history of his times than any other man. For this reason, friends urged him to write a history of the Revolution. He not only put aside the suggestion, but destroyed private papers bearing on the subject. Charles Thomson died in 1824 at the age of ninety-five. The Electors of President and Vice-President

Books, Papers, etc., belonging to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from Philadelphia to the Borough of Lancaster as follows." 6 From Scharff and Westcott's "History of Philadelphia." Washington, D. C., became the capital of the nation in 1800. See also "Andrew Ellicott, Surveyor of the Capital of Our

sanctioning any, however plausible the application."4 Extracts from The Press and State Records—January 1, 1802 to Adjournment of State Assembly, April 16, 1802 The papers of Governor Thomas McKean's nine years of incumbency fill forty folio volumes. Much of the material is concerned with routine business and

which was lost would have instructed U. S. Senators and Congressmen to use their offices to amend the constitution so that Federal judges would not hold office for more than ten years and could be removable by the President after a majority vote from both Houses of Congress. One day while the debate on