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86 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. London, England. He died 3d Month ist, 1907, aged eighty-eight (88) years. In his will proved at London 4th Month 3d, 1907, appears the following clause : ' To my son Edward Alexander I give the Seal at one time belonging to George Fox.' I purchased the Seal from Edward Alexander 9th Month 25th, 1923." (Signed) George Vaux, Jr. While the above is of course not proof positive of authenticity, it bears the marks of a reliable, continuous tradition. It is as convincing testimony as is usually obtainable in connection with such relics, and will be accepted by most Friends unless counterevidence should come to light. The presence of George Fox's seal among us is one of the happiest omens of the tercentenary year. OKEHOCKING. An interesting and important occasion was the unveiling, on Sixth Month 21, 1924, of a marker on the site of the only Indian reservation ever established by William Penn. The location of the site was established by our fellow member and Director, Albert Cook Myers, Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Historical Commission, who gave the historical address on the occasion of unveiling. The marker stands on the side of an embankment bordering the State Highway (Philadelphia and West Chester Pike), in Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, about four miles west of Newtown Square, and seventeen miles west of Philadelphia. The ground on which the marker stands was generously donated by Dr. Thomas G. Ashton, whose " Delchester Farms " are on the site of the former Indian village. On the occasion of the unveiling Dr. Ashton presented the deed for the plot of ground and it was received by J. Frank E. Hause, President of the Chester County Historical Society. Former Governor William C. Sproul gave a ringing address, and John Russell Hayes, Librarian of Swarthmore College, read an effective poem written for the occasion. Two of the guests present gave very impressive touches to the occasion. One was Bernard Penn-Gaskell McGrann, eighth in OKEHOCKING.87 direct descent from William Penn, who read the Founder's generous and kindly letter to the Indians of Pennsylvania, dated Second Month 21, 1682 (old style). The other was the young Indian Chief, Strong Wolf, who, dressed in the full regalia of a native chieftain, invoked, in the Indian tongue, the blessing of the Great Spirit, the " Kitchi Manito." The marker consists of a tall, native time-stained boulder to which is attached an inscribed bronze tablet, designed by Paul C. Cret, of Philadelphia. The inscription on the tablet is as follows : OKEHOCKING INDIAN TOWN The Chiefs Pokhais, Sepopawny and Muttagooppa with their people of the Unami Group Their Totem—the Tortoise of the Lenni-Lenape, or Delawares were moved from Lower Ridley and Crum Creeks by William Penn to a square tract of 500 acres on the north side of this road east of Ridley Creek, the only Indian Reservation the Proprietor ever established. 1701. Marked by Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Chester County Historical Society. 1924. ...