neighbor- ing congregation of Oxford, formed the original seat of Associate Presbyterianism in America. Agnes Noble was first married to Rev. Ebenezer Henderson, whose father, Rev. Matthew Henderson, was sent to this country by the Associate Synod of Edinburgh, together with Rev. John Mason, they being the

and enterprising farmer. Hav- ing a large family and believing that he could provide better for them in the new world, he determined to come to America. The fact that some of his brothers and uncles had already emigrated to Pennsylvania, some coming with Penn, induced Mr. Smith to settle in this

me of an earlier opportunity of acknowledging the favor of your address. But a testimony of kindness so flattering to me, and a display of philanthropy so honorable to yourselves, will be forever remembered with gratitude and respect. "The great objects of a free government must be to establish

Robert Morris in Manheim By GEORGE L. HEIGES R OBERT MORRIS is best known as "The Great Financier," of the American Revolution and the first head of the Treasury of the United States. However, Robert Morris has other claims to fame. He was a signer of the immortal Declaration of Independence. To

Thomas McKean Inaugurated Governor of Penn- sylvania in the Borough of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N the autumn of 1799, Thomas McKean, a signer of the immor- .1. tal Declaration of Independence, was elected governor of Penn- sylvania. The Republicans of the borough and county of Lan

Signers And Ratifiers Of The Constitution Of The United States By MRS. CHARLES M. COLDREN Of the eight Pennsylvanians who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and became signers of that immortal document, seven are shown on the plate opposite page 178. The upper four bear a direct

the Declaration passed on the 4th inst. be fairly engrossed on parchment with the title and style of ' The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America' and that the same when engrossed be signed by every member of Congress." On the 2nd of August the Journal says : "The Declaration