from his excellency, the Commander-in-chief, a general court-martial was held at Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, when Henry Mansin (who confessed himself an officer in the British army) and Wendal Myer, an inhabitant of the county, were brought before the court and charged with being spies, carrying on a

American Revolution, the Province of Pennsylvania was divided into two great parties. The Proprietary party was led by James Hamilton. To it belonged the wealthiest and most influential men,—such as the Aliens, the Shippens, and all who were considered "the aristocracy of the country." The officers of the

NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM PENNSYLVANIA PACKET AND GENERAL ADVERTISER FROM NOV, 29, 1777, TO JUNE 17,• 1778, COLLECTED BY W. F. WORNER SUPPLEMENTARY TO SERIES OF H. FRANK ESHLEMAN. (Read Dec. 3, 1926.) In the series of Notes from the Pennsylvania Gazette contributed by H. Frank Eshleman to the