History: Local: Chapters XXIII & XIV: Bibliography & Early Poetry: Bean's 1884 History of Montgomery Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Susan Walters USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. บบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบ BEAN'S HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA บบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบบ 348 (cont.) CHAPTER XXIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY. IT is not expected in this brief effort and first attempts that this subject is by any means complete, It was, in fact, not determined until some time after arrangements had been made for the preparation of 349 this history. Therefore, in so short a time as one year no one could anticipate in elaborate treatment involving, as it does researches through the long lapse of almost two centuries that have now passed away since the first humble efforts were made within our territory to produce a literature. From the period of settlement to the first introduction of a printing press was more than a century. Philadelphia was near, and printing and publishing to it limited extent was done there even prior to 1700. It was also entered into by Christopher Saur[Sower], at Germantown, in the summer of 1738, with such advantages at hand, as may be supposed, it was not long before persons would be found of sufficient qualifications to avail themselves of such opportunities. Whatever is here now offered on the subject was done almost unaided, and has required no shall degree of labor to secure and bring together. Not an instance of any one having attempted it, or even made all effort in this direction, as respects our county, was ascertained. These facts are now offered in apology for any deficiencies which may exist. Of some works we have failed to secure the date of publication, others, their full titles, size and number of pages. That we have used great effort to have it full and complete we shall not deny. However, the result is gratifying -a foundation, at least, is here laid upon which a more finished structure call be reared, And that, too, with less effort. The wonder is, after going over the list, that even so much has been accomplished when we come to consider the poor reward or patronage allowed authors for their labors. The pursuit of literature by its votaries was chiefly induced by the pleasure or gratification it afforded to themselves. Though they thought and wrote on the past and lived in the present, yet it was the future that animated them to renewed zeal. True, they were generally dry and speculative in the treatment of their subjects; but it was the beginning, and, like all beginnings, crude and with time should be improved upon. The authors or writers who resided within our small territory down to half a century ago could not have fancied the great changes, that have since transpired and that have so respectively tended to disseminate a knowledge and love of letters. No public or free schools then existed, the post-offices were only one fourth the present number, with but one or two arrivals weekly. The first newspaper established in the county was in 1799; in 1810 the number had increased to two, and in 1831 to five. They were all issued once week and small in size. "Locals," in the general acceptation of the term, were then unknown, and as to marriages and deaths, few were yet mentioned. Editorials on useful or instructive subjects rarely made an appearance. Party spirit and rancor was, strongly exhibited, and that of a personal kind. That this occasionally led to duels and personal assaults we need not wonder. Many of the early writers of books and pamphlets being clergymen, devoted themselves chiefly to doctrinal matters, in which sermons have had their share, and beyond their own circles could possess but little interest. Works treating an[sic] agriculture, science, history and biography are being sought after, most of which command high prices. Modern taste appears to be growing more and more practical and advancing towards solid and instructive information. The most popular authors of fiction thirty and fifty years ago and who secured high prices, might now go begging for publishers. In this we certainly see a change for the better. As important aids to useful information the writers of the past stood much in need of suitable dictionaries and encyclopedias of well-digested information, now so common for reference. Even many of the best-written histories down to a century ago were largely made up of connected tales or frivolous and speculative matters, showing a lack of practical and important information in their authors. As a sample, take for instance the amount of space given to the origin of our American Indians or the theories on the internal structure of the earth. To render the subject more comprehensive, mention has been made of a few authors who have been nonresidents, yet, from the nature of their works bearing on the county, they deserve honorable mention; this will also apply in several instances to those who have gotton[sic] up maps. We have also, in this connection, thought it worth our while to mention a few of the early resident publishers, though hardly authors, yet who did much to encourage such by their enterprise and liberality, for which the reward must have been small compared to the risk ventured. Remarkable to state, although we have had at least three noted calculators of almanacs residing in our midst, two of whom were natives, yet, on the most diligent inquiry, we have not learned of in almanac having been printed in the county- though it has been done in the adjacent ones, where book-printing was not nearly so extensively carried on. Many an almanac in English and German was sold within the county, printed in Germantown, Allentown, Reading and Doylestown. With the success and labors of some of our author we can justly be proud; their fame has spread far beyond our limits, and extended even to Europe. Among such in the past can be mentioned Henry M. Muhlenberg, David Rittenhouse, Henry Ernest Muhlenberg, Charles Thomson and John James Audubon. To become a popular author requires long and careful study in the way of preparation, with an exercise and command of the several faculties that mortals do not all possess. The days of superficiality and mere imitation are over. Invention is now required in everything and whatever is seized upon must be added to. To accomplish this requires that the powers of observation be constantly exercised. These are the basis of originality more especially in the held of thought. 350 With this introduction we shall now take up the authors' names, alphabetically arranged, bringing their works down to the present time J M ANDERS M.D., PH.D. a native of Worchester township. "Hygienic and Therapeutic Relations of House-Plants," J. B. Lippincott &Co., Philadelphia, 1880, 16 pp., 16mo., reprinted from the "Philadelphia Medical Times." WILMER ATKINSON, b. 1840, a resident of Upper Dublin, in connection with H. M. Jenkins, wrote a series of articles entitled "Sketches of the Churches and Meetings of Montgomery County, published in the Norristown Register, 1859, in 18 numbers. In December 1878, established The Farm Journal in Philadelphia, an agricultural monthly that has attained an extensive and widespread circulation. He had previously been in editor and publisher of several newspapers. JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, 1771-1851, a resident of Lower Providence from 1789 to 1809, and at intervals afterwards. "Birds of' America," 448 colored plates, size of life, elephant folio, 5 vols., price, $1000. "American Ornithological Biography," 5 vols., 8 vo., 1828. "Birds of America," reduced edition, 7 vols., imp. 8vo. 1844. "Quadrupeds of America," 3 vols., folio, containing 150 plates, and three vols., 8vols. letter press, 1851. In the latter work he was aided by Rev. J. Bachman and his sons, V. G. and J. W. Audubon. By an act of Congress, passed August 18, 1856, the Secretary of State was authorized to purchase one hundred copies each of the "Birds of America" and "Quadrupeds of North America," for exchange with foreign governments for valuable works. MOSES AUGE, b. 1811, a resident of Norristown for a long period. "Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa," published by the author Norristown, Pa., 1879, 568 pp., 8vo. "Five Essays or Lectures on some of the Great Questions of the Day, with a Sketch of the Author and his Ancestors," Norristown, 1879, 64 pp., 8vo. "Historical Sketches of Norristown," published in 1880-81 in a series of weekly articles in the Norristown Register. The first mentioned work is it valuable addition to the history of Montgomery County, containing considerable information that has not heretofore been published. (For a more extended sketch of Moses Auge, see history of Norristown). ELIJAH W. BEANS, long a school-teacher and resident of the vicinity of Hatboro', and also of Norristown, county surveyor 1853-56, d. before 1860, We have been unable to secure a copy of his work, which was published before 1856, "A Manual of Practical Surveyors," 18mo price seventy-five cents. THEODORE W. BEAN, b. 1833. "Roll of Honor of the Seventeenth Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry," James S. Claxton, Philadelphia, 1865, 88 pp., 12mo. "Washington at Valley Forge One Hundred Years Ago; or, The Foot-Prints of the Revolution," Norristown, Pa., with six maps 1867, 63 pp., 8vo. Contributions to the "Annuals of the War," viz: "Buford at Gettysburg;" "Custer's Charge at Yellow Tavern". "The Fall of General Zook," and "General Pleasanton at Chancellorsville," published in the Philadelphia Weekly Times, 1878-88. Editor of the Norristown Independent 1871-72. Author of a course of lectures delivered at Pennsylvania Female College, in 1873, on "Property Rights of Married and Single Women in Pennsylvania." "Sheridan in the Shenandoah," published in the Scout and Mail 1883. History of Montgomery County (the present work), editor. ENOS BENNER, editor and proprietor of the "Bauern Freund" from 1828 to 1858, Sumneytown, deceased. "Erlauterung fur Heern Caspar Schwenckfeld," Sumneytown, 1830, 8vo., "Abhandlung uber die Rechenkunst oder Practische Arithmetic," 1883, 12mo. "Die Augsburische Confession als das Glaubensbekentnes der Protestanden, 1839, 12mo. "Gebete und Lieder," 1840. "Das Neue Buchstabier und Lesebuch, von Enos Benner" 1848. "Hundert Kirchen lieder oder ein Neuer Auhang zum Reformirten Gesangbuch," 1850. The second work has passed through several, editions, and has been extensively used in German schools throughout that section. The fourth work has also passed through several editions, and is considered one of the best German school-books. It is arranged after the manner of John Comly's work, and of similar size. He has also published "Hochdeutsche Reformirte Kirchen-Kirchen Ordnung," 1830, 25 pp., 12mo.; and "Catechismus fur Kleine Kinder von Allen Benennungen, 1855;" a second edition, by his son, E. M. Benner, in 1869, 24 pp., 32mo. E. M. BENNER, "Das Neue Buchstabier und Lesebuch zum Gebrauch Deutsche Volks-Schulen in Pennsylvania und andern Staaten; "Vierte verbesserte Auflage," Sumneytown, Pa., Dresek und Verlag, von E. M. Benner, 1864, 144 pp., 12mo. This is an improved edition of the former work published by his father. JOHN PHILIP BOEHM was one of the first German Reformed clergymen in the county, if not in the country; died in Whitpain in 1749. "Der Reformirten Kirche in Pennsylvanien Kirchenordnung, welche in Jahre 1725 vom Philip Bohm aufgestellt und for den Gliedern der Gemiende angenomen ist," Philadelphia, Potthard Armbruster, in der Arch Strasse. Boehm's "Getruier Warnungs Brief," printed by A. Bradford, 1742. "Bossheit der Herranhutischen Sekte," printed by J. Bohm, 1749. J. H. A. BOMBERGER, D.D., b. 1817, president of Ursinus College and Theological Seminary, Collegeville. "Alumni Oration at Marshall College," Mercersburg, 1846, 28 pp. "Contributions to Mercersburg Review," 1849-53, about 200 pp. "Five Years in Race Street Reformed Church," 1857, 72 pp. "Infant Salvation and Baptism," 1859, 192 pp. "Trembling for the Ark, a Sermon preached at the Burial of Rev. S. Helfenstein," 1866. "Revised Liturgy," 351 1867, 120 pp., Reformed not Ritualistic." 