A THOMAS BARTON LETTER. "For ask now of the days that are past."—Deuteronomy 4:22. The original letter of Rev. Thomas Barton to Rev. Richard Peters, D.D., which is herewith shown, was a purchase of the President, Mr. Geo. Steinman. In Volume 9, No. 9, Lan- caster County Historical Publications, I

THE WHITEHILLS AND ROB- ERT JENKINS IN CONGRESS James Whitehill, the pioneer ances- tor of this family of prominence, set- tled in Salisbury township, on Pequea creek, a short distance from its source and near the Pequea Presby- terian Church, about two miles from the Old Road and in provincial

- came the friend of Mercer and Wash- ington. He published a sermon upon Braddock's defeat in 1755. John Penn, the proprietary Governor, was an admirer of Thomas Barton, and said, "He deserved the commen- dation of all lovers of their country." In 1759 he was elected pastor of St. James' Church

and genteel living off my landed estate, to be proportionately borne by my legatees." Major James Mercer was a witness to the will. The following flattering extract, taken from a letter of Lieutenant Col- onel, later General, Hand, of this county, to his wife, dated Camp Pros- pect Hill, November 10