Tiers says, p. 53, "The ground on which the Treaty Tree of Penn stood belonged to Mr. Matthew Van Dusen, March 1, 1810, at the time the tree was blown down. My uncle,Mr. Frank- lin Eyre, owned the property imme- diately adjoining, and to him Mr. Van Dusen made the proposition that if he would have the

." The Treaty Tree, under whose wide- spreading branches was sormed a treaty os peace between William Penn and the Indians, stood in the Indian town os Shackamaxon, on the west bank os the Delaware river, about half a mile srom Philadelphia. It was a tree os magnificent proportions, and was said to be so

TITLESTOLANCASTERCOUNTY LANDS. A unique and enviable distinction stands to the honor of Pennsylvania and its founder, as concerns the land titles of our State and the policy of honesty towards the natives gener- ally on the part of the great Penn. That is, that while Penn might have disregarded the