156 pp. "Baccalaureate Discourses," 90 pp. Translated from the German, Kurtz's "Hand-Book of Church History," 1860, 2 vols., 750 pp., used as a textbook. Also "Herzog's Encyclopedia," first 2 vols. 1861-66, 800 pp., 8vo. In January, 1868, Dr. B. founded the Reformed Church Monthly, and continued it for nine years, making 9 vols of from 600 to 700 pages each, to which he furnished nearly half the matter. He has also been a considerable contributor to other publications. J. H. BORNEMAN, "History of the Borneman Family in America since the First Settlers, 1721 to 1878," 1881, 114 pp., 12mo. The greater portion of the work relates to Montgomery County. Settled originally in Upper Hanover township. WILLIAM L. BRETON, 1773-1856, born in England and resided near Manayunk. Made sketches of Swedes' Ford, Flat Rock Bridge, Lower Merion Meeting House, Navigation on the Schuylkill, Bridge over Wissahickon, Manayunk and other places, which were engraved by Gilbert and published, with letterpress descriptions, in "Atkinson's Casket," Philadelphia, between the years 1826 and 1834. W. HARRY BOYD, Norristown, Bridgeport and Pottstown Directory," containing private instructions, together with a business directory of the principal towns in Montgomery County, 1882-84, compiled and published by W . Harry Boyd, Pottsville, Pa., 271 pp., 8vo. Mr. Boyd had also previously published directories on the county. WILLIAM J. BUCK, b. 1825. "History of Moreland from its First Purchase and Settlement to the Present Time," 33 pp. "Indian Utensils and Implements discovered on the Pennypack," 4 pp., illustrated with eighteen lithographic drawings. "Local Superstition," 5 pp. The aforesaid articles were published in vol. i. of "Collections of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, 1833, 8vo. "History of Bucks County" from its Earliest Settlements to the Close of the Eighteenth Century," John S. Brown, Doylestown 1855, 118 pp., large 8vo. "Observations on Birds," 12 numbers in Bucks County Intelligencer, June to October 1858. "History of Montgomery County within the, Schuylkill Valley," Norristown, printed by E. L. Acker, 1859, 128 pp., royal 8vo. 'Contributions to the History of Bucks County," 24 weekly numbers in the Bucks County Intelligencer, Doylestown, April to September 20, 1859. "The Naturalist and 0bservations of a Naturalist," Philadelphia Home Weekly, February, 1866 to January 23, 1867. "The Cuttelossu and its Historical Associations." Bucks County Intelligencer April to September 23, 1873 24 numbers. "Early Discovery of Coal in Pennsylvania," read before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, January 4, 1875, and published in vol. x of "Transitions of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society." "Early Accounts of Petroleum in the United States." read before the Historical Society Of Pennsylvania, March 13, 1876 published by Bloss & Coggswell, Titusville, Pa., in a pamphlet of 12 pp., large 8vo., also with additions in the Engineering and Mining Journal of New York. "History of Montgomery County, Pa., from the Earliest Period of its Settlement to the Present Time," including sketches, of all its townships and boroughs, published in "Scott's Atlas of Montgomery County, Phila., 1877, occupying, 84 columns 15 inches in length. "Biographies of Thomas Craig, Robert Loller, Bird Wilson and William Moore Smith," published in M. Auge's "Biography of Montgomery County," 10 pp., 8vo., 1879. "The German Population in Bucks County," read before the Bucks County Historical Society at Pleasant Valley, October 11, 1882; published in three Bucks County newspapers. "Local Legends" and a paper on "Local History," read before the Montgomery County Historical Society, Norristown, February 22, 1883; the latter only published in Norristown papers. "Washington's Encampment at Neshaminy," "Life of Chief Justice Langhorne," and "Sketches of Tishcohan and Lappawinzo, Delaware Indian Chiefs." published in 1877 and 1883 in the Magazine of Historical Society. "The Local Historian," it series of sketches relating chiefly to the southeastern section of Montgomery County; published in the Hatboro, Public Spirit, from December 11, 1880 to June 24, 1882, seventy-five numbers. "Historical Address" delivered by request before the Centennial Association of Montgomery County, in Music Hall, Norristown, September 10, 1884, 23 pp., 8vo. "Montgomery County Centennial Celebration, an Official Record," 1885, 450 pp., 8vo; one of the editors and on the publication committee with F. G. Hobson and H. S. Dotterer. "History of Montgomery County (the present work), contributed a considerable portion; also a contributor to Westcott's "Life of John Fitch," Westcott's "History of Philadelphia," Brotherhead's "Magazine of Notes and Queries," Rupp's "30,000 Names," "The Pennypacker Family Union Memorial," "Public Libraries of the United States in 1876," Davis' "History of Bucks County," Egle's "History of Pennsylvania" and other works, besides to numerous newspapers within the past thirty-six years. For the Historical Society of Pennsylvania copies of original records were made from September 1870, to November 1872, filling upwards of 4,000 compact foolscap pages, to accomplish which required about 1000 miles of travel. Also arranged and had bound for the same nearly 100 volumes of manuscripts. Among these were 39 folio volumes comprising the Penn Collection, purchased in 1871 at a cost of nearly $4000. Miss BELLE BUSH. "Voices of the Morning," J. B. Lippincott & Co., Phila., 1865, 259 pp., 12mo, comprising a selection of seventy-one poems, previously published in some twenty-three newspapers and magazines. In connection with her sisters, taught 352 for some time a select school for young ladies in Norristown. ABRAHAM H. CASSEL, b. 1820, a resident of Lower Salford, and a noted collector of rare books, pamphlets and manuscripts. Although he has written little for publication, has furnished considerable information to (others and. often, too, without credit. He has been a contributor to the Magazine of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and to the works of 0. Seidensticker, S. W. Pennypacker, M. Auge, E. B. O'Callahan and others, besides occasional articles to the county newspapers, as the "North Wales Record" and "Schwenksville Item." His communications are generally of a historical character, and he rarely takes up any subject without making valuable additions thereto. He writes in English and German. JEHU CURTIS CLAY, b. 1792, a native of Upper Merion. "Annals of the Swedes," 1835, 180 pp., 32mo; enlarged and revised edition 1858, 179 pp., 12mo. CHARLES COLLINS, b. 1823, pastor since 1866, of the Centennial Presbyterian Church, Jeffersonville. "Philadelphia Musical Journal," 1858, quarto, edited by him. "Sparkling Gems," containing original hymns and tunes for Sabbath-schools and social praise meetings. "The Christian," a monthly magazine 1856. "Discourse on the Origin and History Presbyterianism in Montgomery County, 1876, "Sermon on the Death of Dr. David Schrack." "Poem on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Montgomery County," published in Philadelphia North American, in September, 1884; also author of the "Grayson Letters" and several poems published in the "Norristown Herald." Wm. COLLUM, a native and resident of Montgomery township, where he taught school from 1805 to 1819, if not later, and subsequently removed to Philadelphia. Calculated Almanacs published by Asher Miller, Doylestown, for several years. Those for 1816 and the following year are in possession of the writer. GEORGE N. CORSON, b. 1834, "Letters on Travels in, England, Scotland and Ireland," published in Norristown Herald in 1870. "Pen Portraits of the Members of the State Constitutional Convention," published in Philadelphia Press, 1872-73. "Great Tangleation: "An Extravaganza." Poem read at the centennial celebration of Montgomery County, September 10, 1884, comprising 172 nine-syllable lines. HIRAM CORSON, M.D., b. 1804, a lifelong resident of Plymouth. "Reminiscences of the Cholera Epidemic of 1832, and Notes on the Treatment of the Disease At That Time," 1884, 15pp., 8vo; has been several times previously published. "Midwifery in the Country," 1863, 16 pp. "Thoughts on Midwifery," 1863, 16 pp. "Food for Infants," 1868, 12 pp., 8vo. "Belladonna in Whooping Cough," Am. Jour. Med Sciences. "Measles,"1872. "A Review of Reports on Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria," T. P. M. Soc., 1873, or Med. Times, 1873. "Erysipelas after Vaccination, Thirty Cases," translation 1854 "Mettaner's Aperient Solvent," translation, read before Society, 1850. "Pneumonia" 1876, report to State Society. "Ice and Ice Water in Scarlet Fever: Who Originated the Practice?" 1876. "Puerperal Convulsion," 1876, Med. And Surg. Reporter. "Meddlesome Midwifery, 1874, May 30. Med. and Reporter. "Remarks on Scarlet Fever, suggested by Essay," 1873. "Ice in Inflammation of the Mamma," August 16, 1878, Reporter. "External Application of Ice in Scarlet Fever," August.16 1844; Livezey, p. 480; Meigs on, "Diseases of Children," (S. F. Meig). "The Use of Opium in Obstetrics," Med. Reporter, January 24,1874. "The Use of Ice and Ice Water in Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria," Med. Reporter, 1871. "Blood-letting in the Aged." "Blood-letting in the Young." "Cold Treatment of Scarlet Fever in a Puerperal Woman," Med. Reporter, 1882, May number. "On Ligation on Funis," Reporter, November 9, 1872. L. H. DAVIS, one of the editors and proprietors of the Daily and Weekly Ledger, Pottstown. "The Centennial Celebration at Pottstown, Pa, July 4, 1876," a historical sketch written by L. H. Davis, at the request of the centennial committee, Pottstown, Pa., 1876, 114 pp., 8vo. The historical sketch occupies 73 pages. A valuable acquisition to our local history. P. S. DAVIS, D. D. "The Young Parson," Phila., Smith, English & Co. 1863, 384 pp. 12 mo. The author at the time was pastor of the German Reformed, Church of the Ascension in Norristown; relates in all entertaining manner the experiences of a country parson. WM. P. DEWEES, M.D., 1768-1841, a native of Pottstown and professor of midwifery in the University of Pennsylvania. "Inaugural Essays, 2 editions. "Medical Essays, Phila, 1823. "System of Midwifery, 12th edition, 1854, 600 pp., 8vo. "Treatise, on the Treatment of Children," first pub. in 1825; 10th edition, 1854, 532 pp., 8vo. "Treatise on the Diseases of Females," 1826 10th edition, 1854, 532 pp., 8vo. "On the Practice of Medicine," 1830. CHRISTOPHER DOCK, 1735-71, long a teacher and resident of Lower Salford, where he died. "Eine einfaltig und grundlich abgefasste Schul-Ordnung darinnen deutlich vorgestellt wird, auf welche Weise die Kinder nielit nur in denen in Schulen gowohnIich bestens angebrachten Lehren, sondern auch in der Lehre der Gottseligkeit wohl unterrichtet werden mogen, aus Liebe zu dem menschlichen Geschlecht aufgesetzt durch don wohlerfahreuen und lang geubten Schulmeister Christoph Dock," Germantown, gedruckt und zu finden bei Christoph Sauer, 1770. "Copia einer Schrift, welche der Schulmeister Christoph Dock an seine nachlebende Schuler zur Lehre und Vermahnung aus Liebe gesebrieben hat," printed by C. Sauer about 1764. "Hundert nothige Sitten-Regeln fur Kinder." with part 2d, containing "Ein Hunderd Christliche Lebens-Regeln fur Kinder," pub. by C. Sauer, 24 pp., 8vo. "Zwei erbauliche Lieder," printed by Michael Billmyer, Germantown, 1790. The first mentioned work was written 1750, 353 and is one of the very few works written and published in America during the colonial period treating on