ought not to be lost. For these reasons, it has been thought appropriate that the story should be retold, as it is now known, in a periodical of more importance, and with this purpose in view, I have undertaken this task. The first subscription library in Pennsylvania was started by Benjamin Franklin

give to you the result of my inquiries concerning this subject. I know you will pardon all deficiencies. Dr. Julius F. Sachse, in his inter- esting article, entitled "Wayside Inns on the Lancaster Pike," published in volumes 21 and 22 of the proceedings of the Pennsylvania German Society, says that in

. Title: Letters of Col. Matthias Slough to Robert Morris / by Hon. Chas. I. Landis. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Slough, Matthias--Correspondence. Pennsylvania--History--1775-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1920 Description: 59-65 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal

of Pennsylvania. EDWARD HAND. JOHN HUBLEY. PAUL LANTZINGER. MATTHIAS SLOUGH. ABRAHAM WITMER, �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Landis, Charles Israel, 1856-1932. Title: A list of the original Lancaster subscribers to the capital

no emigrants whom William Penn desired more ardently for his plantations on the Delaware and Susquehannah than the persecuted Huguenots, and many of them, even before reaching Eng- land, had heard of the advantages possessed by Pennsylvania through the statements which his agents circulated in all

Huffnagle, the first United States Consul to Calcutta, India. Dr. Huffnagle had secured many rare curios concerning the Indies and the Orient, and these were deposited in a large mansion built by him at New Hope, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. The Huffnagles had married into the family of Colonel Isaac Franks