sketch, I must mention the influence of the various county, State and national press associations on the amateur politics throughout the United States. The first annual convention of the National Amateur Press Association was held in 1876. After that an official paper was issued monthly, named The

boundary between the United States and the Spanish posses- sions on our southern borders. That work accomplished, Governor McKean, of Pennsylvania, in 1801, appointed him Secretary of the State Land Office, which he held until 1808. Lan- caster being at that time the State Capital, he moved to this place

not enter into the purposes of this article. Nowhere does the author give credit to any other man in surveying or design- ing the Capital City of the United States. While half a dozen handsome illustrations accompany it, the plot or survey of this French engineer, if he ever made one, is nowhere in

Revolutionary war John Penn grandfather), Peter and Samuel. His third wife was Christian Diller, widow of Martin Diller; by her he had three sons, Philip, John George and Ludwig. His descendants are scattered through Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginla and other States. Michael Diffenderffer died in Lancaster on

, which came along later. The first turnpike in the county and the first one in the United states was what has always been known as the "Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike." That road was built by a company that was charter- ed by the General Assembly of the State on April 9, 1792. It was not a state