after Abbeville shall have be- come part of the city by the natural process of municipal expansion. The later history of part os these lands may also be given. He Sells. Abbeville Institute, Grantee. William Coleman, Grantor. From Record book E, Vol. 5, page, 63. Deed dated October 1, 1835, and recorded

which to carry on their operations. The Newspaper Press. Impulse and direction was given to this literary tendency during the early period of our history by the news- paper press. Beginning with that little bi-lingual paper (it was only 13x8 inches in size), printed by Miller & Holland, there has been a

SOME SHIPPEN LETTERS. Several months ago, Mr. Evans W. Shippen, os Meadville, Pa., placed in my hands sor examination, and such use as I might deem expedient, a num- ber os letters written by members os the Shippen samily os this State. While they were family letters and not os general public

community generous, kind-hearted and consider- ate, alive to the claims of the poor, the needy and unfortunate. As it was in the earlier periods of our history so it has also been in these latter days, only on a broader and more liberal scale, due to the greater wealth of the people, as well as to the