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hands. Pursch, the celebrated Swedish botanist, who visited the United States in 1799, says he found four botanical gardens in this country: Bartram's, in Philadelphia; Woodlands, near that city; Dr. Ho- sack's, at New York, and Marshall's, in Lancaster. Poor Market. On July 13 he records some trials he

Bailey, did it in 1775. There was evidently no paper published in this city for some years prior to the Revolution. This seems certain from the fact that in 1772 the Burgesses of the town ordered some of their proceedings published in the Gazette and Journal, of Philadelphia. Had there been a home paper

LANCASTER IN 1760, Judge Samuel W. Pennypacker,of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadel- phia, several days ago sent me the fol- lowing extract which he found in John Galt's "Life and Times of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy, of London," a volume which was published in

NEW HOLLAND SCHOOL HOUSE One short month ago Dr. Dubbs read before this Society the history of an early educational movement in this city, which not only reflects infinite credit on the intelligent, able and self- sacrificing men who organized it, but which, by a reflected light, sheds a halo of

well as those of her husband, now rest in the same burial place, where rests the remains of her two sons, the place being mark- ed with a head and a foot stone. A General Knox Letter.* Our President, Mr. Steinman, a few weeks ago became possessed of the following letter, written by General Henry Knox

result has been only to convince me that our Indian his- tory is not in good shape. I do not think I can add anything to the general stock of information, but I will try to unravel the twisted skein a little. In our local history we find the names of the following tribes : Susquehannocks, Piquaws, the

were that united in this scheme to es- tablish a new county. With a single exception, they are unknown to the average reader of our history. It is only when the story of Pennsylvania as it was recorded 200 years ago is d r a g g e d i n t o l i g h t t h a t w e h e a r o f the m. E ach one of them pl

a colonel at the seige of • I Boston, in 1776, and fought in the battles of Trenton and Long Island. In 1777 he wa.s made a Brigadier-General. I • • • He succeeded Gen. Stark in command at Albany in 1778, and accompanied Gen. Sullivan in the e-nJedition ag·ainst • 1/(f, -x • • the Six Nations in

- versity of Cambridge. He became the rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia, in 1775. He adhered to the cause of the Colonies at the breaking out of the Revolution, and made the opening prayer at the First Congress, Septem- ber 7, 1774. After reading a Psalm, he concluded with an extempore invoca- tion of