ELECTORAL VOTE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1804. There was recently brought to light in this city an official document nearly one hundred years old, which has both a local as well as a national interest. It is the report of the Electoral Board of the State of Pennsylvania covering the eiection for President

or perhaps better of the confederacy. In Pennsylvania we were cperating under the constitution of 1776 and one of the leading features of our government was that of a single assembly instead of the senate and house as provided for by the constitution of 1790. I have endeavored to select documents

also the capital of Pennsylvania from the summer of 1799 until the autumn of 1812. Carefully preserved among the archives of the Lancaster County Historical Society is an interesting old handbill, published in 1809 by the then well- known printer of Lancaster, William Greer. It is headed, "A List of

Senators and 13 members present. Both the Senate and the House met daily and adjourned from day to day until Monday, April 6th, when for the first time a quorum was present. The two Senators from Pennsylvania were William Maclay and Robert Morris. The eight members from the State were : �George Clymer

communication to Thomas McKean, governor of Pennsylvania, which was as follows : "It is not our custom, on any occasion, to write letters of civility; nor do we wish that this present address should be considered as such. As a plain people, we like to speak the language of our hearts with a simplicity con