not pay the bond he had given sor the purchase money, and Franklin in 1754 put one William Dunlap in charge. He rented the establishment to the latter from February, 1754, to April, 1757, at the rate of £20 per annum, then ceased. Those were the days os small things in the newspaper world, as well as

using high-sulphur content coke." Anthracite and charcoal iron, because they were purer and less brittle, were preferred by foundries. Much of this objection to coke pig iron was removed after 1865; by 1872 more than one- third of the pig iron manufactured in the United States was smelted in coke

, op. cit., p. 110. 16. Supra, pp. 62-67. 17. Convention of Iron Masters, Documents. . . , Appendix Tables. 18. J.P. Lesley, The Iron Manufacturer's Guide to the Furnaces, Forges and Rolling Mills of the United States (New York, N.Y.: John Wiley and Company, 1866), p. 238. 19. Burgess and Kennedy, op

became effective in 1781 while Congress was sitting in Philadelphia. Therefore the only place that has the right to call itself the "First Capital of the United States of America" is Philadelphia—site of the First Continental Congress and site of the first Congress under the Articles of Confederation

- tenant Colonel in the service of the United States , now a prisoner with the enemy. By order of Congress. "CHARLES THOMPSON, "Secretary." He is Finally Exchanged. He was given permission to go to New York on parole, first giving this pledge: "His Excellency, General Washington, having granted me per

, in fact, that offered suitable accommodations for performers and spectators. While, therefore, the first regular theatre in the United States was built at Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1752. that date must not be taken to mark the appearance of theatrical represen- tations in this country. No doubt