, who is entitled to equal honor in surveying and plotting the National capital, and that man was Andrew Ellicott. He was born in Bucks county, this State, on January 24, 1754, and died at West Point, New York. on August 29, 1820. I shall present briefly the most salient points in his career, and show

archives and property from Corydon, the then capital, to Indianapolis, and lived in Indianapolis until his death, about 1855. Aster leaving the office os treas- urer he helped to organize the State Bank os Indiana, and was its presi- dent sor many years, and during the later years os his connection with

AN EARLY NEWSPAPER The importance and value of news- papers in the study of local history can not well be overrated. They come next in importance to the original records of State and county. In more recent times they have lost somewhat of their value from the coloring given to public questions as