benefit of the church, stated that the drawing was completed on Friday, May 22nd. The list of num- bers that drew prizes was published in the Pennsylvania Gazette of Thursday, June 11th, 1761. Eight years after the completion of the original building, the vestry instructed George Ross and Samuel Boude

inscription, which is as follows, was prepared by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Clifford Gray Twombly : "In honor of members of St. James' church who served Amer- ica during the time of the Revolution : George Ross, signer of the Declaration of Independence: Major General Edward Hand, friend and companion in arms

celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of General George Washington, "the Father of his Country." John Mathiot, Esq., mayor of the city, was chosen president of the meet- ing; George Louis Mayer and Emanuel C. Reigart, Esqrs., vice- �presidents; and Henry Keffer and George Franciscus