COPY OF BILL FOR AMERICAN CHINA, 1771.-For account of the factory at which white ware was made, in Southwark, Philadelphia, see "Pottery and Porcelain of the United States," by Edwin A. Barber.

MR THOMAS WHARTON

PHILA'D May the 10h 1771.

Bought of Anh3 McElroy, American China March the 19. One Dozen of handled Cups &c

Two Shugar Dishes

£1.

4 0 12. 0

Two Cream Ewers

Two teapots

@ 6
5

7/6

@ 6

@ 2/6

March the 30.

To three pounds of tea

@ £1.7.

May the 9.

13. 0

COPY OF WARRANT OF ELLIS JONES, 1684.

BY COMMISSIONERS IMPOWERED TO GRANT LOTTS AND LANDS IN THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA &C.

"At the Request of Ellis Jones that we would Grant him to take up Two hundred and fifty Acres at Rent in the County of Chester These are in the Proprietary's Name to Will and Require thee forthwth to Survey or Caused to be Survey'd unto him the said number of acres in the aforementioned County where not already taken up he Seating and Improving the same within six months from the Date of Survey and make returns thereof into the Secretary's Office. Given at Philadelphia the 11th 9 mo 1684.

For THO. HOLME Survey Genl.

JAMES CLAYPOOLE,
ROBERT TURNER."

BIBLE RECORDS OF COL. WILLIAM EDMONDS, OF FAUQUIER CO., VIRGINIA. The following was copied from the family Bible of Colonel William Edmonds of Fauquier County, Virginia, many of whose descendants reside in Philadelphia and vicinity. Colonel Edmonds

served in the Revolutionary Army; and was also Captain of a Company for Fauquier County, Virginia, in the French and Indian War in 1761. He was born in 1734 and died in 1818.

The Bible referred to was published at Oxford, England, in 1768 by S. Wright and W. Gill, printers to the University. EMMA B. BELT.

William Edmonds & Elizabeth Blackwell were married ye 17th day of March in ye year of our Lord 1764 (on Saturday) by ye Revd James Craig.

William Edmonds Jr. was born on Fryday ye 10th of May in ye year of our Lord 1765, Jaa Bell, W" Bell, Franke Bell & Hannah Blackwell godfathers & godmothers.

Franke Edmonds was born on Fryday ye 1st day of August in ye year of Our Lord 1766. Saml. Blackwell, Jas Blackwell, Anne Pickett & Anne Edmonds, godfathers & godmothers.

Sarah Edmonds was born on Sunday ye 4th day of Oct' in ye year of our Lord 1767. Sarah Blackwell & ye Revd Ja" Craig, godfather and godmother.

Dyed 17th Decb' 1828.

Elias Edmonds was born on Thursday`ye 10th of Nov. in ye year of our Lord 1768, Elias Edmonds Jr. Bennitt Price, Mrs. Billy Edmonds & Judith Price, godfathers & godmothers.

(the above died 1st April 1811)

Mary Edmonds was born on Thursday ye 17th of April in ye year of our Lord 1770. Col. Wm Blackwell, Jos Fantleroy, Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell & Judith Edmonds, godfathers & godmothers.

(Died June 1837)

Elizabeth Edmonds was born on Sunday ye 2nd of June in ye year of our Lord 1771. Francis Attswell, Tho Keith, Judith Hubbard & Betty Edmonds, godfathers & godmothers.

Dyed ye 16th of April 1773.

Betty Edmonds was born on Saturday ye 20th of February in ye year of our Lord 1773. Hancock Lee, Joseph Blackwell, Elizabeth Hewitt, Susannah Yates, godfathers & godmothers.

John Edmonds was born on Tuesday ye 6th of June in ye year of our Lord 1775. John Blackwell, son of Joseph, Geo. Pickett, Miss Betty Edmonds & Frankey Edmonds, godfathers & godmothers.

Lucy Edmonds was born on Monday ye 10th day of May in ye year 1777. John Barker godfather & Elizth, her mother, godmother.

James Edmonds was born on Tuesday ye 16th of February, ye year of our Lord 1779. Wm Ed. & Elizth, father & mother to the above, godfather & godmother.

Died March 1845.

Catey Edmonds was born on Tuesday ye 20th Feby in ye year of our Lord 1781. W Edmonds J' godfather, Nancy Taylor & Elizth Taylor, godmothers.

Judith Edmonds was born on Sunday ye 28th Dec in ye year of our Lord 1783. Robert Green, godfather & [undecipherable.]

Susannah Eliza Green was born January 9th 1789.

Robert Green was born February 23rd 1790.

The above were the two oldest grandchildren of Wm Edmonds, whose oldest daughter, Frankey, married her cousin, R. Green. [Note made by grandson Gust. R. B. Horner, Surg. U.S.N., Feb 27, 1848.]

Names of servants of Wm Edmonds, of Fauquier Co., Va.

GEORGE SMITH, OF EVISON TOWNSHIP, WEST JERSEY, farmer, conveys to John Sanders of Philadelphia, bricklayer, April 3, 1694, a dwelling house and lot 15 x 250 feet, bound on south by Howell Griffits lot; north by Griffith Jones land; westward by Delaware Front Street, and eastward with the Delaware River; part of a certain greater parcel of land belonging to Griffith Jones, purchased by said George Smith of William Davis, 6. 10. 1693, and granted to William Davis by Griffith Jones, 3. 11. 1691, and patented by said Jones, 3. 1. 1689.

