- came the friend of Mercer and Wash- ington. He published a sermon upon Braddock's defeat in 1755. John Penn, the proprietary Governor, was an admirer of Thomas Barton, and said, "He deserved the commen- dation of all lovers of their country." In 1759 he was elected pastor of St. James' Church

his majority when he crossed the ocean in quest of employment in the realm of Letters. Soon after his arrival in America he achieved an instantaneous success, and in 1751 was called to a tutorship at the "Academy of Philadel- phia," the "University of Pennsylvania" of the present day. While teaching

A THOMAS BARTON LETTER. "For ask now of the days that are past."—Deuteronomy 4:22. The original letter of Rev. Thomas Barton to Rev. Richard Peters, D.D., which is herewith shown, was a purchase of the President, Mr. Geo. Steinman. In Volume 9, No. 9, Lan- caster County Historical Publications, I