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

real estate, and went to New York, joining Howe's army as Chaplain. In a letter written by Mr. Barton, No- vember 2, 1776, he says: "I was obliged to shut up my churches to avoid the fury of the populace who would not suffer the Liturgy to be used unless the Collects and Prayer for the King and Royal

committee shall meet at Philadelphia on notice from the commissioners of property or Pennsylvania, to take up the different questions arising to- gether with the said commissioners of property; and that these conces- sions shall be enrolled at Philadelphia in the Rolls Office, and are to be strict- ly

county, Ky., in 1813, "changed the whole course of Ameri- can history." Briefly stated, the nar- rative goes,in that year the late James Buchanan, afterwards President, lo- cated at Elizabethtown,Hardin county, Ky., to practice law, his choice being directed by the fact that his father owned a tract of

EARLY LANCASTER TAX- ABLES--1754 r A document, entitled "The Return of the Borough of Lancaster, 1754," has just come to my hands. It has never been in print, and its contents are not recorded in any book of record in the Court House or elsewhere. It consists of five sheets of pa per, not bound

EARLY LANCASTER THEATRE, The Hon. W. U. Hensel a short.time ago called my attention to an incident related by the eminent actor, James E. Murdoch, in the interesting volume of memoirs written by him, in which he relates some of the more striking events of his theatrical career. As the scene of the