education. The last are hymns dedicated to his pupils; one contains 22 stanzas of 6 lines each, the other 24 of 8 lines, making together 324 lines. There are, no doubt, other poems of his extant that have not yet been mentioned. HENRY S. DOTTERER, b. 1841, a native of Frederick township. "Falkner's Swamp," a historical sketch, Schwenksville, Grubb & Thomas, printers, 1879, 22 pp., 12mo. "Descendants of Jacob Markley of Skippack," published by the Markley Frendschaft, 1884, 36 pp., 8vo. On the publication committee of the "Official Record of the Montgomery County Centennial Celebration." Has made translations from early German authors on Pennsylvania history. ROWLAND ELLIS, 1649-1729, arrived from Wales in 1686 and settled in Lower Merion; later in life removed to Plymouth. Useful to the Welsh and English as interpreter. Translated "Annerch ir Cymri," written by Ellis Pugh in the Welsh language under the following title: " A Salutation to the Britains, to call them from many things to the one thing needful for the saving of their souls; especially to the poor unarmed Tradesmen, Plowmen, Shepherds, those that are of a low degree like myself. This in order to direct you to know God and Christ, the only wise God, which is life eternal and to learn of Him, that you may become wiser than your teachers," by Ellis Pugh; printed by S. Keimer for W. Davis, bookbinder, in Chestnut Street, 1727, 222 pp., 12mo. DAVID EVANS. "The Minister of Christ and His Flock," a sermon preached at Abington, Pa., Dec. 30, 1731 printed by B. Franklin. ELIZABETH FERGUSON, 1739-1801, daughter of Dr. Thomas Graeme and wife of H. N. Ferguson, lived and died in Horsham. "Fenelon's Telemachus," translated from the French into English heroic verse, completed before 1764, in 2 MS. vols. "Poems on Several Occasions," with some other compositions by Nathaniel Evans, Philadelphia, printed by John Dunlap, 1772, 160 pp., 8vo. "Addresses to the Public," published in Pennsylvania Packet, 1778-79. A frequent contributor of poems and other writings to the Columbia Magazine, as well as other Philadelphia periodicals, between 1784 and 1800. Left behind numerous manuscripts in poetry and prose. Specimens of the former are given in this work in the article on Early Poetry." In the second work, mentioned as by Nathaniel Evans, she was a considerable contributor, as may be observed in looking over it. J. FRANCIS FISHER, 1807-1873, long a resident of Abington, near Jenkintown. "Early Poets and Poetry of Pennsylvania," published in the "Memoirs of Historical Society," vol. ii., 1827. Also all occasional contributor of historical and biographical articles to several periodicals. EDWARD FOULKE, 1651-1741, in early settler in Gwynedd where lie wrote in the Welsh "A Brief Genealogy, with all Account of his Family and their Removal from Great Britain to Pennsylvania." Also an "Exhortation" to his children. These were both translated by his grandson, Samuel Foulke, and published in 1832 and 1833 in the "Friends' Miscellany," vols. ii. and iii. JOSEPH FOULKE, 1786-1863, a lifelong resident of Gwynedd; principal of a boys' boarding school for thirty years and a minister among Friends; made the astronomical calculations and furnished the literary matter to the "Friends' Almanac" from 1832 till 1847, when it was continued by his son, Dr. Joseph Foulke, of Buckingham, Bucks Co., until recently. Edited the journal of Jacob Ritter, of Plymouth, to which was added a memoir and notes. Published in 1844, 111 pp., 12mo., Phila., T. Elwood Chapman. Gwynedd Monthly Meeting of Friends prepared a memorial respecting his life and services. EDWIN T. FREEDLY, "Money: How to Get, Spend, Lend and Bequeath it," Phila., 1852, 12mo. "Leading Pursuits and Leading Men," Phila., 1856, 8vo. "Philadelphia and its Manufactures," 1&59, 504 pp., 12mo; a previous edition of 1858, 490 pp., 12mo. Author also of the " Legal Adviser " and a "Practical Treatise on Business." The first mentioned work went through several editions by different publishers in England. ANDREAS FREY, a resident of Frederick township, who styles himself a "Prediger in Falkner's Schwamm," is the author of a pamphlet called "Seine Deklaration oder Enkleirung, auf wilche Weise und wie er unter die sogenanute Herrenhuter gemeinde gekommen ist und warum er weider von ihren abgegangen ist," Germantown, Christopher Saur, 88 pp., 12mo. It was very probably printed before 1758. An English translation of this work was published in London. CHRISTIAN FUNK, b. 1731, in Franconia township, wrote a pamphlet in German in 1809, which was afterwards translated and published with the following title: "A Mirror for all Mankind, by Christian Funk, a Faithful Minister of the Work of God among the Mennonites during and after the American Revolution," printed by James Winnard, Norristown, 1814, 47 pp., 12mo. HENRY FUNK, father of the aforesaid, settled in Franconia Township in 1719, where he died in 1763; was a bishop in the Mennonite Church. "Ein Spiegel der Tauffe mit Geist, init Wasser und mit Blut," in 9 Theil verfasset, printed by Christopher Saur, Germantown, 1744, 100 pp., 12mo. "Eine Restitution, oder eine Erklarung eineger Haupt-puncten des Gesetzes," Philadelphia, gedruckt by Anton Armbruster, in Moravian Alley, 1763, 316 pp., 4to. He was appointed with Dilghman Kolb to supervise the translation of Van Bracht's "Martyr's Mirror," or "Der Blutige Schauplatz," from Dutch into German, a folio of 1514 pages, printed at Ephrata, one of the 354 largest works in this country during the colonial period. CHARLES H. GARBER, 1823-1882, an attorney at-law, of Norristown. "The Seeker, or the Exiled Spirit and other Poems," Phila., 1845, 154 pp., 18mo. Prepared from selections that had previously appeared in magazines and newspapers. This miscellaneous poems are fifteen in number. F. W. GEISSENHAINER, Jr., D. D. Sermons, "Repentance Delayed, a Dangerous Ground for Hope," Winchester, Va., 9 pp. "The Sin Against The Holy Ghost," 7 pp. "The Believers' Desire and Aim," 1835, 7pp. ABRAHAM GRATER. "An Explanation of Incidents that took place among the so- called Mennonites," 8 pp., 12 mo, printed by J. M. Schueneman & Co., Skippack, Pa., 1855. J. C. GULDIN, formerly, a reformed minister, wrote in German a work on "Baptism and Feet-Washing," published about 1840, 75 pp., and a volume of sermons. JOHN GUMMERE, 1784-1845; a native of Horseham and resided for some time in Moreland, where he received his education. "A Treatise on Surveying, containing, the Theory, and Practice; to which is prefixed it Perspicuous System of Plane Trigonometry", the whole clearly demonstrated and illustrated by a large number of appropriate examples, particularly adapted for the use of schools, 1st edition, published by Kimber & Richardson, Phila., 1814, 358 pp., 8vo. "Treatise on Astronomy," first published in 1822, the 6th edition in 1854. SAMUEL R GUMMERE, 1789-1818, author of the "Progressive Spelling Book," "Compendium of Elocution" and a "Treatise on Geography," was a brother of John, and for some time a teacher of youth. BENJAMIN HALLOWELL, 1799-1877; a native of Cheltenham, became an eminent teacher at Alexandria, Va. "Autobiography," published by his descendants in 1883. BENJANIN F. HANCOCK, 1799-1877; "The Law Without the Advice of an Attorney; or, Every Man His Own Counsellor," carefully compiled and arranged, 2d edition, Norristown, Pa., published by David Sower, Jr., 1831, 152 pp., 8vo; the 1st edition was published in 1830. J. K. HARLIN, M D. "A History and Geography of Montgomery County, Pa., together with County and Township Government," designed for the use of schools and the general reader, 1883, 108 pp., 16mo; that portion relating to township and county government was prepared by F. G. Hobson, Esq. JAMES Y. HECKLER, a resident and native of Lower Salford, "Ecclesianthem; or, a Song of the Brethren," a poem, with footnotes and explanations; Lansdale, Pa., A. K. Thomas & Co., printer 1883, 131 pp., 16mo. SAMUEL HELFENSTEIN, 1775-1866; long a resident of Gwynedd, where he died. "Evangelisches Magazin der Hochdeutchen Reformiten Kirche in den Vereingten Staten Von Nord Amerika," von Ehrw. Herrn Samuel Helfenstein. Phil., gedruckt bey Goszler und Blumer, 1829, 200 pp., 8 vo. "The Doctrine of Divine Revelation as Taught in the Holy Scriptures Exhibited, Illustrated and Vindicated," designed for the use of Christians generally and for young men preparing for the gospel ministry in particular, by the Rev. Samuel Helfenstein, D. D., Phila., James Kay, Jr., & Bro., 394 pp., 8vo; this work contains a fine steel engraving of the author. Mrs. LYDIA W. HILLES, formerly of Upper Merion, now of Norristown. "Heart Problems," Doughty & Becker, Phila., 1870, 274 pp., 8 vo. F. G. HOBSON, b. 1857, a native and resident of Upper Providence. "History of Providence Township", published in the Providence Independent in 1883. "Township and County Government" in Harley's "Geography of Montgomery County." A "History of Providence and Upper and Lower Providence," in the present history of the county. One of the editors and on publication committee of the "Official Record of the Centennial Association of Montgomery County," 1885, 450 pp., 8vo. BALTHASAR HOFFMAN, 1686-1775, a minister of the Schwenkfelder denomination, resident in Lower Salford, left a catalogue of his writings, embracing fifty-eight tracts on religious matters, and eighty-three letters on kindred topics. JOHN HOLME arrived from England in 1686, and in the beginning of 1688 married Mary, the widow of Nicholas More, making his residence in the Manor of Moreland, where, in 1696, he wrote a poem of some length, entitled "A True Relation of the Flourishing State of Pennsylvania." In the article on "Early Poetry" in this, work an extract is given therefrom; this poem was originally published in the "Bulletin of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1847, pp. 20, 8vo. ANNA M. HOLSTEIN, wife of Major William H. Holstein, of Upper Merion. "Three Years in Field Hospitals of the Army of the Potomac," Phila., J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1867, 137 pp., 12mo. GEORGE W. HOLENSTEIN, M. D., Bridgeport. "The, Early Swedish Settlements in Upper Merion," paper read before the Montgomery County Historical Society in 1881, and published in several of the county newspapers. "A History of the Early Days of Montgomery Lodge, No. 57, I.O.O.F., Norristown, Pa., read before the members October 30, 1882," Herald Job Printing Rooms, 1882, 21 pp., 8vo. REV. S. M. K. HUBER, "Historical Sketch of Wentz's Reformed Church, in Worcester Township." Schwenkville; N. B. Grubb, printer, 1881, 27 pp.16mo. NIMROD HUGHS. "Fierliche Warnung von Nimrod Hughs," Norristown, David Sower, 1812, 20 pp., 8vo.; the aforesaid is, no doubt, an assumed name. 355 ABRAHAM HUNSICKER, 1793-1872; a bishop in the Mennonite Church. "A Statement of Facts and Summary of Views on Morals and Religion, as Related with Suspension from the Mennonite Meeting." He is stated to have written several other pamphlets. HOWARD M. JENKINS, b. 1842, in Gwynedd. "Our Democratic Republic," containing three elaborate articles on the right of suffrage, Wilmington, Del., 1868, 8vo. "The Name Gwynedd in Welsh History," Phila., 1882, 10 pp., 8vo. "William Penn: His Character and Career," an address delivered at Swarthmore College, Penna., in November 1882, Wilmington, 1883, 28 pp., 8vo. "Historical Collections Relation, to Gwynedd," Phila., 1884, 400 pp., 8vo. He is it present editor of The American, a weekly literary, scientific and political journal, published in Philadelphia; he has edited and published several newspapers and has contributed, besides, to magazines, various articles, chiefly on historical and social topics. DANIEL K. KASSEL. "Gebeter und lieder zum gebrauch der Tugend," compiled by Daniel K. Kassel, printed by Enos Benner, Sumneytown, 1844, 18mo. SIR WILLIAM KEITH, 1670-1749; Governor of Pennsylvania and a resident of Horsham. "History of Virginia, with Remarks on