subsequent career in their country's service, has, not further trace the names of Milledge and others served to endear their memory, not alone to Geor- who, with him, formed the council of safety; of gians, but to all Americans. Clay, who long and faithfully represented the Gray Elliot and Noble Wimberly Jones were province in Continental Congress; or of Jones, among the representatives to the first provincial who was chosen one of the first delegates to the assembly, convened by Sir James Wright, the last Provincial Congress, and afterwards distinguished royal Governor of Georgia. (M'Call's Hist. I., p. himself as an able and experienced officer during 285.) Captains Milledge and Powell were prom- the war. They have all a reputation not limited inent actors in the stamp-act troubles. (Dr. by the boundaries of their native state. Stevens's Disc. in Georgia Hist., Coll. II. p. 8.) Should the republication of these interesting Joseph Clay, William Young, N. W. Jones, and mementos of ante-revolutionary times call forth Samuel Farley were among the committee ap- additional facts or documents concerning the pointed in August, 1774, to receive subscriptions signers of these notes, or serve to bring to light for the citizens of Boston, who were then suffering other and earlier issues of paper money in this from the effects of the famous "Port Bill." (Ste- province, they would prove of no little value, invens Disc. p. 22; M'Call II. 43.) We surely need dependently of their own rarity and interest. [No. I. Size, 51 by 4 in.] THIS CERTIFICATE of ONE POUND | Sterling, due from his Majesty's Province of GEORGIA, Encouragement of SETTLERS rebuilding the in shall pass | current, and be taken in all Payments to the Treasurer of this Province, until the first Day of March, in the Year of our LORD One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy- | one, and no longer. Dated the Anno Domini, 1766. | Day of [Signed] Gr. Elliott. SAVANNAH [The words, "This Certificate of One Pound Sterling," in the first and second lines; "Georgia" and "settlers" in line three "Court House in Savannah," line four "One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-," line seven; "Dated the Day of," line eight; and "Anno Domini," line nine, are printed with red ink. Between the two asterisks and the words "Court House," in the lower right hand corner, is a small cut of a building at the end of an avenue of trees, probably intended to represent the Court House at Savannah. The above bill and the two following ones have a border around them.] [No. II. Size, 54 by 43 in.] THI THIS CERTIFICATE of ONE | POUND STERLING, due from His Majesty's PROVINCE of GEORGIA, for rebuilding the LIGHT-HOUSE ON TYBEE | ISLAND, shall pass current and be taken in all | Payments to the Treasurer of this Province, until the first Day of T MAY, in the Year of OUR LORD, One | Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-two, and no | longer. Dated the Day of MAY, | ANNO DOMINI 1769. | [Signed] N. W. Jones, | John Milledge. I [The words "This Certificate of One," in the first line; "Light House on Tybee Island," lines four and five; and "Anno Domini," line ten, are in red ink. At the lowor corner, on the right, is a cut of light-house.] [No. III. Size 5 by 4 in.] GEORGIA, 1773. the Sum of FOUR THOUSAND TWO | HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE POUNDS, and L *These brackets are in the original; the others indicate matter added, Joseph Clay, [The words "This Certificate," and "The sum of Twenty Shillings," in the second and third lines; "Four Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-nine Pounds," lines five and six; and "until the Twenty-Ninth day of September," lines twelve and thirteen, and "and no longer," line fourteen, are in red ink.] To the above I would add a specimen of the currency established for Georgia by the Trustees, while it was yet a colony, as given in Stevens's History (I. p. 311). "GEORGIA BILL OF EXCHANGE, |} A. No. I. | PAYABLE IN ENGLAND. | Thirty days after sight, we, the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia, in America, promise to pay this, our Sola Bill of Exchange, to James Oglethorpe, Esq., or his order, the sum of One Pound Sterling, at our office at Westminster, to answer the like value received by him in Georgia, on the issue hereof, as testified by indorsement herein, signed by himself. £1 0 0. "Sealed by order of the Common Council of the said Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America." S. SEWALL. In the "Pedigree of Sewall," published in the folio edition of Mr. Drake's History of Boston, the month and day of the death of Henry Sewall, of Coventry, Eng., (who died in 1628,) the earliest known ancestor of this family, appears to be wanting. By the following memoranda, made by Judge Sewall, while in England, in the year 1689, I learn that he died April 16, 1628, and that his will was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, at London, June 30, was printed at London (Jordan: 8vo. pp. 483), in 1792, and re-printed, with some omissions, at New York, the same year (T. & J. Swords, for Berry and Rogers; 12mo., pp. xxvi., 264). Has any bibliographer noted the fact that this translation was made by Joel Barlow? The original work was published at Paris, 1791, in three vols. 8vo., the third volume being a new edition of Brissot and Clavière's "De la France et des Etats Unis," &c., first