slaves escaped, has �4 THE CHRISTIANA RIOT. given me much accurate information as to their previous condition of servitude. If their contribution to the history of the encounter and the events preceding it presents, the relation of the Southern­ ers to it in a far more favorable light than has hitherto

. Most respectfully yours, EDWARD GORSUCH. Hon. P. F. Thomas, Governor of Maryland. On page twenty-nine of the His- tory doubt is expressed as to wheth- er a certain Abraham Johnson, who figured in the Riot and was for a time a guest of William Parker, was the same "Abe" Johnson, who was charg- ed with

An Anti-Slavery Reminiscence The Society is indebted to Dr. Geo. L. Cassel for the priviiege of abstract- ing from the diary of his father, the late Abraham Cassel, of Marietta, an interesting account of his experience as a juror in the United States Court in a famous civil case, growing out of the

study and history would make such an admir- able entertainment and valuable con- tribution to local art and literature. If, for example, the co-operation of the Historical Society and the Iris Club, working through a joint com- mittee representing both could be secured to embody in the annals of the one