the Trade and Commerce of that Colony," London, 1738, 187 pp., 4to, with two maps. While Governor he delivered addresses at treaties held with the Indians, at Conestoga, in 1721, and the following year; they were of interest, and among the very best of the kind during the colonial period. Aquila Rose, a young Philadelphia poet, celebrated the events in a poem published at the time. CHARLES PHILIP KRAUTH, Professor in Pennsylvania College and a native of Montgomery County, is the author of several works, but we cannot at present give particulars. REUBEN KREIBEL, b. 1820. "Genealogical Record of the Descendants of the Schwenkfelders who arrived in Pennsylvania, 1733-37; from the German of Rev. Balthasar Heebner; by Rev. Reuben Kriebel, with historical sketch by C. Heydrick." Joseph Yeakle, printer, Mauayunk, 1879, 339 pp., 8vo. ABRAHAM KRUPP. "The New and Much Improved Musical Teacher, compiled by Abraham Krupp," Norristown, printed by David Sower, 1832. "A Choice Selection of Hymns by Abraham Krupp, Mathetchey," printed by David Sower, 1814, 18mo. He was a good Greek scholar and an excellent penman, but remarkable for his eccentricities; labored for some time to invent a flying machine. BENJAMIN LAY, 1681-1759, lived and died in Abington. "All Slave-Keepers that keep the Innocent in Bondage Apostates, written for a general service by him that sincerely desires the present and eternal welfare and happiness of all mankind till the world over. of all colors and nations as his own soul. Benjamin Lay, Philadelphia," printed for the author, 1737, 280 pp., 32mo; the preface is dated Abington, Philadelphia County, Penn., l7th of 9th month, 1736. It is a rare work. PETER LE GAUN, a Frenchman by birth, lived and died at Spring Mill. A contributor to the Columbia Magazine published in Philadelphia by William Young for the years 1786 to 1790, chiefly on meteorology and observations thereon. They show him possessed of scientific acquirements. DAVID LLOYD 1778-1861, a lifelong resident of Horsham. "Economy of Agriculture," 1832, 120 pp., 12mo. "The Gentleman's Pocket Piece," being a repository of choice selections and golden precepts taken from the best of authors, 1845, 136 pp., 12mo. "Modern Miscellany," consisting of poetry, history, philosophy, moral essays and promiscuous pieces, Philadelphia, 184, 216 pp., 12mo. "A Poetic Eulogy on the City of Philadelphia," read before the Hatboro Lyceum in March 1850; contains upwards of 270 lines. This was probably the last of his published productions. His first communications were probably published in the Norristown Register, to which it is known he contributed at least as early as 1827. He also wrote for the Germantown Telegraph a series of articles on agriculture, which were collected and published in the first mentioned work. "The Gentlemen's Pocket Piece," as might be expected from its title, is a compilation. The "Miscellany" contains the greater portion as well as the best of his writings. Of his poetical effusions, the best is the "Red Bird's Lamentation." JOSEPH LLOYD, b. 1777; a native of Horsham, removed to Philadelphia, where he became the editor of the Pennsylvania Democrat. Contributed poetical articles to the newspapers in the beginning of this century. One poem is given in our article on "Early Poetry." MRS. SUSAN LUKENS. "Gleanings at Seventy-five," 1873, 216 pp., 12mo. Comprises reminiscences and 62 pages of poetry. EDWARD MATHEW, formerly of the Bucks County Intelligencer, for the past five years has contributed numerous articles to the North Wales Record, relating to the history, biography and antiquities of Gwynedd and the surrounding townships, which have been read with interest. JACOB MEDTART, Blue Bell. "We Preach not Ourselves, but Christ," a sermon, 9 pp., 8vo. LUCRETIA MOTT, 1793-1880, a resident for sometime of Cheltenham. " Life and Letters of James and Lucretia Mott," Boston, 1884, 566 pp., small 8vo, with portraits, edited by their granddaughter, Anna Davis Hallowell; contains selections from their correspondence for sixty years, to which is appended a memoir of these philanthropists. HENRY ERNEST MUHLENBERG, D.D., 1753-1815, a native of the Trappe. "Rede bei der Einweihung des Franklin Colegiums," Lancaster, 1788. "English and German Lexicon and Grammar," 2 vols., 8vo. "Description uberior Graninum, Index Florae Lan- 356 castriensis," in vol. iii., "Amer. Philos. Society's Transactions," 28 pp., "Catalogus Plantarum Americae Septentrionalis," Lancaster, 1813, 112 pp. 8vo; 2d ed., Phila., 1818, 122 pp., 8vo. HENRY MELCHIOR MUHLENBERG, D.D., 1711-1787. "Hallische Nachrichten," Halle, 1747-1763, 1580 pp., 8vo. "Extracts from the Journal of Rev. H. M. Muhlenberg from 1764 to 1780," translated by Heister M. Muhlenberg, M.D., 1853, 47 pp., 8vo. "Journal of a Voyage to Georgia in 1774." To the first mentioned work, he was the principal contributor. The second was published in the "Collections of the Hist. Society of Penna.," vol. i., 1853. The last was translated from the German by his grandson, Rev. J. W. Richards, and published in the first 4 vols. of the Evangelical Review, Gettysburg. FRANCIS MURPHY, for some time a teacher and surveyor in Norristown and vicinity. "Tales of an Evening," founded on facts, compiled by Francis Murphy, Norristown, printed by James Winnard, 1815. SAMUEL MUSSELMAN, a resident of Lower Salford township. "Die neue Choral Harmonie, enthaltend die vornehmsten Kirchen Melodien," eingerichtet zum Gebrauch aller Christlicher Religionen von jeden Benennungen und auf drei Stimmen gesetzt, absonderlich eingerichtet zum offentlichen Gottesdienste, als Kirchen, Versammlungen und Sing-Schulen. Komponirt und zusammengetragen von Samuel Musselman. Gredruckt bei Hickok und Canfine, Harrisburg, Pa., 1844. DAVID NEWPORT, b. 1822, long a resident of Moreland and Abington. "Indices Historical and Rational," Phila., 218 pp., 12mo. " The Pleasures of Home and other Poems," Phila., J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1884, 99 pp., 12mo. The first work treats principally oil the early history of Christianity. The latter contains sixteen poems written at various times since 1860. Amongst this number is a spirited poem entitled "Lincoln and Liberty," which has been justly admired. SAMUEL E. NYCE, "A Political Hand-Book," containing rules of the Republican party of Montgomery County, Pa., election statistics, acts of Assembly regulating primary elections, etc., Herald Book and Job Printing House, 1882, 39 pp., 16mo. JOHN PARKE, b. 1750, and chiefly a resident of Philadelphia. "The Lyric Works of Horace," translated into English verse, to which are added a number of Original Poems, by it native of America, Phila., 1786, 334 pp., 12mo. Considerable of this work was written in this county, while he was with the army under the command of Washington, dating several of his pieces from camp Perkiomen and Whitemarsh, but chiefly at Valley Forge. An extract of his "Elegy on General Howe," is given in our article on "Early Poetry." It seems, remarkable that one should be thus given to the muse amid the dim and bustle of camp life. ELLIS PUGH, 1656-1718, an early settlers in Plymouth township, where he wrote the following work in Welsh it short time before his death: "Annerch ir Cymri," printed by A. Bradford, 1721. It was afterwards translated by his friend Rowland Ellis into English and published in 1727. JAMES GRIER RALSTON, 1815-80, long a successful teacher at Norristown. "Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Norristown, Pa., with Biographical Notes of its Ministers and Reminiscences of its Revivals and of Oakland Female Institute," by J. Grier Ralston, D.D., Norristown, Herald Steam Printing House, 1876, 66 pp., 8vo. FRANCIS RAWLE, an early settler at Plymouth. "Ways and Means for the Inhabitants of Delaware to become Rich: Wherein the several Growths and Products of these Countries are demonstrated to be a sufficient Fund for a flourishing Trade," printed and sold by S. Keimer in Phila., 1725, 65 pp. At p. 54 he says: "Limestone we have in great plenty, of which store of lime is made, which gives the Opportunity to the Inhabitants to build good stone and brick houses; in town and country. The substitution of Delaware for Pennsylvania may have been done intentionally, for he was one of the sixty-nine signers, chiefly Friends, who sent a petition to the Assembly 17th of Seventh Month, 1701, charging William Penn with grave misconduct in his government. See pp. 275-277 of Vol. vi of "Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania." JAMES REES, b. in Norristown in 1802. "Dramatic Authors of America," Phila., 1842, 12mo. "Mysteries of City Life," 1849, 12mo. "The Tinker Spy," Buffalo, 1855. "Foot Prints of a Letter Carrier," Phila., 1866, 12mo. "Life of Edwin Forrest," 524 pp., 12 mo. Among his plays may be mentioned "The Headman," "Washington at Valley Forge," "Charges," "Marion," "Pat Lyon" and "Anthony Wayne." Contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, The Picayune, Dramatic Mirror, The Philanthropist, Home Weekly and other periodicals. Resides in Philadelphia and is still a vigorous man. J. W. RICHARDS, D.D., formerly of the Trappe, and grandson of Rev. H. M. Muhlenberg. "Centenary Jubilee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Augustus, Trappe," May 2, 1843, 43 pp., 16 mo. "Sermon" at the close of his ministry at Easton, Pa., March 9,1851, 12 pp., 8vo. "H. M. Muhlenberg's Journal of a Voyage to Georgia in 1774," translated from the original published in the Evangelical Review, Gettysburg, vols. i. ii. iii. iv., 91 pp. DAVID RITTENHOUSE, 1732-96, resided in Norriton township until the fall of 1770. "Calculation of the Transit of Venus over the Sun," 1769. 14pp. "Observations on the Comet of June and July, 1770." 5 pp. "An Easy Method of Deducing the Time of the Sun passing the Meridian," 4 pp. "Effects of Lightning," two articles, 8 pp. "Astronomical Observations," 5 pp. "On a Method of Finding the Sum 357 of the Seven Powers," 2 pp. "Discovery and Account of a Comet," 1 p. "A Description of an Orrery, executed on a New Plan," 1771, 3 pp. "Oration on Astronomy" before the American Philosophical Society in 1775. "To Determine the True Place of a Planet in an Elliptical Orbit," 1799, 6 pp. "On the Improvement of Time Keepers," 3 pp. "On the Expansion of Wood by Heat," 3 pp. "A Method of Raising the Common Logarithm," 3 pp. The aforesaid communications were published in the first four quarto volumes of the "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society." He translated from the German the drama of "Lucia Simpson" and the "Idyls of Gesner." JACOB RITTER, 1757-1841, a minister among Friends for fifty years, and long resident of Plymouth. "A Journal, edited by Joseph Foulke, of Gwynedd, to which is appended a memoir of his Life," published Philadelphia, 1844, 111 pp., 12mo. JOB ROBERTS, 1756-1851, a lifelong resident of Whitpain. "The Pennsylvania Farmer; being a Selection from the most approved Treatises on Husbandry, interspersed with Observation, and Experiments, by Job Roberts," Philadelphia, 1848, 224 pp., 12mo., price, 87 cents. A useful book, rare, and commands a fair price. CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ, 1718-'89, minister of the Schwenkfelder congregation in Upper Hanover. "Neue Eingerichtetes Gesang-Buch, cuthaldtend eine Sammlung erbaulicher Lieder, nach den Hauptstucken der Christlichen Lehre und Glaubens, eingetheilet," Philadelphia, Gedruckt bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwezten Strasze, 1813, 538 pp., 12mo. "Compendium of Doctrine of Faith," 600 pp., 8vo. "Short Questions concerning the Christian Doctrine of Faith according to the Testimony of the Sacred Scriptures, Answered and Confirmed for the Purpose of instructing Youth in the First Principles of Religion; by the Rev. Christopher Schultz, Senior; translated from the Original German by Prof. I. D. Rupp, "Skippackville, Pa., printed by J. M. Schueneman, 1863, 140 pp., 