. The following statistics of one great collection reflects the interest taken in the life of this noble character. Books and pamphlets-3800 Lincoln volumes. Magazines—more than 3000 separate articles indexed and bound. Newspapers—many thousands of clippings filed according to subject ma- terial

. Jacob Slough's tavern on Fri- day evening, February 28th, 1817. Robert Coleman was appointed chairman, and Samuel Carpenter, Esq., secretary. A society was organized ; and a committee, consisting of Samuel White, Joseph Ogilby and James Humes, was appointed to prepare a constitution1. The Lancaster

Counties, 1845, pp. 339 to 344. 3 Mombert's Authentic History of Lancaster County, 1869, p. 171. 4 Proceedings Lancaster County Historical Society, vol. 38, opp. p. 8; History of St. James' Church, Lancaster, Pa., p. 29. We question whether the local Springs were known as Rocky Springs in colonial times