Exhibits Shown at Annual Meeting, 11 mo., 29, 1920

EXHIBITS SHOWN AT ANNUAL MEETING.57 and the like are always welcome, and those suitable will be used as opportunity offers." A quotation from an address by ex-President Isaac Sharpless in 1912, will fittingly close this sketch. He was urging that the Friends' Historical Society do more than collect old manuscripts and relics and read entertaining diaries. " The study and research for the strong elements and forces active in the development of the Society of Friends; the meaning of the message that Friends have for the world ; the spirit and knowledge of Quakerism ; the causes of our successes and failures, these are all most important factors in connecting the present with the future for our advancement and improvement." EXHIBITS SHOWN AT ANNUAL MEETING, 11 mo., 29, 1920. An informal exhibition of family relics at the Annual Meeting in the autumn brought out a number of extremely interesting things, each described by its owner, who gave the descent of the heirloom. One of our Weeklies has suggested that this is an excellent way in which the study of history can be encouraged in our schools. The thought should bear fruit. Below is the list of exhibits, and the owners. Nathaniel Richardson, Torresdale, Pa. Letters and cane of Grace, wife of David Lloyd and daughter of Judge Growden, of Penna. Gilbert Cope, Philadelphia. Phototypes of marriage certificates; Abiah Taylor, 1694: Joseph Taylor, 1700. Both of Berkshire, England. The certificate of Abiah on a parchment printed form. Deed, signed by Thomas Chalkley, for land in Salem Co., N. J-, 1737Henry Ferris, Germantown, Phila. "Arraignment of Popery," by George Fox and Ellis Hookes, printed, 1669. 58BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Rebecca N. Taylor, St. Martin's, Pa. Spoon marked " E. H."—Elizabeth Haddon, afterward Estaugh . Brought with her from England, 1701. Among the bequests in her will, she left her " Household goods and furniture of all sorts " to the widow and four daughters of her nephew, Ebenezer Hopkins. This spoon went to the eldest daughter, named for her great aunt Elizabeth Estaugh, who married John Mickle. Their daughter, Sarah, married John S. Whitall. Their son, John Mickle Whitall married Mary Cope, grandparents of the exhibitor, who now owns the interesting old relic. Walter L. Moore, Moorestown, N. J. Original MS. Journal of William Jackson, 1802. Sara M. Longstreth, Philadelphia. Silver teapot of Ann Bartram, daughter of the botanist, John Bartram. Given to S. M. L. by her mother, Abby A. Longstreth to whom it was presented by Mary Gibson, a collateral relative of J. B. Silver cream pitcher, of Rebecca, wife of Stephen Grellett, (neé Collins), who gave it to her niece, Susan Longstreth, who gave it to her niece, the exhibitor. Rebecca Collins Grellett was daughter of the well known printer to the King, Isaac Collins, the " Collins Bible " being now a valuable work remarkably free from errors. His three daughters, did the proof-reading. For this he paid each daughter $50.00, and Rebecca bought the pitcher with her money. Charles F. Jenkins, Germantown, Pa. Copy of " Meditations " of Thomas â Kempis, from library of Governor Pennypacker. Printed 1758 by Christopher Sauer, in Germantown. Presented by Benjamin Lay to Phoebe Lancaster , of Bucks Co., Pa., on the death of her husband, Thomas Lancaster. The latter, a Friend and minister, went with John Bringhurst and Peter Fearon to the Barbadoes and Tortola in l75&- J- Bringhurst died in Barbadoes, and T. Lancaster on the return voyage, and was buried at sea. Benjamin Lay, whose autograph is in the book, sent it to Phœbe Lancaster, EXHIBITS SHOWN AT ANNUAL MEETING.59 " by the hand of Samuel Cary." Autographs of all the successive owners are inscribed, and Governor Pennypacker has added an interesting note on Benjamin Lay, who will not be unfamiliar to readers of the Bulletin. The Lancasters were paternal ancestors of the exhibitor. Hannah P. Morris, Olney, Pa. Watch and letter of Samuel Morris, gt. gt. grandfather of exhibitor . Albert Cook Myers, Moylan, Pa. Photographs of official Government documents of the famous trial of William Penn and William Meade, 1670, at the Old Bailey in London, by which it was legally established that a jury may bring in its verdict without coercion from the...