16mo. JOSHUA SCHULTZ. "Oeffentiliche Correspondensen Zwischen Joshua Schultz, Schwenckfelder Prediger, und Daniel Wieser Reformirter Prediger in Jahr 1858," Lansdale, Pa., Gedruckt von John Shupe, 1861, 128 pp., 8vo. BEALE M. SCHMUCKER, D.D., of Pottstown. "Address at Installation of the Professors of the Theological Seminary at Philadelphia," 1864, 9 pp., 8vo. "Historical Discourse at St. John's Church, Allentown," 1880, 20 pp., 8vo. "The Lutheran Church in Pottstown, in Historical Discourse delivered September 24, 1882," Pottstown, 1882, 48 pp., 8vo. "The Lutheran Church in York : Its History for One Hundred and Fifty Years," 1883. "Memorial of Charles Porterfield Krauth, D.D., LL.D.," Philadelphia, 1883, 28 pp., 8vo. "Memorial of Rev. A. S. Geissenhainer," 1883, 10 pp., 8vo. Editor of "Liturgy of Penna. Synod," 1860, 220 pp., 8vo; "Collections of Hymns of Penna. Synod," 1865, 468 pp., 24 mo; "Lutheran Church Book," 1868, 16mo.; "Lutheran Sunday-School Book," 1873, 322 pp., 18mo.; "Lutheran Kirchenbuch," 1877, 16mo. He is also one of the associate editors of the "Halle Reports, with Historical Notes," begun in 1881, issued in parts, to be completed in three or four volumes 'royal' 8 vo. To "The Lutheran Church Review" has contributed several articles, namely: "The First Pennsylvania Liturgy," "Early History of the Tulpehocken Churches" and "The Rite of Confirmation in the Lutheran Church;" also to The Evangelical Quarterly Review. Dr. Schmucker is a devoted student, and, from what he has already accomplished, bids fair to become one of the leader authors in his church. ANNA YOUNG SMITH, 1756-80, wife of William Smith, M.D., partly educated by her aunt, Mrs. Ferguson, at Graeme Park, Horsham; an extensive contributor of poetry to the Columbian Magazine. Among these may be mentioned "Ode to Liberty," "An Elegy to the American Volunteer, who fell at Lexington, April 19, 1775," "To the Memory of General Warren" and "A Walk in the Churchyard at Wicaco." Several of her shorter poems are given in the article on "Early Poetry." WM. MOORE SMITH, 1759-1821, for some time a resident of Norristown. Poems on "Several Occasions, written in Pennsylvania," Philadelphia, 1785, 12mo. The aforesaid contains twenty-five of his fugitive pieces, which were republished in London the following year by C. Dilly, in an 8vo of 106 pp., and in Baltimore in 1804. These poems are not without merit and local interest, for in several of these he mentions the Schuylkill and fixes incidents on its banks. John Brown was executed at Norristown for burglary April 12, 1788, of which he wrote a full account the following 5th of May, published in the "Pennsylvania Archives." Wm. R. SMITH, 1787-1868, son of Wm. Moore Smith, and born in Montgomery County. Moved to Wisconsin in 1837, where the following year he prepared and published a work entitled " Observations on Wisconsin Territory;" afterwards succeeded by a "History of Wisconsin," 4 vols., 8vo. In 1853 became Attorney General, and was also for many years president of the Wisconsin Historical Society. DAVID SOWER, SR., 1764-1835, published at Norristown an "Eugolium on the death of General Washington;" "The History of Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded," 1799, 18 mo; "The Psalms by Dr. Watt;" "An Account of the Awful death of an Irreligious Youth;" The Storm," 1801, 2 vols., 240 pp., 12mo.; "Spirit of despotism," 1803; "Beauties of Seneca," 1803. Established the Norristown Gazette June 1, 1799, -the first newspaper in the county; in 1802 the first German paper, the Norristown Messenger, which however was relinquished within a year. When we consider the period, and that Norristown was only a 358 small village, the aforesaid effort in publication show no small degree of enterprise. DAVID SOWER, JR., 1794-1862, publisher of "The Pocket Lawyer," 1818; "Village Sketches, or Titles of Somerville," by a native writer; "A Sketch of what has been," Norristown, June, 1825, 154 pp., 12mo; "The Law without the Advice of an Attorney, or Every Man his own Counselor," 1830 and 1831 two editions, 152 pp., 8vo; and "The Norristown Teacher," 1832. "Village Sketches" appears to have been all original work of which it would now be very desirable to ascertain the author's name, very probably a resident in or near Norristown. It deserves investigation by our local antiquaries. He was the publisher of the Norristown Herald from 1816 to 1834, and through his management the literary character of the paper was greatly improved. JACOB TAYLOR, surveyor general of the province from 1706 to 1733, taught school for some time in Abington, made calculations for almanacs which were published in Philadelphia for 1702, and almost continuously every year to the close of 1746. The exceptions probably are for 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718 and 1722, making at least thirty-nine years' publication. Janson, Johnson, Bradford and Franklin printed them. That for 1706 is the only one known to have on its title page "printed for the author." A. K. THOMAS, editor of the Lansdale Reporter. History of the Thomas Family," Lansdale, 1884. CHARLES THOMSON, 1734-1824, long a resident of Lower Merion. "An Inquiry Into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delawares and the Shawanese from the British Interest, and into the Measures Taken for Recovering Their Friendship," London, 1759, 184 pp., 12mo, with a map. "The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament; translated from the Greek," Philadelphia, 1808, 4 vols., 8vo; rare. " A Synopsis of the Four Evangelists; or, A Regular History of the Conception, Birth, Doctrine, Miracles, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ, in the Words of the Evangelists," Philadelphia, 1815, 8vo. The first work was published anonymously and exposes the dishonorable dealings of the Penn family with the Indians for lands, particularly concerning the transactions of the famous Indian Walk. He left behind, in manuscript, "Critical Annotations on the Works of Gilbert Wakefield." Mr. Thomson was secretary of Congress during the whole of the Revolution, and could have written an interesting work on this eventful period had he been so disposed. His translating the whole of the Bible from the Greek was certainly a considerable undertaking, when we come to consider that it was done in the beginning of this century. Through his wife he inherited the Harrison estate, containing seven hundred and fifty acres, which he subsequently in his will bequeathed to his nephew, John Thomson, in consideration of his taking, proper care of his spinster sister Mary. GEORGE WACK, a clergyman of the German Reformed Church and a resident of Whitepain over fifty years, wrote a work on theology, comprising over three hundred pages of foolscap. ALBIGENCE WALDO, a physician in the army of the Revolution, wrote "Valley Forge, a Poem", comprising four hundred and fifty-six eight-syllable lines, which was published in the Historical Magazine, New York, vol. vii., for 1863. It is dated "Second Line in Camp, April 26th, 1778, and describes in a lively manner, as it came within the author's own observations, the buildings and mode of life that prevailed there. Some matters are revealed that no mention is made of elsewhere. M. H. WALTERS. "Quarter Centennial Report of Upper Salford Union Sabbath- School." Schwenksville (Pa.) Item print, 1882, 20 pp., 32mo. DANIEL WEISER. "Oeffentliche Correspondence Zwischen Joshua Schultz und Daniel Weiser, Reformirten Prediger in Jahr 1858," Lansdale, Pa., Gedruckt von John Shape, 1861., 128 pp., 8vo. C. Z. WEISER, D.D., of East Greenville, son of Rev. Daniel Weiser. "Life of Conrad Weiser, the Celebrated Indian Interpreter and Traveler," Reading, 1876, 448 pp., l2mo. "Monograph of the New Goschenhoppen and Great Swamp Charge, 1731-1881," Reading, Pa., Daniel Miller, printer, 1882, 166 pp., 12mo. He has contributed numerous articles to the magazines and reviews. Among them may be mentioned The Guardian, a monthly published by the Reformed Church Publication Board in Philadelphia. JOSEPH WERTZNER, of Whitpain, about 1824 issued a pamphlet on moral and religious topics. WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, a justice of the peace and resident of West Chester. "Directory of the Boroughs of Norristown and Bridgeport, Montgomery County, Pa., for the years 1860-61: Containing a Concise History of the Boroughs from Their First Settlement to the Present Time; the Names of all the Inhabitants, alphabetically arranged, their Occupations, Places of Business and Dwelling Houses; a List of the Streets of the Boroughs; Statistics of Public and Private Schools; the Location and Time of Holding Services in the Churches; the Time of Arrival and Departure of the Different Lines of Travel; the Time, and Place of Meeting of the Various Societies and Associations," William Whitehead, publisher, West Chester, 1860, 228 pp., 12mo. M. R. WILLS AND WIFE, of Norristown. In 1875 Mr. and Mrs. Wills made a trip of about four months to Europe, visiting Ireland, England and Scotland, Holland Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and France. Their letters of travels, principally written by Mrs. Wills, were published in the Herald, of which journal Mr. Wills is the editor and proprietor. The letters were shortly afterwards collected and published in book form, -"A Summer in Europe," by Mary H. Wills, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1876, 170 pp., 12mo. 359 BIRD WILSON, D.D., LL.D., 1777-1859, president judge of Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware Counties from 1806 to 1818. "Abridgement of the Laws of Pennsylvania," Philadelphia, 77 vols., 8vo. JAMES WINNARD, 1740-1837, for some time proprietor of the Norristown Register. Published "The Spirit of Despotism," 2d edition, 12mo; "Beauties of Seneca, with a Sketch of His Life and Death," 1813, 12mo; and "Tales of An Evening," by Francis Murphy, 1815, 12mo. HENRY WOODMAN, 1793-1879; resided for some time in Upper Merion; was a minister among Friends, and died in Buckingham, Bucks Co; wrote a "History of Valley Forge" before 1850, which was published in the Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch, in September, October and November 1865. The work contains numerous reminiscences, which the author had gathered in the vicinity of Valley Forge. WILLIAM A. YEAKLE, born 1824; a native And resident of Whitemarsh History of Whitemarsh published in sixteen numbers of the Norristown Herald, ending April 17, 1883. JOHN YOUNG, 1757-94, brother of Anna Young Smith; partly educated by his aunt, Mrs. Ferguson, in Graeme Park, Horsham. "Compendium of Ancient Geography, by Mons. D'Anville," translated from the French, with maps, London, 1791, 2 vols., 848 pp., 8vo. The translator's preface contains fourteen pages and is an able production. For an American at the close of the last century to have attempted and succeeded in such a work as this in the city of London was certainly a marvelous undertaking. Mr. Young had previously been a contributor to the European Magazine. MAPS. -JOHN HILL. "'Map of Philadelphia and Environs," surveyed by John Hill in 1801-7 and published in 1809. It is a farm map, with the names of the owners, acres, and bounds and in some cases the date of first settlement thereon. This is probably the first local map of the kind relating to the City and its vicinity. It includes nearly one third of Lower Merion and two thirds of Cheltenham. G. H. HOPKINS. "Atlas of the County of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, from Actual Surveys and Official Records", compiled and published by G. M. Hopkins & Co., 320 Walnut Street, Phila., 1871, 103 pages of colored maps the first atlas on the county. "Atlas of Philadelphia and Environs, from Official Records, Private Plans and Actual Surveys, Based upon Plans deposited in the Department of Surveys, surveyed and published under tile direction of G, M. Hopkins:, C. E., 320 Walnut Street, Phila., 