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STONE, Librarian, 1300 Locust St., Philadelphia. HISTORY OF PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA. By WILLIAM R. SHEPHERD, Ph.D. 8vo. BOUND IN MUSLIN. 601 PAGES. PRICE, $5.00. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record for 1897. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY. ISSUED QUARTERLY, AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. The Society has a few complete sets of the RECORD on sale. Subscriptions, payable in advance, should be sent to WILLIAM P. KETCHAM, Treasurer, No. 23 West Forty-fourth Street, New York. THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL STUDY ENCOURAGEMENT FUND. THIS Fund was established under a resolution of Council of December 28, 1896, its object being "to promote and assist the editing and publication of books relating to the history of Pennsylvania, or connected therewith, outside the purview of The Publication Fund of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.""} For its foundation the Council resolved that the proceeds arising from the sale of the following works, of which the Society owns a number of copies, should be paid to the trustees, to be used for the objects of the trust. Pennsylvania and the Federal Constitution, 1787-1788. Edited by JOHN BACH MCMASTER and FREDERICK D. STONE. Philadelphia, 1888. 8vo. 803 pp. Copiously illustrated. Price, $5. The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 to 1773. Translated from the original Swedish by HORACE BURR, with an abstract of the English records from 1773 to 1810. 8vo. 772 pp. Illustrated. Price, $2. A Lenâpé-English Dictionary. From an anonymous MS. in the archives of the Moravian Church at Southern Quakers and Slavery. A Study in Institutional History. By STEPHEN B. WEEKS, PH.D. Early History of the University of Pennsylvania from its Origin to the Year 1827. By GEORGE B. WooD, M.D., with supplementary chapters by FRED- History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania. These volumes were acquired by the Society in the following way: "Pennsylvania and the Federal Constitution" was published by subscription, and the profit arising therefrom was in part used to assist the Historical Society of Delaware in issuing the Records of Old Swedes Church at Wilmington, by subscribing for a number of copies. The proceeds arising from these two works was in turn used, in a like manner, in assisting in the publication of "Southern Quakers and Slavery" and "History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania." 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(Concluded.) PAGE 273 Valley Forge, 1777-1778. Diary of Surgeon Albigence Waldo, of the Connecticut Line. (Illustrated.) 299 The Family of William Penn. By Howard M. Jenkins. (Continued.) (Illustrated.) 324 The "Friendly Institution" of Burlington, New Jersey. By 347 The Journals and Papers of the Continental Congress. By Herbert 361 Extracts from the Letter-Books of Lieutenant Enos Reeves, of the Pennsylvania Line. By John B. Reeves. (Continued.) Formation of Washington's Farewell Address to the American 376 The Trustees of the Publication Fund desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for the opinions or observations that may be expressed in articles under the names or initials of the contributors. BOUND VOLUMES OF THE MAGAZINE. Copies of all the volumes of this MAGAZINE can be obtained at the Hall of the Historical Society, bound by Messrs. 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