PENSION APPLICATION OF MICHAEL FACKENTHAL, OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNA. The following application for a pension by a soldier of the Revolution contains records that are worthy of preservation. On the 26th day of October, A. D. 1832, personally appeared before me, William Long, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county of Bucks, Michael Fackenthal, Esq., a resident of Durham township, Bucks county, Pa., and who says he was born in the year 1756, the 23d day of May, to the best of his information from the records of the church book in Springfield township in said county. In the year 1776 he enlisted in Captain Valentine Opp's company in the said township of Springfield, was appointed Sergent of said company. It was one of the four companies from Bucks county that formed a regiment with four companies from Northampton county of the Flying Camp. Joseph Hart from said county of Bucks was appointed first Colonel, and Peter Kichline, from Northampton county, second Colonel. Colonel Kichline with the four companies from Northampton county were in the engagement on Long Island, August 27, 1776, and was made prisoner with a number of his men. Colonel Hart was stationed at Amboy and the company I was with. Shortly after this Colonel Hart left the service, and we were put under the command of Colonel McAlister, from the county of York, Pa. On the night of the 16th of November, 1776, we went over to Staten Island, and the next morning attacked the British and Hessians at a place they then called Cockletown (now called Richmond). We took several of the Hessians prisoners. About the last of October (same year) Colonel Kichline's men that remained, joined us and Colonel Baxter was appointed to command us. Shortly after this one regiment was ordered to march to the North River, and crossed said river at Fort Washington (commanded by Col. Magaw) where on the 16th of November, 1776, Col. Baxter was killed, and most of his men taken prisoners, or lost their lives. Before the engagement, I was taken sick with camp fever, and received a certificate from Doctor [Joseph] Fenton (our surgeon) of my not being fit for duty. I obtained a pass signed by the adjutant by

the order of Major Kern, who was then commanding officer. I did not get my health restored for a considerable time after the time of my enlistment was expired. I got my discharge (which is lost) and received six months pay.

"In the year 1781, I performed a tour of duty as second lieutenant of the militia in Capt. Christopher Wagner's company, marched from said township of Springfield to Trenton, New Jersey, under command of Colonel McRay [McIlray]. Governor Reed was Commander in Chief, and General Lacey Brigadier General. We laid in camp below Trenton until discharged. Received my pay for two months. My commission for Lieutenant is lost.

A COLLECTION OF PAPERS READ BEFORE THE BUCKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Vol. I. 8vo. pp. xxxviii, 585. Illustrated. Price $2.00.

The Bucks County Historical Society was founded by Gen. W. W. H. Davis in January of 1880, but notwithstanding it has been active in developing the history of the county, its transactions were only given to the public through the medium of the local newspapers. Now, through the liberality of Mr. B. F. Fackenthal, Jr., the papers read have been collected, corrected, arranged and published in the present volume and liberally illustrated. Among the contributors of historical papers are the well-known antiquarians Gen. W. W. H. Davis, W. J. Buck, Hon. Henry Chapman, Howard M. Jenkins, Charles Laubach, H. C. Mercer, Rev. D. K. Turner, Henry D. Paxson, Alfred Paschall, Capt. J. S. Bailey, and others. The Society has an attractive building with a library of 2500 volumes, a Herbarium of 20,000 specimens, and a fine archæological collection. It has also marked historical sites with appropriate memorials. The book is well printed and neatly bound, and can be had by applying to the Librarian, Doylestown, Pa.

"L'EVOLUTION DE L'ARBITRAGE INTERNATIONAL," PAR THOMAS WILLING BALCH. EXTRAIT DE LA "REVUE DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL ET DE LÉGISLATION COMPARÉE." Philadelphia; Allen, Lane and Scott, 1907, 8vo. pp. 122.

This work originally appeared during the summer of 1908 in the Revue de Droit International et de Législation Comparée. Published at Brussels, this review was started in 1869 by a trio of notable international jurists, Rollin-Jacquemyns, Asser, and Westlake, the two latter of whom are still active contributors to the development of the science started by Gentilis and Grotius; the Revue occupies a leading place in the literature relating to the Laws of Nations. After a discussion of the causes of war and the possible development of a sanction behind international peace, this book gives an account of the gradual growth of International Arbitration from an idea at the time of the Thirty Years' War to an actually used custom in the present century. The great part of the United States in this beneficent gift to civilization is shown, including the contributions of Pennsylvania. The book is dedicated to Emeric Crucé, a notable irenist.

ORDERLY BOOK OF GEN. JOHN PETER GABRIEL MUHLENBERG, MARCH 26-DECEMBER 20, 1777.

[The Muhlenberg Orderly Book of the Ferdinand J. Dreer Collection, of the Manuscript Department, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, is divided into two parts, the first, beginning at "College Camp Va.," and ending at Suffolk, April 15, 1776; and the latter at Camp Middlebrook, N. J., March 26, and closing at Valley Forge, December 20, 1777. It is this latter part, which is associated with the movements of the army in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, under the immediate command of Washington, that has been selected for publication.

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, a son of the eminent Lutheran divine Rev. H. M. Muhlenberg, was born at the Trappe, Penna., October 1, 1746, and died near Philadelphia, October 1, 1807. He studied for the ministry in Germany and Pennsylvania, and at the outbreak of the Revolution was in charge of a congregation at Woodstock, Va. His ardent patriotism and military spirit induced him to accept the commission of Colonel of a Virginia regiment of infantry; he was promoted Brigadier General February 21, 1777, and mustered out of service a Brevet Major General, November 3, 1783. He participated in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point, and Yorktown. At Germantown his brigade, attached to the left wing of the army under Greene, was distinguished for its bravery, and when it went into winter quarters at Valley Forge was composed of the First, Fifth and Ninth (consolidated), Thirteenth Virginia Line, the Virginia State Regiment, and the German Regiment. Muhlenberg after the war was a member of the First, Second, and Third Congresses, U. S. Senator, and Supervisor of Revenue and Collector of the Port of Philadelphia.] VOL. XXXIII.—17

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