. Charles M. Coldren; then to Mr. George F. K. Erisman, Mr. M. Luther Heisey and Mrs. D. B. Landis. The manuscript notes of Mr. William Frederic Worrier were very helpful to check against the newspaper items. Mr. Alexander, Mr. Howell and Professor Larsen gave much valuable advice. Mr. Hackman, of the

demanded $95,500. The claim was finally settled in 1810 by the payment of $1,314.20. See ibid, vol. 2, pp. 113, 114. 4 This and following quotations were taken from the work of Catharine Van Cortlandt Mathews, "Andrew Ellicott: His Life and Letters," New York, 1908. Copy in Fackenthal Library. �exertions