1877, 89 pp.; contains farm maps of the townships of Lower Merion. Whitemarsh, Springfield, Plymouth, Abington, Lower Providence, Upper Merion, Norriton, Upper Dublin, Cheltenham and Whitpain, with a map of Montgomery County: also maps of the borough of West Conshohocken, Jenkintown, Bridgeport and the village of Ambler. "Atlas of Properties near the North Pennsylvania Railroad from Wayne Junction to Penllyn Station, from Official Records, Private Plans and Actual Surveys," published by G. M. Hopkins, C. E., 320 Walnut Street, Phila., contains 21 plates, each containing 2 pages, with an index plate to the whole, comprising nearly , all of the consolidated city, with the townships of Abington, Cheltenham, Springfield, Whitemarsh, Plymouth, Norriton, Lower Merion and the borough of Norristown; also parts of Moreland, Upper Dublin, Whitpain, Montgomery Worcester and Upper Merion. THOMAS HUGHES, a civil engineer and surveyor of Philadelphia, in the beginning of 1859, prepared a map Moreland township, showing the location of houses, boundaries of farms, with number of acres, improvements, streams, etc., published by Mathew Hughs, 1861, for sixty-five subscribers, at $5.00 each, illustrated by several lithographic sketches of buildings. This map is now sought after and prized. R. K. KUHN AND WILLIAM B. SHROPE. "Map Of Bucks and Montgomery Counties and the City of Philadelphia, on the scale of one inch to the mile; containing views of the county buildings, churches, seminaries, and plans of the principal towns and villages. The names of 20,000 real estate owners are mentioned thereon. Published in 1857, price, $5.00. D. J. LAKE AND S. N. BEERS. "Map of the Vicinity of Philadelphia, from Actual Surveys," by D. J. Lake and S. N. Beers; assisted by F. W. Beers, L. B. Lake and D. G. Beers. C. K. Stone and A. Pomeroy, publishers, Phila., 1860. Size, 5 1/2 by 5 feet; contains the whole of Montgomery County, with its townships, boroughs, road; and names of landholders, besides several small maps of villages. This is undoubtedly the finest and most correct map of the county up to the date of its publication. It is much valued, and is still found hung up in many offices for reference. It contains also almost the whole of Bucks County. JOHN LEVERING. "A map of Lower Merion," by John Levering, published in 1858 from surveys by himself; contains lithographs of the Old Friends' meetinghouse, Lower Merion Academy and residence of Charles Thomson. Subscription price, $3.00. Denotes location of buildings, the boundaries of all farms and lots in the township. This, it is likely, was the first township map published separately relating to the county WILLIAM E. MORRIS. "Township Map of Montgomery County," by William E. Morris, published in 1849, Phila. Price, $185.00. This was the first map relating to the county that have the names of the landholders, mills, manufacturing, school-houses, churches, wheelwright and blacksmith shops, post offices, inns, stores, turnpikes, tollgates and houses in the several townships. Original price, $5.00, but has been recently sold at public sales at much higher rates. JOHN MELLISH, 1770-1822, a native of Scotland and a resident of Philadelphia, the author of several 360 useful geographical works. "Map of Montgomery County," by John Mellish, with in actual survey of the River Schuylkill, in 1827, by T. H. Gill, published by B. Tanner, Phila., 1827. Size, 22 by 24 inches. Denotes the boundary lines of all the townships and boroughs, principal roads, with names of places and distances from Philadelphia. This, it is very probable, was the first separate map published on the county. EDWARD N. RADCLIFF, native and long resident of Hatboro. "Township and Business, Map of Montgomery County, Pa.," published 1873; scale, one and a half inches to the mile. JAMES D. SCOTT, a native of Horsham. "Combination Atlas of Montgomery County, Pa., Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys," James D. Scott, Phila., 1877, 107 pp. Size, 14 1/2 by 17 inches; contains 43 pages of maps relating to the several townships, boroughs and villages, handsomely colored, besides 34 lithographic views of buildings. The general and local history was written in a condensed manner by William J. Buck. Price, $12.00, with a published list of nearly 1100 subscribers in the county. NICHOLAS SCULL, 1701-61, descended from an early family in Whitemarsh, where he was born. "A Map of Philadelphia and Parts Adjacent," by Nicholas Scull and George Heap. "Map of the Improved Parts of Pennsylvania Maryland" published in Philadelphia, 1759; dedicated to Thomas, and Richard Penn as true and absolute Proprietors And Governours. This can be considered the first correct map published of the providence on a large scale, taking up more than half the present area of the State. Mentions, the counties and townships, the residences of the most prominent citizens, also the roads, forges, mills, churches, inns and streams. The first map contains a small portion of Lower Merion Township, with names of its principal land-holders. The second was a considerable undertaking, and far surpasses in correctness and fullness all that had preceded it, to accomplish which must have required considerable travel and knowledge of the country, and at that time, too, under great difficulties when we consider the then unsettled condition of affairs. His grandson, William Scull, published a map of the province in 1770, on a much smaller scale, and is but little more than a copy of the aforesaid. DAVID G. SMITH. "Map of Valley Forge and its Immediate Vicinity," showing the location of the several divisions of the army there in the Revolution. Prepared chiefly from information derived from William Davis, Esq., John W. Davis and John Evans. But two copies of this map, or, perhaps, rather plan, and were known in 1830, one belonging to George Lower, of Flourtown, and the other to the late Charles J. Elliott, of King-of-Prussia. A copy has been reproduced from the one in Mr. Lower's possession, and published by Colonel T. W. Bean, in his work on "Valley Forge." Mr. Smith was a teacher at the little in Easttown township, Chester Co. There is a report that after he had it published he changed his mind thereon, and destroyed the copies. This, however, in confirmation demands some investigation. There is no question but that this map is rare, for no other of the original copies are known. One cause assigned for so extraordinary a course was that he was instigated thereto by the descendants of several Tory families residing in that vicinity. It was probably published by Mr. Smith about 1830, or somewhat later. JAMES L. SMITH. "New Driving Map of Philadelphia and Vicinity, published by J. L. Smith, 27 South 6th Street., 1883. Scale, one inch to the mile; contains nearly three-fourths of the southern section of the county. Denotes all the railroads, townships and common roads, hotels :and toll houses. The names of all the principal common road are also given. It is a pocket map, particularly useful for pleasure drives and pedestrians. CHAPTER XXIV. EARLY POETRY. By Wm. J. Buck. THE specimens of early poetry in this chapter have been selected from the writer's collections on account of relating more or less to Montgomery County, and their authors have been for some time deceased. They may be regarded as rare, and but few copies exist, and it considerable portion now appear in print for the first time. Respecting the latter, the copies were nearly all made from the originals twenty-eight to thirty-five years ago, and have not been offered before for publication. Their average merit is certainly above the mediocrity of the present day; some indeed, are of great excellence, as the "Ode written at Graeme Park in 1766," "Lines to a Gentleman who made Laura a good Pen," "To a Bride with all Artificial Rose," "The Pennsylvania Spinning Song," "Ode to Gratitude," "Sylvia's Song to Damon," "The Walk in Swedes Churchyard" and "The Beech-Tree." The first piece is an extract from a poem written by John Holme in 1696, entitled "A True Relation of the Flourishing State of Pennsylvania." The author was one of the judges of the County Court of Philadelphia, and married Mary, the widow of Judge Nicholas More, of the Manor of Moreland, where he resided at the time he wrote this poem. The extract has only reference to the limestone in this county, no other being found nearer the city. Our lime-burners can be congratulated at having, found at so early a period a poet to celebrate their labors. Sir William Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania and 361 a resident of this county, held two councils with the Indians at Conestoga respecting the troubles and intrusion of the Marylanders, the first in July, 1721, and the other in June, 1722, -the proceedings of which are unusually interesting. On each occasion the Governor made addresses to the natives, which are among the very best to be found in the colonial period of Pennsylvania, to which the Indians made interesting replies; as a consequence, both parties separated in the greatest friendliness. Aquila Rose, a young and promising poet in the city, celebrated the event soon after in a poem of which we give a copy. The author died August 22, 1723, aged twenty-five years. The last four lines are beautiful. Christopher Dock was a noted German schoolteacher who settled on a tract of land he purchased in Lower Salford in 1735, upon which he made the first improvements. He alternated farming with teaching in his township and in Perkiomen adjoining. He was a man of some literary ability, having prepared in 1750 a work on school teaching, which was published by Christopher Sower in 1769 in the German language. He was also a poet, writing numerous pieces, though few have yet been published, most of which were hymns; as specimens, two brief extracts are given. The first appeared to be a parting address to his pupils the whole containing twenty-two stanzas of six lines each. The second treats on "Love to the Creator," being also of a devotional character. The latter contains twenty-four stanzas of eight lines each. They are not without merit. Mr. Dock continued a teacher to the close of his life and died in Salford in the fall of 1771. The Rev. Nathaniel Evans was a native of Philadelphia, born June 8, 1742, and received from the college there, in 1765, the degree of Master of Arts. After entering a counting-house he prepared for the ministry of the Episcopal Church, to which he was ordained in London. He exhibited quite early a poetical genius. Soon after his return from Great Britain, owing to his declining health, he spent a part of the spring of 1766 at Graeme Park, having been invited there at the particular request of Dr. Graeme, who was his physician. It was thus that he came to produce there the beautiful ode. He died in October 1767, aged but little over twenty-five years. His poetical pieces were collected by the Rev. William Smith, D.D., and published in 1772 in a volume of 160 pages. John Parke was a student in the University of Pennsylvania in 1768, then in his eighteenth year. In the Revolution he was made assistant quartermaster general, and was with Washington and his army during the whole period that it remained within the present county. What is remarkable concerning him is that amid all the bustle and stirring events of camp life that he should be given to the muse. His several poetical pieces were collected and published in a volume of 334 pages in 1786. Some of his poems are dated at Perkiomen and others at Whitemarsh and Valley Forge. We have selected as one of the best his "Elegy on General Howe," written while the army was, encamped in Perkiomen township in the latter part of September 1777. The entire piece contains twelve stanzas of four lines each. We have omitted those between the first and seventh. When we come to consider the gloomy period in which they were written, the prophecy expressed therein is remarkable. Mr. Parke