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84BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Futhey and Cope. History of Chester County. Phila. 1881. Howard, G. E. Local Constitutional History of the United States. Baltimore . 1889. Report of the Commissioners on the Pennsylvania Penal Code, 1828. Root, W. T. The Relations of Pennsylvania with the British Government , 16Ç6-1765. N. Y. 1912. Scharf and Westcott. A History of Philadelphia. Phila. 1884. Sharpless, Isaac. A Quaker Experiment in Government. Phila. 1900. Sharpless, Isaac. Quakerism and Politics. Phila. 1905. Shepherd, W. R. A History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania . N. Y. 1896. Smith, George. A History of Delaware County. Phila. 1862. Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania. Vols. H-XVIII (1700-1809). Harrisburg . 1896-1915. Vaux, Richard. Brief Sketch of the Origin and History of the State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Phila. 1872. Vaux, Roberts. Notices of the Original and Successive Attempts to Improve the Discipline of the Prison at Philadelphia, and to Reform the Criminal Code of Pennsylvania, with a few Observations on the Penitentiary System. Philadelphia. 1826. Watson, J. F. Annals of Philadelphia, revised and enlarged by W. P. Hazard. 3 v. Phila. 1884. White, J. W. F. " The Judiciary of Allegheny County," in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. VII. 1883. ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS. a. In The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society (London). The historical sketch of " Devonshire House Reference Library, with Notes on Early Printers and Printing in the Society of Friends," by Anna L. Littleboy, is concluded in 18 (1921) : 66-88. This was the presidential address (1920) of the Friends' Historical' Society, and is to be had in separate form at the Friends' Bookshop, London. The story of how Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Ministers and Elders refused a certificate to Warner Mifflin (1745-1798), an Elder, who was under a religious concern to visit Friends in England. The request was refused because "there was no letter of discipline, pointing out a way for Elders to visit churches." (The incident taken from the Life and Ancestry of Warner Mifflin, by Hilda Justice, Philadelphia, 1905.)—In this connection the editor of the Journal asks : " Has any American Friend in the station of Elder received plenary certificates to visit London Yearly Meeting?"—18 (1921) : 95-96. ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS.85 Interesting item on the Quaker rule in Rhode Island, and the desire of the anti-Quakers to circumvent it by making that colony a royal province. —18 (1921): 113. The letters of William Procter, an Orthodox Friend, of Baltimore, to his relations in England, describing events connected with the separations of 1828 in Philadelphia, New York, and Ohio Yearly Meetings. Very interesting and valuable source material.—19 (1922) : i-n. Extract from a letter of 7 mo. 4, 1828, concerning Philip E. Thomas and the beginnings of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, of which he was President.—19 (1922) : 11. Extract from the Diary of Samuel Shoemaker, a Pennsylvania Loyalist, concerning his interview with George III. Reprinted from Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 2 (1878).—19 (1922) : 12-16. A story illustrating the simplicity and humility of William Penn, whether being entertained in a humble dwelling or at the court of James II.—19 (1922) : 31. Note on Daniel Rickeston, New Bedford, Mass.—19 (1922) : 47. Note on the poetry of Elizabeth Allen Satterthwaite, Webster Groves, Mo.—19 (1922) : 47. Brief notes on Warner Mifflin (1745-1798), Josiah White (1781-1850), Moses Pennock (1786-1860), William Rotch (1734-1828), Samuel Wetherill (1736-1816), Christopher Marshall (1709-1797), Thomas Moore (17601822 ), Job Roberts (c. 1756-1851), Frank J. Russell (e. 1870-1914), Philip E. Thomas (1776-1861), Isaac Briggs (1763-1825), Dorothy Payne Madison (1768-1849). These occur in a very valuable series of "Sketches of Quaker Inventions and of Friends who led the Way in various Directions." —19 (1922) : 49-57. Interesting notes from Edward Haistwell's Diary of the Travels of George Fox, 1677, 1678. This diary, as well as the Spence MSS. of George Fox, has been added recently to the collection of the Friends' Reference Library, Devonshire House, London.—19 (1922) : 61-62. Reference to John Holme, a Baptist magistrate, and his relation to the Keith controversy in Philadelphia...