printed in 1787, and published in an English translation, London, 1788. The translation of 1792 comprises only the first and second volumes of the French. The preface is dated, "London, Feb. 1, 1792." It appears, from a comparison of this translation with the manuscript one hereafter noticed, that Barlow made two copies of his work, one of which "Mr. Sewall's Will was proved Junij. ult., 1628. he disposed of in England, and the other was sent Cur. Prærog., Cant., Lond.” The following memorandum, I suppose, refers to the years in which Mr. Sewall was Mayor of Coventry: "Hen. Sewall, 1587. PISCATAQUA. FIRST "THANKSGIVING IN NEW YORK. The first Thanksgiving Proclamation issued in this State emanated from the splended pen of Gov. De Witt Clinton (long be his memory green in our souls!), in the year of 1825. This was the introduction of that Annual Observance in the Empire State, which has since been religiously continued. Albany Journal. in the summer of 1791, to the United States, with the following letter to his friend, Nathaniel Barret, Esq., of Boston: : "Paris, 13 July, 1791. "I am going to offer you the trouble, my dear Sir, of disposing of a translation of Warville's Travels, to the best advantage for me. It appears to me to be a work that will be much read in America, both from the nature of the subject and the reputation of the traveller. A bookseller in Philadelphia could doubtless afford to give a higher price for the copy than one in any other part of America, partly because that town is at present more the centre of public attention, and contains more readers, and partly because the society of the Quakers, and other subjects relative to that part of the United States, occupy a great proportion of the work. If it were published at Philadelphia, it would doubtless have a more rapid sale; but, on the other hand, it will not answer to be too rigid in the bargain; because any printer TRANSLATION OF BRISSOT DE WARVILLE'S who can obtain a copy in French, may easily obTRAVELS, BY JOEL BARLOW. A translation tain a translation, on paying the ordinary price for of Brissot de Warville's "New Travels in the the labor of translating. The means that you will United States of America, performed in 1788," have in your hand to obtain a price beyond that QUERIES. of the labor of translating, must arise from your Louisiana (French Domination), I., 100, reference having the work ready finished; for this purpose, is made to Nyon de Villiers, "a chivalrous officer, it may be worthy of attention, to prevent any who had highly distinguished himself in battle French copy from falling into the hands of any against the English, and who had the honor to bookseller, or of any one who will be interested to force Washington to capitulate at Fort Necessity furnish another copy. on the 4th of July, 1756." "If you should think proper to offer it at Philadelphia, I should suppose that Mr. Carey would probably be the man. Should you not be at Philadelphia yourself in time to make the bargain, I would thank you to send it to my friend, Mr. Oliver Wolcott, Auditor, who will make the best terms possible for me. "If either you or the bookseller should think it useful to let the name of the Translator be known, I have no objection to it; but I should not choose to have my name in the book, though I think the work will be useful. "If any conveyance of the copyright should be thought necessary to the printer, I hereby convey the property of it to you, and you are consequently authorized to convey it as you think proper. "I am, my dear Sir, with great respect and esteem, Your obliged friend and humble servant, "NATHL. BARRET, Esq. JOEL BARLOW." CAPT. CALLENDER. — In Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution, there is an account of a Capt. Callender, of Massachusetts. There lived and died here, some years ago, a Capt. Thomas Callender, of your region, a very interesting man. He claimed to be a Continental officer, and was so recognized by my grandfather, a Major of the Continental Line of North Carolina. Was he the man referred to by Lossing? CAPE FEAR. WILMINGTON, N. C., Nov. 29, 1857. -- DENISON. Are any descendants, in the male line, of Maj. General Daniel Denison, formerly of Ipswich, Mass., now living? Or of Edward Denison, of Roxbury, his brother? C. H. D. WESTERLY, R. I., Nov. 1857. This letter, and the manuscript translation which accompanied it, are in the library of the Connecticut Historical Society, where they were deposited (among the Wolcott Papers) several years ago. Whether the work was disposed of to Mr. Carey, or other American publisher, does not appear. Probably, however, the receipt of printed copies of the English edition spoiled the PUTNAM'S WOLF DEN.