the Civil War he was elected to the presidency of Franklin and Mar- shall, but the theologically constructive years

to 1841. 10 The notebooks contain financial records of his student life, notes from some of the classes he attended, and original essays on a variety of subjects, e.g., ancient history, war, intemperance, and liberty. They indicate that he received basic instruction in Greek, Latin, history