EXTRACTS FROM COLONEL JACOB MORGAN'S DIARY, 1758.1758, April 8. Sent Ensign Daniel Harry and a party on a scout to North Kill.

April 9.-Ensign Harry and party returned. They lodged at the house of Nicholas Long, who gave them the following information: On the night of 5th inst, in Tulpehocken township-Levergood was killed by the Indians; the following day Nicholas Kauker's wife was killed and two of their children carried off. On the 7th. William Teedsler's wife and Martin Trechter of Bethel township were killed.

On returning they scouted along the Blue Mountains to the Gap, thence up the Schuylkill, crossing it below the mouth of the Tomangoe Creek, but found no tracts of Indians.

COLONEL ADAM HUBLEY, JR.—

"PHILADA June 5th 1779.

"In consequence of the Resignation of Colo' Thomas Hartley (I being the senior Lieut Colo' in the Pennsya Line) I was this day commissioned Lieut Colo' Commandant of said Regiment, to rank from the 13th day of February 1779.

"ADM HUBLEY JR "Colo. Com 11th Pa Regt.

"SUNBURY June 15th, 1779.

"This day arrived and took command of the following posts on Susquehannah, viz' Forts Muncy, Jenkins & this place."

Queries.

ELLIOT'S INDIAN BIBLE.-In Book A of Surveys, in the office of the Surveyor-General's Office at Burlington, New Jersey, the following items attracted my attention.

Feb. 10, 1664.-Paid Marmaduke Johnson, Printer, in full of his salary for printing the Bible in the Indian Language in New England for the use of the Indians thereof the sum of £35.

Feb. 16, 1664.-Paid Mr. John Elliot in New England as a gratuity given unto him by this Corporation for his Extraordinary pains among ye Indians ye sum of £50.

What "Corporation" was this?

MAPLE SHADE, N. J.

A. M. STACKHOUSE.

BIOREN-MADAN-CARDELL.-Any information regarding John Bioren and Patrick Madan, printers and publishers of "The First American Edition of Shakspeare," Philadelphia: 1795-1796, 8 vols. 12mo; and of William S. Cardell, author of "Story of Jack Halyard, the Sailor Boy," Sixth Edition, Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt, 1827, 18mo, will greatly oblige

Book Notices.

G. P. F.

PROCEEDINGS AND COLLECTIONS OF THE WYOMING HISTORICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-Volume V. Wilkes-Barre, 1900. 8vo, pp. 266. Illustrated.

To uncover and render available for the antiquary the mine of oldtime lore in which the Wyoming Valley is so rich has animated the

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officers and members of the Historical Society at Wilkes-Barre, and in this laudable object their publications have been of much assistance. The volume under notice contains the following valuable papers: "Rev. John Witherspoon," by Mrs. C. E. Rice; "The Defence of the Delaware River in the Revolution," by Captain H. H. Bellas, U. S. A.; "The French at Asylum, Pennsylvania," by Rev. David Craft, D.D.; "The Early Grist-Mills of Wyoming Valley," by Hon. C. A. Miner; "Drift-Mounds of the Susquehanna ;" ""Fossils in the River Drift at Pittston ;""Buried Valley and Pot-Holes in the Wyoming Coal-Fields," by Dr. Frederick Corss; 'List of Taxable Inhabitants, 1776-1780;" and "Matthias and John Hollenback's List of Losses by the Indians, 1778." In the paper of Dr. Craft we find some new matter relating to that romantic episode in the upper Wyoming Valley, the attempt to found a settlement for expatriated Frenchmen, at Asylum, towards the close of the last century. On the pages of the "Waste Book" of the Sun Inn, at Bethlehem, will be found the names of many prominent in the enterprise who enjoyed the good cheer of that noted hostelry en route to their new home. Reports of officers, obituaries of members, and other matter complete the volume.

HISTORICAL NOTES RELATING TO THE PENNSYLVANIA REFORMED CHURCH. By Henry S. Dotterer. Philadelphia, 1900. Vol. I., pp. 201, 8vo.

The title gives the scope of the volume under notice, and the data which has been collected relating to the early history of the church, is also a valuable contribution to our local history. We desire particularly to call attention to the history of the Market Square congregation, Germantown, the congregation at Frankford, and the first quarter century of the Falkner Swamp congregation, the material for which has been drawn from original documents. The marriage register of the Rev. George Wack will be of aid to genealogists, and the list of Huguenot Galley Slaves released by the King of France in the years 1713-1714, preserved in the archives of the Augustiner Kerk, at Dordrecht, is new matter for American readers. Numerous short sketches, historical and biographical, the reprint of letters and other matter, make up an exceedingly interesting volume. The work contains an index and is neatly bound.

THE HISTORIC TEA-PARTY OF EDENTON, October 25, 1774. By Richard Dillard, M.D.

This little monograph gives a graphic account of the proceedings of fifty-one patriotic ladies of Edenton, North Carolina, and its vicinity, who met together on October 25, 1774, and resolved that they would not conform to that Pernicious Custom of Drinking Tea, or that the aforesaid Ladys would not promote ye wear of any manufacture from England," until the Tax was repealed. A portrait of Mrs. Penelope Barker, president of the "Tea Party," a view of the King house, in which the ladies assembled, and a copy from the oil painting in the State Library at Raleigh, representing the ladies signing the compact, add interest to the text.

MINUTES

OF THE

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA,

1900.

A stated meeting of the Society was held January 9, 1900, Acting President Samuel W. Pennypacker presiding.

Owing to the overcrowded condition of the Hall at the stated meeting on November 13, 1899, Mr. Charles F. Jenkins, by request, repeated his lecture on "Revolutionary Landmarks of Germantown," illustrated with additional stereopticon views. A vote of thanks was tendered.

A stated meeting of the Society was held March 12, 1900, Acting President Samuel W. Pennypacker in the chair.

An address by Major William H. Lambert, on "Abraham Lincoln," was delivered, and a collection of rare Lincoln manuscripts exhibited. On motion, the thanks of the Society were tendered.

Nominations of officers of the Society, to be voted for at the next annual meeting, being in order, the following were made:

The annual meeting of the Society was held May 14, 1900, Acting President Samuel W. Pennypacker presiding.

Mr. James Warrington lectured on "Music in America in Revolutionary Times," with vocal and instrumental illustrations. Votes of thanks to the lecturer and his assistants were tendered. The reports of the Council and Treasurer were read and filed.

The tellers reported the election of the officers nominated at the stated meeting in March.

A stated meeting of the Society was held November 12, 1900, President Samuel W. Pennypacker in the chair.

Colonel William Houston Patterson presented a portrait of his father, General Robert Patterson, and read a paper on "Major-General Robert Patterson, Soldier, Merchant, and Citizen." A vote of thanks was

tendered for the portrait and the address.

Mr. C. R. Ashbee, of England, made some remarks on the preservation of ancient and picturesque buildings in Great Britain.