-Yesterday a party sale of this, or enabled the New York publisher to of students, for a vacation ramble, paid a visit to anticipate the issue of a copyright edition. The" Wolf's Den," the scene of Putnam's adventure manuscript bears the marks of careful revision, in with the wolf. In a sketch of Putnam's life, by corrections, erasures and notes by another hand Mr. Peabody, in Sparks's Am. Biog., the cave is than the translator's. These are most numerous thus described: in that part of the work which relates to the city "It is entered by an aperture about two feet of Philadelphia, to the Society of Quakers, their square, on the side of a huge ledge of rock. The dress, manners, &c., and appear to have been pathway descends fifteen feet obliquely from the made by Miers Fisher, Esq. (a member of that entrance, then pursues a horizontal direction for society). In Letter XXIX. (XXVII., p. 189 of New ten feet, and thence ascends gradually about fifYork edition), where the author introduces some teen feet to its extremity, being in no part wider observations of his "friend Myers Fisher, who than three feet, nor high enough to permit a man endeavors to explain the characters of men from to stand upright." the physical circumstances that surround them," Now, in reality, it is all of three feet square at &c., the whole passage is marked out, and a note the mouth, and descends at a small inclination in the margin," He has altogether mistaken my for about twenty feet. Here the rocks are entirely meaning." closed up, and no opening could be found, though, for at least half an hour, we dug earnestly. The tradition among the people is, that it extends much farther into the side of the hill. The scene is wild and romantic. Can any correspondent give the first published account of the adventure? S. C. E. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Nov, 25, 1857. The Translator's Preface is the same with that of the New York re-print, with two additional paragraphs especially addressed to American readers; and is dated at " Paris, June 20, 1791." J. H. T. HARTFORD, Conn. DE VILLIERS.-In M. Gayarré's Hist. of HAVERHILL, Mass. A. P. The AMERICAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Banjoe is strictly an American instrument, characteristic of southern life, being originally formed out of an old broomstick, attached to an empty gourd. The "serpent" is also of United States origin. It was very popular in its day; enlivening many processions, and cheering on the old SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING RELIGIOUS KNOWL-| 4. Other races of the name of Bailey live in EDGE AMONG THE GERMANS IN PENNSYLVANIA. America. Who can give us any information in -It appears from Thomas's History of Printing regard to the origin of each of them? (II. pp. 56, 337-340), that a press for the German language was established in Philadelphia as early as 1755, "at the expense of a society in London," instituted for the purpose of "promoting religious knowledge among the German emigrants in Pennsylvania." The Rev. Dr. William Smith, subsequently Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, was the agent of the English society, and had the direction of the press, from which were issued "school books and religious tracts in revolutionists in their righteous struggles to mainthe German language," and also a newspaper, printed by Anthony Armbruster. This paper, the title of which Thomas does not give, was in course of publication in 1758, as appears from allusions to it in the "American Magazine " for January of that year, and also in the Journals of the Pennsylvania Assembly for 1757–8. I would like to obtain more definite information with regard to this society, its history, names of prominent members, &c. I should also like a list of the religious and other books and tracts issued from its Philadelphia printing house; the names of authors, translators, or editors; dates, imprints, &c. Also the title of the newspaper, the length of its publication, and any information concerning it, additional to that given by Thomas. P****. tain their hard-earned Liberty. I desire to know THE PSALMS OF DAVID IN METRE AS USED BY THE KIRK OF SCOTLAND.-I have in my possession a small volume entitled, "The Psalms of David in Metre; Translated and diligently compared with the Original Text and former Translations. More plain, smooth, and agreeable to the text than any heretofore. Allowed by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in Congregations and Families. Philadelphia: William S. Young, 173 Race-street; 1849." When was the first edition of these Psalms printed in the United States? Are they exclusively used in public and private worship by any body of Christians in this country? COILA, N. Y. S. BAILEY.-1. Richard Bailey, who died in Rowley, Mass., sometime between 1647 and 1649, left a wife Ednah, that soon after married Ezekiel Northend. What was the maiden name of MITRE WORN BY AN AMERICAN EPISCOPAL Ednah? Their son called one Wm. Holstead, BISHOP.-Bishop Meade, in his late work on the (who died previous to 1667,) his uncle. Dea. "Old Churches of Virginia," mentions the fact Joseph, son of Richard and Ednah Bailey, settled that the Right Rev. Dr. Claggett, for some time on the river Merrimac in that part of Rowley Bishop of Maryland, wore a mitre whilst officiatwhich was the east precinct of Bradford, and now ing at the consecration of a church in Virginia. is Groveland, had by Abigail, his wife, eight Query. Was not this the only instance of the children, three of them sons; Richard, b. 1675, use of a mitre by a Bishop of the Protestant Episwho was chosen deacon of that church, after his copal Church in this country? L. (2.) father died, settled on the homestead; Joseph, RHINEBECK, Nov. 16. born 1683, settled in W. Newbury; and John, born 1692, settled in that part of Haverhill now called Methuen. What was the maiden name of Abigail? and who are the descendants of their daughter Sarah, born 1694, that married James Davis in Haverhill ? 2. James Bailey settled in Rowley, where his descendants have since lived. Was he a brother to Richard above? 