lots to the east of him on the block, the one on the corner owned by James Hamil- ton, and the other, next to him, by John Hambright, who had a brewery on it. On the west side, the corner lot on Shipper' street was owned by Rev. Thomas Barton, the Episcopal. clergyman, and the one next to it by Robert

. M. Ensminger, stated quite plainly that 'all letters are required to be prepaid with stamps before they can be mailed.' "The Reading and Columbia Railroad had been completed and was 'in good running order, with first-class passenger cars, and, having made arrangements with the connecting roads North

camps, the distances, and the landmarks, and the news ofthe day, falling victim only rarely to "Camp News". He was a prolific letter writer, and records faithfully to whom he wrote, and from whom he received letters, keeping a running tally in the back ofhis diaries. He was also frugal, and kept

Pennsylvania in most interesting and enlightening records. Our Society has in its Library a copy of this Diary and there is within its covers a graphic pen picture of the period which in its gripping details and its lifelike portrayal is unsurpassed by any other revolutionary lore. His residence during the