borough of Lancaster. —Lancaster Journal September 25, 1802 However, the electorate sensed that there was no serious charge that could be brought against Thomas McKean in his administration of the affairs of the Commonwealth; and the results of the election on October 12, 1802, indicated this feeling

the state government since 1799 and had used the courthouse rent free, they speedily acted to remove this charge against the county and against the estate of William Henry. The text of the act follows: "Whereas it appears that there is due to the Commonwealth from the estate of William Henry, deceased

follows: Gentlemen: The Constitution declares that "no person shall be convicted without the concurrance of two-thirds of the members present" and, as that number have not concurred, you are acquitted of the charge contained in the Article of Impeachment.10 And so, the impeachment of Chief Justice Shippen

founder, then thirty-eight years old, arrived in Pennsylvania and immediately set up headquarters and established residence on a site of 1280 acres where he proposed to rear a great city. In advance of the arrival of Penn, those acres had been plotted for that very city which was named PHILADELPHIA by