3. John Bailey, and son John, early settlers of Salisbury and Newbury, some of whose descendants still reside in those places, appear to have been not very near relation to Richard and James. Who can say whether they were or not? - In the sketch REV. WILLIAM LEVERIDGE. of this clergyman's life, in Thompson's Long Island, I., 480; II., 143, his death is stated to have occurred in 1692. Prime, who copies Thompson, though without any credit, likewise says that Mr. Leverich died in 1692, "as nearly as can be ascertained."- Hist. of Long Island, 301. Riker, on the contrary, says that he died in 1677. Hist. of Newtown, L. I., p. 98. Unfortunately neither of these writers gives his authority specially for his date. Which is the correct one? If either, on what authority? LE GRAND VOYAGEUR. In the third vol., at p. 38 of the Catalogue des livres de la Bibliothèque de feu M. le Duc de la Valliere, Paris, 1783, is the following title of a part of a work on America: "Relation du grand Voyageur, de ce qu'il a vu de plus remarquable dans les principales parties de l'Amerique; avec les portraits des Rois, and des sujets des diverses contrées, in 8 fig." To this title the editor adds the following note: "Ce Voyage est tiré d'un autre Ouvrage; il com mence a la signature C." What is the name of this other work, of which the above is said to be a part, and who was the "Grand Voyageur"? E. GENERAL WILLIAM GOFFE, one of the Regicides, fled from England and came to Boston in 1660. Are any of his descendants in the United States? D. G. (2.) MARION. - In some of our late papers has been announced the death of Madam Elizabeth Marion Richbourg, "at the residence of her son-in-law, East Tennessee. She was a daughter of Joseph Marion, and related to the Southern Marions, and died at an advanced age." Was she related by parentage to the Joseph Marion, of Boston, of 1740 ? Who were her parents, and where did they reside? What is the name of her son-in-law in E. T.? A SUBSCRIBER. may seem to require some notice at my hands. By its inquiry, as to the authorship of the Short Story, the writer may have gratified the public in furnishing a view different from mine; and, in the contest for truth, some benefit will result, if gentlemen and scholars shall prove that it is no "ignoble strife," nor merely a wordy war. Between Hutchinson and myself, in the chief leading fact of the controversy, that "the original volume was not reprinted," there is perfect agreement; also, that the body of the same work came out with two, exceedingly unlike, title pages. All our inquiry, almost, is therefore confined to the point of priority betwixt those two. I have no doubt, that the very copious title, A Short Story of the Rise, Reign and Ruin, &c., was first printed; and that the title, briefer by more than three quarters, Antinomians and Familists condemned, &c., was an after-thought. Precisely opposite is the view entertained by Hutchinson's article. He opens his case with the assumption that our two title-pages justify, or require us to regard the pamphlets as different editions, and that the first was Antinomians and Familists, &c., and soon after says: "While this first edition was yet damp from the press, a second was issued," with the title of "A Short Story," &c., containing a preface of fifteen pages, as also an address to the Reader, both by Thomas Welde. The writer next suggests that, as the "old title was replaced by Welde's new title, the work was frequently quoted as his Short Story." I cannot spare time, nor could your Magazine BOOK PRINTED IN 1446 WITH A DATE. (Vol. spare room, for restatement of the matter of arI. p. 337.)-In the proceedings of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, published in your November number, I notice that a book bearing date, 1446, is mentioned as having been exhibited by Mr. Pulsifer, at a previous meeting of that society. Mr. J. Johnson, in his Typographia (London, 1824), Vol. I. p. 18, states that the Codex Psalmorum, printed in 1457, "is the most ancient book known to be printed with a date." He instances books bearing earlier dates, -one as early as 1400, but he considers these dates spurious (pp. 95 and 96). As Mr. Pulsifer's book is dated eleven years earlier than the Codex Psalmorum, it would be interesting to know where and by whom it was printed. Will Mr. P., or some of his friends, be kind enough to furnish a full copy of the title? CAMBRIDGE. gument at great length, in my last edition of Winthrop's History, of which, however, the sum is fairly quoted by Hutchinson, with a slight verbal error, in desired for derived,* as I had printed; nor could I lessen his triumph at my admission, that Welde did not write the Magistrates' Brief Apologie, which a critical reader would decide to be much briefer than Hutchinson considers it, -any more than he wrote the petition in favor of Wheelwright; nor need I comment on the ingenuity of his making "the conclusion of the book" to be found at the beginning, instead of the end; nor would I disturb the serenity of his belief, "that Winthrop was the author of the whole Short Story," however strange such belief appears. When a writer asserts that the work "was published without Welde's agency or knowledge, and he met with the book with regret," he may be left to nourish his confidence. By the catalogue of the library of the late Rev. son " is not responsible. — ED.] |