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ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS37 first Friends of Stavanger is Sirina Herremands Datter, the wife of Anders Andersen Regends. For the few facts and some conjectures about her see Decorah-Posten, June 4, 1926. 11. On Martha Larson and her husband, Lars Larson, see Rasmus B. Anderson, The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration (1821-1840) : Its Causes and Results, Madison, 1895 ; Cleng Peerson og Sluppen Restaurationen , Chicago, 1925; Decorah-Posten, May 28 and June 4, 1926; Hannah Astrup Larsen, " The First Lady of Restaurationen " in Souvenir Norse American Women, 1825-1925, St. Paul, 1926. ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS Friends' Intelligencer —Tributes to the memory of Susan Parrish Wharton, who died on Ninth Month 21, 1928, have been written by Walter Mendelson and Alexander C. Purdy. All during her life, Susan Wharton was interested in making the lives of others both happier and worthier, and she will long be remembered for the many causes and individuals which she helped.—10 mo. 6, 1928, p. 801. —Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College has been fortunate in receiving from many quarters a number of valuable documents, books and heirlooms. Among other things they have received a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to Friends in Iowa. It was written at the White House and is dated 1 mo. 5, 1863. President Lincoln says : " It is most cheering and encouraging for me to know that in the efforts which I have made and am making for the restoration of a righteous peace to our country, I am upheld and sustained by the good wishes and prayers of God's people."— 10 mo. 20, 1928, p. 827. —In the ancient records of the Society of Friends in Dover, New Hampshire , a quaint and impressive document has recently been found. It is dated Eleventh Month 21, 1777, and is signed by Thomas Hanson, with the signatures of Moses Brown and James Neal as witnesses. In this paper Thomas Hanson says that he has become convinced of the error of the practice of slavery and that he wishes to state publicly that he has released and set free his Negro slave named Peter. In the account of the discovery of this document in Unity, it is stated that in 1777 there were in Dover, N. H., seven men, members of the Society of Friends, who owned nine Negro slaves whom they liberated.—11 mo. 3, 1928, p. 878. —Although Woolman School as an institution has been in a state of suspension for two years, the Board of Directors have continued to keep faith with the past and to look with hope to the future. Representative gatherings of Friends were held in the spring and autumn of 1927 to consider the need of the Society of Friends for a school of religious educa- 38 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION tion. " The weight of these meetings seemed to the Board to be on the side of the establishment of a school where Friends could endeavor to understand more fully their heritage of spiritual discernment, to win it more completely for themselves, and to apply it to the complex problems of the modern world." Accordingly plans were made to establish such a school, and the committee has been very fortunate in securing as Director, Henry T. Hodgkin, who is known throughout the world as a man of fine intellect, wide outlook, and international experience. With such a Director and with the whole-hearted support of the Society of Friends, the future looks very bright for the new school.—12 mo. 1, 1928, p. 956.—See also The Friend, 11 mo. 29, 1928, p. 261. —Eleventh Month 2, 1928, was the centenary of the birth of Timothy Nicholson, and on the First-day evening following this date, the Young Friends of Richmond held a special meeting in commemoration of him who, until four years ago, sat at the head of their meeting since its organization in 1878. The portrait painting of Timothy Nicholson, which hangs in the library, was placed on an easel on the platform for the occasion.—12 mo. 1, 1928, p. 956. —An account of William Cookworthy, a Quaker chemist of Plymouth, whose tireless labors were rewarded by the first discovery in...