resided most of his life in Philadelphia. Respecting Mrs. Ferguson we have occasion to say but little here, as her biography is given in the article on Graeme Park, where she resided the greater portion of her life. From her numerous pieces in manuscript we have selected the "Ode to Summer," "Ode to Autumn," "The Country Parson," "Lines to a Gentleman who made Laura Good Pen," " Lines to Her Husband before taking, a Long Voyage," and "To a Bride with an Artificial Rose." "The Country Parson" is a parody after Pope's "Eloise and Abelard," but is decidedly superior to the original. The "Lines to a Gentleman who made Laura a Good Pen" possess genius, for nothing else could invest such a trivial subject with excellent poetry. The "Lines to her Husband" exhibit intense feeling, and are only the first part of the poem, which contains in all sixty-two lines. "The Artificial Rose" is another subject that is invested with genius. "The Spinning Song" has been inserted in the chapter on "Sports and Pastimes." Owing to their length, we regret omitting some other pieces by this lady, which have never been published. About the year 1790, Fidele, the favorite lapdog of Mrs. Ferguson, died at Graeme, and on the occasion of his burial she had all the residents of the place present and a stone erected to his memory. This having reached the ears of Dr. Archibald McClean, a distinguished physician and a noted wit, who resided about two miles distant, he wrote an epitaph on the dog, which, it is presumed, was intended as a satire, and sent it to Mrs. Ferguson. The result was in "Epitaph on Dr. Archibald McClean," which the lady forwarded to him, signed "Anonymous," who, in return, sent "The Answer." To more clearly understand Mrs. Ferguson's poem, we may state that the doctor was six feet and a half in height and of a convivial turn. The rescue of those pieces from oblivion is somewhat singular. Isaac Mann, a near neighbor of the doctor, on a visit to his office, accidentally picked up those pieces, and after a perusal made inquiry as to their origin, of which circumstance he was informed, it being several years after Mrs. Ferguson's death. The doctor stated if he desired he could have them. Some years after they were shown to David Lloyd, who made copies therefrom and in 1855 presented them to the writer. The circumstance of Fidele's funeral still lingers in tradition around the neighborhood, and the late William Penrose in 1854 pointed out the spot of his burial. Mrs. Ferguson had worked out in silk a life-size likeness of her 362 pet, which has been preserved by a daughter of Seneca Lukens and shown by the possessor in 1880. Mrs. Anna Young Smith, daughter of, James Young., was the niece of Mrs. Ferguson, and resided a considerable portion of her life at Graeme Park. For one who died so young her poetical pieces possess great merit so much so that we doubt that at the period they were written another female can be found Many of the other colonies to surpass them. The "Ode to Gratitude" was written at thirteen is a tribute to the kindness of her aunt. "Sylvia's Song to Damon" was composed in the spring of 1775 for her husband soon after her betrothal, and has not been heretofore published. "A Summer's Evening Walk in Wicaco Churchyard" was composed in June 1775, and contains one hundred and thirty-two lines. The first twenty lines only are here given. It exhibits fine powers of poetical description, and has been greatly admired. Mrs. Smith died March 22, 1780, aged but little over twenty-three years. In the article on Graeme Park a biographical sketch is given. Following the poems is a tribute to her memory written by Mrs. Ferguson. Joseph Lloyd was a native of Horsham, born in 1777; he subsequently removed to Philadelphia, where he studied law and became the editor of a weekly newspaper called the Pennsylvania Democrat. His poem; "Reflections made near the Close of April, 1804," breathes a true poetical spirit imbued with a love for the country. His cousin, David Lloyd, was also a native and a lifelong resident of Horsham, of whom a sketch is given in our account of said township. Of his several pieces we present two as probably his best "The Red Bird's Lamentation," written in 1830, in the "Elegy on Elihu Palmer," being creditable production. Mr. Lloyd died July 29, 1861, aged eighty-three. Alexander Wilson, the distinguished American ornithologist, with two companions, made a pedestrian journey, in October, 1804, from Philadelphia to the fall of Niagara. In this trip they remained overnight at Spring House Tavern, of which he gives all amusing account in his poem of "The Foresters," from whence we give the extract in our history of Gwynedd. Dr. Robert M. Bird was a native of Newcastle, Del., but long a resident of Philadelphia, where he died in January 1854, aged fifty-one years. He delighted in rambles along the Schuylkill and in celebrating its charms. "The Beech-Tree" exhibits a glowing imagination with warmth of feeling. STONE LIME. BY JOHN HOLME. A few years since it was known full well Here lime was burnt of Oyster shell, No limestone in these parts was found; But since, by searching in the ground, Great store was seen in a short time, Of which some now make good stone lime, Which in its goodness doth excell That which is as made of oyster shell; And much cheaper 'tis at this time Than we paid for oyster shell lime. -1696. TO SIR WM. KEITH AND HIS TREATY WITH THE INDIAN CONESTOGA. BY AQUILA ROSE. As Wise Lycurgus, thro' unwearied Toil, Made Sparta fertile from a desert soil, By his wise Councils fix'd th' unsettled state Of human race and taught them to be great: In peaceful Ways led on the wond'ring throng, Whilst ag'd Experience rul'd the sprightly young: So thou, great Keith, thro' Toil, and Travels past, Shalt make an Eden of a spacious Waste; To Indians thou shalt a Lycurgus be, Who Ages hence shall almost worship thee. Tho' from immortal George your Potence springs Here you're obey'd by arbitrary Kings: Some sacred Pow'r must sure your Wisdom send, When virtue, Peace and Concord End. The Indian Children shall be taught thy Name, And Woods and Rivers echo with thy Fame: The Susquehannah Banks shall take the sound And bear the Echo to the Nations round. -1722. EIN GEISTLICH LEID. VON CHRISTOPH DOCK. Ach Kinder wollt ihr lieben So liebt was Freude werth Wollt ihr ja Freude liben, So liebt was Freude werth; Liebt Gott, das hochste Gut, Mit Geist, Hertz, seel und Muth So wird euch solche Liebe Erquicken Hertz und Muth. Liebt ihr die Eitelkeiten Liebt ihr dem Fleishes-lust, So saught ihr kurze Freuden, Aus falcher Liebes-Brust, Worauf in Ewigkeit, Folgt Jammer, Quaal und Leid, Wo nicht in Zeit der Gnaden, Die Seel durch Busz befreyt. EIN ERBAULICH LEID. VON CHRISTOPH DOCK. Mein Lebensfaden lauft zu Ende, Mein Pilgerfahrt ist bald gethan; Ach Gott, mir ein Geleitsmann sende: Der mich erhalt auf rechter Bahn, Der bey mir an dem Ruder steh, Wann ich letzen Sturm austeh. Damit mien Schifflein durch die Wellen, Der Totesaugst gerad zu geh, Zum Vaterland, und miene Seele, Allzeit auf ihren Leitsstern seh, Auf meinen Heyland Jesum Christ, Der auch im Tod mein Leben ist. AN ODE, WRITTEN AT GRAEME PARK, 1766. BY NATHANIEL EVANS. How breathes the morn her incense round, And sweetens ev'ry sylvan scene ! Wild warblings thro' the groves resound, An op'ning flow'rs bedeck the queen. Bright o'er the hills the solar ray Its gaily trembling radiance spreads, Pleas'd on the glassy fount to play, And pearl the dew-bespangled meads. How sweet this hour the fields to rove When Nature sheds her charms profuse; Or hide me in th' embow'ring grove, And court the thought-inspiring Muse ! 363 What joy, aside the plaintive found, Dissolv'd in pleasing thought, to stray; And swift on fancy's wing to mount, And thread the bright ethereal way ! Thus musing o'er the charming plains, Where Graeme the good and just retires, Where Laura breathes her tender strains, Whom ev'ry graceful muse, inspires ! Young Damon pour'd his artless lay, Beam'd from imagination's light, When sudden from the realms of day, A form of glory struck his sight. Wisdom's grave matron, from the skies, Before the trembling youth appear'd (Tho' Been but by poetic eyes), And thus to speak the dame was heard: Would'st then, 0 youth, these scenes enjoy, The solemn grove and fragrant lawn, And pleasure, taste without alloy, Wake jolly Health at early dawn? Banish ambition from thy breast, And sordid-minded Av'rice fly ; Nor let pale spleen thy case infest, Nor gloomy Sorrow cloud thine eye. Thy heart in off'ring nobly yield At virtue's high exulted Shrine; Thy Soul let Resolutions shield, And e'er to dove-eyed Peace incline. Let Cheerfulness, with placid mien, Hold a firm empire o'er thy heart, And sweet content shall ceaseless reign And never-ending bliss impart. Then shall th' immortal Nine unfold What sweets the sylvan scenes can give; In heav'n thy name shall be enroll'd, And others learn like thee to live. ELEGY ON GENERAL SIR WILLIAM HOWE, K.B. BY JOHN PARKE. Say, what ill-omen'd star from Albion's shore, What demon beckon'd thee to quit the Strand, What luckless bark thy guilty genius bore To Stain with slaughter this once happy land? Witness, 0 Brandywine, thy purple wave, Thy fields deep-furrow'd by the whistling ore, Thy mountains spread with many a yellow grave, Thy trees bespatter'd round with human gore ! But, see, poor, ribbon'd slave thy fame decays, While mem'ry's annals paint each high-ting'd crime! For Washington disrobes thy fading bays, And shines superior in the rolls of time. Sweet mercy reins his arm, and patriot love Directs to conquest in the hallow'd cause; Before his steps see freedom's genius move, While millions greet the hero with applause ! No bust for thee, shall Massachusetts raise, No lasting storm thy name shall eternize, No future bard shall ever sing thy praise, For thee no prayers shall reach the distant skies; But damn'd with infamy to latest times, The man who dip'd his steel in brother's gore; Each faithful annal shall record his crimes, And brand his name, 'till worlds shall be no more. -Sept. 1777. ODE TO SUMMER. BY MRS. E. FERGUSON. Come, Summer, offspring of the sun ! Descend from yonder turf-top'd hill ! Soft as when falling waters run Adown the pure, meandering rill; Rich as the noon of manhood's prime, Mild as the breath of May, in gales Luxuriant as when infant Time First play'd in young Arcadian vales ! 0 place me in some moss-grown cave, Where oozing, creeping waters flow ! There may their humid windings lave In pensive murmurs soft and slow. These holy haunts my Soul shall sooth; The "still small voice of heaven is here;" That voice shall passion's throbbing smooth And raise the heart-delighting tear. -1775. ODE TO AUTUMN. BY MRS. E. FERGUSON. See bounteous Autumn pours his goods In rich profusion round! What various tinges dye the woods! What plenty decks the ground! The dulcet apple's sprightly juice, The purple laden'd vine, With joint consent their wealth produce, In crowning clusters twine. The bursting barns with Ceres' grains, Unlock their golden stores, Reaped from the mellow, fertile plains, Where earth her treasure pours. Each favor sent is but a hint To raise the sluggish mind; Since heaven does not its bounties stint, Shall mortals prove unkind ! -1772. THE COUNTRY PARSON - A PARODY. BY MRS. E. FERGUSON. How happy is the country Parson's lot! Forgetting Bishops, as by them forgot. Tranquil of spirit, with an easy mind, To all his Vestry's votes he sits resigned. Of manners gentle, and of temper even, He jogs his flocks, with easy pace, to heaven. In Greek and Latin (pious books) he keeps; And, while his Clerk sings psalms, he -soundly sleeps. His garden fronts the sun's sweet Orient beams, And fat church-wardens prompt his golden dreams. The earliest fruit in his fair orchard blooms, And cleanly pipes pour out tobacco fumes. From rustic bridegroom oft be takes the ring, And hears the milk-maid plaintive ballads sing. Back-gammon cheats whole winter nights away, And "Pilgrim's Progress" helps a rainy day. -1766. LINES TO A GENTLEMAN WHO MADE LAURA A GOOD PEN. BY MRS. E. FERGUSON. How can we term a feather light And trifling as air, When it conveys such high delight As fond epistles bear? Your friendly hand, with nicest art, Above a common skill, Fashions the feather for the heart And finely point the quill. 