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36 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. New York, formerly of London. It was printed in London, 1806, as A Letter to a Friend in London on certain improprieties of expression used by some members of the Society of Friends. There is a copy in the Haverford College Library.) Can any reader of these lines in England or America trace it further back? The editor shares the suspicion of Professor Maxfield that it goes back, as colloquial usage, to the beginnings of Quakerism, and beyond. Colloquialisms in print, however, are often hard to find. NOTES AND QUERIES The spring meeting of Friends' Historical Association was held at the old meeting-house, Crosswicks, N. J., on the afternoon of 6mo. 5, 1926. The principal paper of the day by Francis R. Taylor is printed as the leading article in this Bulletin. An interesting and valuable paper by Joseph S. Middleton, a life long resident of Crosswicks, was also read and has been published separately. An interesting part of the program was the replacement of a three-pound American cannon ball of the Revolutionary War in the back wall of the meeting-house. The ball was fired by the American forces at the British, from a point across Crosswicks Creek, during a skirmish preliminary to the Battle of Monmouth. It had been removed many years ago but was replaced on this occasion, and cemented in place. The annual meeting of Friends' Historical Association was held on Secondday , limo. 29, 1926, at Friends' Meeting-House, 20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia. Charles F. Jenkins, Vice-President of the Association, gave a most interesting illustrated lecture on "The Signers of the Declaration of Independence." The Association and its guests have rarely been favored with a lecture, covering in a scholarly way a wide range of biographical interest, with so piquant a sense of personal humor. Directors for the ensuing year were elected, and after the close of the meeting, they elected the Officers of the Association. The list of Officers and Directors is published as usual at the beginning of this number of the Bulletin. The following notes from Swarthmore College will be of interest to the readers of the Bulletin. Our fellow member, Professor William I. Hull, has been elected to the Howard M. Jenkins Chair of Quaker History and Research. Professor John Russell Hayes is now full time librarian of the Friends' Historical Library at Swarthmore, and the college is entering upon a vigorous campaign to build up its already large Quaker collections. Charles B. Shaw, formerly of the North Carolina College for Women, is in charge of the general library at the college. NOTES AND QUERIES37 The Friends' Historical Library of Swarthmore College has acquired an interesting old manuscript,—a record book entitled, An Account of Publick Friends that have Visited Skipton Meeting since the Yearly Meeting at York in the 4th Month 1698. We give a few of the entries; Year Mo. Day 1698 7 16 Samuel Hunt and John Loft 9 6 John Fothergill and John Dodson 1704 9 25 Thomas Rudd and some others 1713 11 14 William Wilkinson and Abreham Anthony New England 1736 7 24 Rebeckah Menshall Pennsylvania 1749 10 13 Daniel Stainton Philadelphia 1771 11 10 Robert Willis East Jersey America 1776 12 11 Thomas Carrington from New Garden Monthly Meeting Pennsylvania 1784 10 20 Nicholas Wain Philadelphia 1825 9 15 Elizabeth Walker, America A similar record, lately acquired, lists the names of "the Public Friends that have Visited New England. Since the year 1656 from Old England from Ireland Barbadus Antegua North Carolina Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania the Jerseys and Long Island. . . . O.E. Stands for Old England Ber Berbadoes. . . . Pen for Pensylvania. etc." Extracts. — These four came together in 1656: Christopher Holder, Thomas Thiston, William Brend, John Copeland. The men friends names all 4 of O.E. Came to Boston. These 2 came 1659 : William Robinson, Marmaduke Stevenson, both of O.E. both Martyrs in Boston. These 2 Came seperately 1671 : William Edmonson, of Ireland, John Burnyeat, of O.E. thes« 2 came about this time: Samuel Bown, Heugh Coperthweight, of Long Island. 4mo. 1732: John Richardson, Richard Walln. this the 2nd time of Pen not...