Epis- copal church, Lancaster, on Friday, March 27th, 1931. The tablet was erected by St. James's church school, with money obtained at Christmas, 1929, and represents the school's birthday gift to the King of kings. The tablet was designed by the James H. Matthews Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and the

United States. In the summer of 1796, he also declined the position of Minister to France as successor to James Monroe; and General Pinckney was appointed in his stead. As the French Directory refused to receive Mr. Pinckney, and ordered him to leave the country, no other representative was sent to

represented. Fortunately, a number of these letters have been preserved. I am quoting from several of them such portions as relate to Lancaster and its inhabitants. They throw an interesting side-light on conditions as they existed in that eventful year of 1777. September 24th, 1777, James Lovell wrote to

and General Advertiser, a Philadelphia News- paper, whose ancient files are preserved in the Congressional Library, such items of Lancaster County content and interest as are to be found therein, and has kindly given the same to the present compiler to be used to fill the gap just mentioned. The items