. Ellicott's work in laying out our National Capital, seems unaccountable. The facts are known to the world, and one would suppose that a writer, setting out to write a chapter of our early history, should make use of them. Major Peter Charles L'En- fant was no doubt an able military en- gineer, but there is

September 3, 1789, and was buried in the graveyard attached to the First Reformed Church, in this city, to which he left a legacy of £15. �sold to Dr. Parish, who was his agent, the 3,000 acres in Conestoga Manor that were still unsold. But as much of the lands in these two Manors had been sold on quit

better known; Alexander Lowrey, Col. Peter Grubb, Col. Philip de Haas, John Hopson, Zaecheus Davis, and, last of all, Col. Nicholas Hoosacker, the sol- dier of fortune, who deserted the pa- triot cause, and, with several officers and twenty soldiers, joined the Brit- ish forces at the battle of Princeton

, taking for her husband Captain Thomas Ewing, who was a staunch Presbyterian and a member of �the Donegal Church. Two sons were born of this marriage—the one, James, was a Captain in the French and In- dian War, and later became a General in the Revolutionary struggle on the patriot side, and the other

of Lancaster city than the stone residence located on the northwest corner of North Duke and Orange streets. It was a fine specimen of the pre-revolutionary style, and even down to the day when it was torn down to make room for St. Paul's Reformed Church was admired by all who were acquainted with it

an age-long custom. History does not record a time when monuments were not the customary means of commemorating great events, historic occasions and distinguished services. Standing in the midst of your people, on a central and commanding site, in the shadow of your ancient church, this shaft will

this rare pamphlet in the Reformed Library at The Hague. Whether there are any in this country I do not know. Dr. Dubbs has given a fac- simile of the title page of this rare circular letter in his recently-published excellent history of the Reformed Church in Pennsylvania.* Of Miller & Holland, the

local history of •Messrs. Evans and Ellis, I learn that prior to 1819, one Landis Beitler had fitted up a building that stood on the south- east corner of Prince and Orange streets for the accommodation of such performances. This building was sometimes called the "Circus." John Landis, better known

, resembling a small balcony, with benches on both sides, where the inhabitants sat and took in the fresh air and viewed the people passing. Many mechanics. Three or four churches (7). Largest pipe organ in America, built at Lititz, vow in use at the Lutheran Church. Some of the officers went to see this