subscribers from our own Lancaster county. From this list we are able to get some idea of the literary people of that day, and of those who, in all probability, were among the most influential in the community. The little town of Columbia, Pa., is represented as having seventeen sub- scribers, as follows: J

of those who insist that the present generation would not like to have its parish referred to as "St. James's" church, when, as has been clearly shown, it has been so-called and described by devout and intelli- gent members of the parish for more than a century and a half. ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF THE

. James's Church, Lancaster, to com- plete the work begun by them." The list of numbers that had drawn prizes, was published in the Gazette of Thursday, May 20th, 1762. On October 16th, 1762, the wardens and vestrymen sent a communication to the Rev. Dr. Daniel Burton, secretary of the Society for the

DID LOUIS XVI. OF FRANCE PRESENT A RUG TO GEORGE WASHINGTON? By William Frederic Worner. At a meeting of the Lancaster County Historical Society held in April, 1908, a booklet was received entitled: "An Illustrated Handbook of Mount Vernon; the Home of Washington," issued by the Mount Vernon Ladies

foreign power or resort to arms for the defense of all that can be held dear to freemen, the officers of the militia of Lancaster county, —feeling themselves happy under the influence of a government of their own choice, mild and equal in its operation, and perfectly satisfied that it has been, and

been claimed, and pos- sibly with truth, that a Sunday school was conducted by the monks of the Cloister at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pa., as early as 1739,—forty-one years before the printer at Gloucester, England, gathered the waifs of his town into a similar school. It is also stated in the report

Mcllvaine. It ceased to be a tavern more than one hundred years ago. (See History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, by Judge Charles I. Landis, pages 24 and 25). "June 4th, 1773. Breakfasted at the Sign of the Bull, 13 miles from the Ship; dind at Lancaster, 19 Miles further, and lodgd at Wright's

Pennsylvania. Subsequent to the publication of that paper in May, 1930, I addressed the following letter to the secretary of Lodge No. 43, Free and Accepted Masons: Lancaster, Pa., November 7th, 1930. Mr. J. Fred Fisher, Secretary, Lodge No. 43, F. & A. M., Lancaster, Pa. Dear Sir and Brother: It is not

Grubb, / of Mount Hope, in the County / of Lancas- ter, and daughter of / John Carson, of the County of / Dauphin. / With a lovely person and accomplished / manners, she united a spotless life, / a benevolent heart, and a sincerity of / the kindly social affections, which made / her dear to all who knew

wardens and vestrymen ad- dressed a communication to the Rev. Dr. Daniel Burton, secre- tary of The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which had its headquarters in London, England, stating that the congregation which they represented, had, by a generous pri- vate subscription