364 The Painter's pencil gives alone One object to our view; But through the happier pen is shown What kindred souls pursue. Sweet sentiment and pure desire Which fondest spirits move; The Vestal's chaste, seraphic fire, Or mild, connubial love. Oh, may the Instrument convey To distant Henry's eyes Thoughts such as Delia's self would say, Thus tender, good and wise ! Then might I hope to touch each string Which glows in Henry's breast; Soon waft him home on love's soft wing, And be like Delia blest. -1775. LINES WRITTEN ON THE BLANK LEAF OF DR. YOUNG'S "NIGHT THOUGHTS," AND, WITH THE BOOK, PRESENTED TO A GENTLEMEN BY HIS WIFE THE NIGHT BEFORE HE UNDERTOOK A LONG VOYAGE. If e'er thy Laura to thy soul was dear; If e'er her sorrows claim'd one manly tear; If e'er, amidst her numerous errors, you One latent virtue fondly could pursue; If e'er she pleased; if e'er her form appear'd But one soft moment to thine eye endear'd; If e'er congenial transports warmed thy mind, And fondly whisper'd that our souls were joined,- Peruse this book, with candor scan the page, And shun the vices of a fallen age ! Here truths Important -heaven and hell- are shown; Life, death, eternity are all made known In warmest colors to the mind of man, The fleeting pleasure of this bounded span Finely contrasted with that deathless day Which joins our spirits when we drop this clay. January 1779. E. F. TO A BRIDE WITH AN ARTIFICIAL ROSE. BY Mrs. E. FERGUSON. "Go, Rose, my Chloe's bosom grace," The hopeless lover cried; Not so, my Rose demands a place Beside a blooming bride. Then, since no sighs compose my strain, Attend the moral lay; No breathing of the love-sick swain The gilded verse convey. A transient time my foliage lasts, And less my fragrant flower, As fleeting as the southern blasts Which fly with every hour. But thro' the year the rugged thorn Preserves its reign around, And when of tender beauties shorn The thorn is constant found. Too plain a type of life's harsh scene Of spring, of morn, of youth; A bounded span of pleasures green, An oft-repeated truth ! But on my artificial Rose No thorn is made to rest; May this an emblem also prove Of nuptials truly blest ! -1784. EPITAPH ON DR. ARCHIBALD McCLEAN. Beneath this turf and humble stone McClean's remains do rest; This letter'd marble plain shall own The virtues he possessed. Of light and shade he was compos'd, And so are most below; His sympathetic heart disclos'd A sense of other's woe. Tho' of the Esculapian race, He ne'er did patients fill With nauseous drugs in any case, Emetic, purge or pill. With farmers he his grog would take, With tradesmen quaff a sling, With gentlemen Madeira drink, And brisk the bottle fling. He lov'd his bowl, his joke, his friend, I dare not say his lass; And when the sick in haste did send, Reluctant left his glass. But when obtain'd with skill and care, Prescrib'd to give them health, And freely did their sorrows share, Not greedy of their wealth. When calm and cool, of heaven and hell Some serious thoughts had he; But in his gayer hours would tell That no such things could be. That cunning priests, with art to gain A pow'r o'er feeble souls, Taught them to dread infernal flames, Where beds of sulphur rolls. Lot now he knows, if truth and vice Have one allotment there, Perhaps may wish a conscience nice Had guided him while here. His mortal part which was not small, We now to dust resign, And if that mortal part be all, He surely can't repine. -Anonymous. THE ANSWER. I am composed of light and shade, As all must freely own; So God my constitution made, Nor gave me heart of stone. Most hard it is to fill the paunch With medicines purgative; If with a second dose you drench, 'Twill not the other drive. With farmers a disgrace to drink I never did it deem; Those sons of earth I always think Most worthy my esteem. Plain honesty, without disguise, Dwells in their noble breasts; With them I'd share my grog of choice, And have them for my guests. But how a plural number noun, As beds must surely be, Unto the singular has grown I really cannot see. For rolls cannot be govern'd right, By beds of sulphur blue; I'd certainly rebel in spite Of all the smell and hue. As for Anonymous's place I surely cannot tell; He cannot join the blessed race, Nor yet be doom'd to hell. It is most like the Omnipotent Design'd him at creation, When he on earth his days had spent, For dark annihilation. So he may safely venture on, And rest in this secure, If he no pleasure knows when gone, No pain can he endure. -Archibald McClean. 365 ODE TO GRATITUDE. BY ANNA YOUNG. 0 gratitude, thou power benign, That does such warmth impart ! Teach my unskillful muse to sing The feelings of my heart. Teach me to thank the generous Maid That reared my tender years; That gives me every useful aid, And mourns my faults with tears. Her tenderness I can't repay, Nor half her love recount ; Each rising morn and ending day Still adds to the amount. All gracious God, who rules on high, Eliza's love reward ! Oh, recompense her piety, Her tender care regard. Bless her with health, with life, with joy, With happiness and peace, Content, that sweetens each employ, And makes all stations please. That this be fair Eliza's lot My constant prayers shall be; An orphan's prayers are not forgot By Him who all can see. -May 21,1770. SYLVIA'S SONG TO DAMON. BY ANNA YOUNG. When first I heard my Damon's sighs, When first I read his speaking eyes, Against their power I vainly strove, And proudly thought I ne'er could love. His virtues oft I warmly praised, I thought alone esteem I rais'd, Till worth like mine he should approve, And yet I thought not it was love. The soft compassion I betray'd With joy the anxious youth survey'd; His artless sighs my bosom mov'd; I happy felt and own'd I lov'd. Whene'er I heard his angel tongue On all his words I fondly hung; With ev'ry sound my heart would move, But yet I knew not it was love. I feel no wish, my bosom swell, But still on Damon's heart to dwell; This tender wish may heaven approve, And kindly bless our mutual love. -1775. A SUMMER'S EVENING WALK IN THE CHURCH-YARD OF WICACO. BY ANNA YOUNG. The solemn stillness of this pensive scene, The rolling river and the grave-clad green, The setting sun, who sheds his parting beam With fainter radiance o'er the silver stream; The humble stones which point the dewy bed Where peaceful sleep shall rest each weary head; The Gothic pile, whose hospitable door First woo'd religion to this savage shore,- All, all conspire to sooth the softened breast And hush each care and earth-born wish to rest. The angry storms which swell life's sea decay, And each rude wave of passion sinks away; Less and less high o'erflows the beating tide. Till calm, at length, life's shifting current glide; Not one rough breeze o'er the smooth surface blown, And heaven, reflected, its calm'd bosom shows. Within this sacred dome and peaceful bower Truth and religion hold their native power; They show our hopes and fears, undeck'd with art, And pour their full convictions on the heart. -June, 1775. LINES ON REPERUSING TRE AFORESAID POEM, WHEN THE COMPOSER WAS NO MORE. BY MRS. E. FERGUSON. No more from Sylvia's pen those numbers flow That joys enhanced or soothed the pangs of woe; Beneath such sods as filled her pensive strains This lifeless writer with the dead remains. Not sixty years (as lived the saint who sung With seraph's ardor and cherubic tongue) Was Sylvia's date; not twenty-four were past Ere Laura saw young Sylvia breathe her last; But full experience has to Laura taught That length of days are so with evil fraught, They chief are blest who soonest run their race, Screened from temptation and the world's disgrace. Earth's mantle dropped, then Laura trusts to join This soon-cropped blossom of her parents' line. -1786. REFLECTIONS NEAR THE CLOSE OF APRIL, 1804. BY JOSEPH LLOYD. Hail, May; sweet season of delight ! Thy presence all desire; A theme on which the poets write, And all mankind admire. 0, how enchanting is the sight Of nature dress'd in green ! With what keen rapture of delight Do I behold the scene ! The beauty of the vernal flowers And fruit-trees, all in bloom, Which fill the groves and shady bowers With fragrance and perfume. The birds, in sweet melodious voice, Their notes responsive sing; All kinds of animals rejoice, All nature hails the spring. The rural grove, the verdant plain, The slowly rising hill; The fields adorn'd with growing grain, With joy my bosom fill. 0 nature ! thy reviving charm, Delight my feeling breast; The pleasing sight my bosom warms, And lulls my cares to rest. I often ramble through the vale, To take the cooling breeze: And aromatic sweets exhale, From nature's blooming trees. I view the lofty mountain's height Or wander through the glade, And hear with most extreme delight The murmuring cascade. The precipice and mountain steep, Terrific and sublime, Absorb me in reflection deep; And thus I pass my time. Secluded from a world of strife In pure ecstatic bliss; 0, could I always pass my life In such a state as this ! 366 A RED BIRD'S LAMENTATION. BY DAVID LLOYD. When I enjoy'd my liberty From bough to bough I play'd; But now, confined, I here must be By ruthless man betray'd. I flow from home in search of food Beneath a shady tree, And left behind a helpless brood, Which I shall never see. Entangl'd, in a wily net Contriv'd by wanton boy, Which caus'd me all this sore regret And does my health destroy. I see my mates at play engag'd, With pleasure on their wing, While here, within this lonesome cage, In solitude I sing. My wings, impatient, long to fly, And free themselves in air; I linger here, and know not why I'm doom'd to this despair. My days must pass away in grief To please a tyrant's eye; Unfeeling man, without relief, Condemns me here to die. -1830. ELEGY ON ELIHU PALMER. Elihu Palmer now has gone And left the noisy world; He lies beneath the verdant lawn Where Schuylkill's waves are curl'd. While he in peaceful silence lays The world is rolling on; Just so the richest flower decays, And all must soon be gone. Shed no vain tears upon his urn, For such the base obtain; But let his virtues all return And live in us again. THE BEECH TREE. BY ROBERT M. BIRD. There's a hill by the Schuylkill, the river of hearts, And a beech-tree that grows on its side, In a nook that is lovely m lien sunshine departs And twilight creeps over the tide; How sweet, at that moment, to steal through the grove, In the shade of that beech to recline, And dream of the maiden who gave it her love, And left it thus hallowed in mine ! Here's the rock that she sat on, the spray that she held When she bent round its grey trunk with me; And smiled so, with soft, timid eyes, she beheld The name I had carved on the tree, So carved that the letters should look to the west, As well as their dear majic became, So that when the dim sunshine was sinking to rest The last ray should fall on her name. The singing thrush moans on that beech-tree at morn, The wind through the laurel-bush sigh, And afar comes the sound of the waterman's horn And the hum of the waterfall nigh. No echoes there wake but are magical, each, Like words on my spirit they fall; They speak of the hours when we came to the beech And listened together to all. And oh, when the shadows creep out from the wood, When the breeze stirs no more on the spray, And the sunbeam of autumn that plays on the flood Is melting, each moment, away; How dear at that moment, to steal through the grove, In the shade of that beech-tree to recline, And dream of the maiden who gave it her love, And left it thus hallowed in mine !