members of the Church of England, residing in the vicinity. James Hamilton, Esq., granted lots No. 35 and 36 on the plan of the town, subject to a yearly quit rent, for the use of the congregation. Thirty-one per- sons contributed £105, 4s. With this encouragement, the congre- gation began the erection of

received, and to implore such further bless- ings as they stand in need of; and it having pleased him in his abundant mercy, not only to continue to us the innumerable bounties of his common providence, but also to smile upon on, in the prosecution of a just and neces- �sary war, for the defense and

, Secretary of the Penna. State Society during recent years, late resident of Easton, Pa., to whom I had in- tended to submit a copy of this manuscript for criticism, but his death on January 6, 1937, occurred before it was completed). BEVINS, WILDER- 2nd Lieut. 4th Penna. Jan. 1777, 1st Lieut. May 11, 1779

official report of the Lancaster meeting and the reasons for moving to York appear in a letter written by the President of the Continental Con- gress to General Washington. York-Town in Pennsylvania Sept. 30th, 1777. Sir: Since my departure from Philadelphia, I have to acknowledge the receipt of yr fvrs

the Revolutionary army, in the 80th year of his age. "He was buried on Thursday afternoon. with the honors of war, attended by the City Battalion, under the command of Major Hambright, and by a very large concourse of citizens. �"Major Light was, for many years, an active magistrate and public

his heart its sensibility to the last. In his loss we suffer with you; we condole with you in your sorrows. "Accept, venerated relict of our departed General, this ex- pression of our grief, and believe us, on the part of those whom we represent and for ourselves, your sincere friends, "John

of Friday the 19th, some of the members of the Conte nental Congress started on horseback for Bethlehem. They passed through Bristol, Trenton and Easton, and arrived in Bethlehem on the 22nd, where a brief stop was made. They then passed through Reading to Lancaster, where at least one of the members

election of officers. The election of a president led to a lively contest. The candidates were Benjamin Franklin, president of the American society, who was, and had been for some time, abroad on public business, and who was identified with the Popular party in politics; and ex-Governor James Hamilton

number of healthy Persons would fill them sufficiently at any time; but in their present sickly state, I could wish even that number reduced. My duty as Commissary of Prisoners obliges me to trouble Council on this occasion. It is necessary, as well for the safety of the Inhabitants as the security of

house of young Melchoir Schneider in the space of five weeks, his wife, her sister and child. Feb'y 16 Mathias Graff goes to Bethlehem to visit his sister, Mrs. Thomas. March 14 These restless and uneasy times, when we hear among men noth- ing but about wars and commotions, many persons in Philada. have

these honored dead we take increased devo- tion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion and that we highly resolve that these dead shall ·not have died in vain. Here on this solemn field lie the unknown and unmarked dead bv the hundreds, mouldering a century and a half. Out