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960 Notes and News York has published a pamphlet biography (pp. 42) of one of Rhode Island's Revolutionary heroes, with a bibliography. It has as a frontis- piece a reproduction of the portrait of General 'arnum owned by the author. Among the manuscripts recently presented to the Connecticut His- torical Society are the following: " Connecticut's Case" in the boundary dispute between Massachusetts and Connecticut about 1750 ; a number of letters of Thomas Fanning (1772-1783) ; about six hundred business letters written (1838-1848) to Edward Wessen, a manufacturer of rifles, Northborough, Massachusetts. At the annual meeting of the society. May 28, Samuel Hart, D.D., of Middletown, was re-elected president. Old Ulster, January to May, contains a number of interesting items of local history, besides much genealogical matter. Of the latter sort, "The Kocherthal Records" '(early eighteenth century), beginning in the February issue, are of most importance. " The Newburgh Pala- tines " (March and April), and "The Palatine Exodus" (May), are most deserving of mention. The " Diary of Rev. Andrew Rudman ", which has been appearing in the German American Annals, is brought to a conclusion in the January and February number. Following are some recent accessions to the manuscript department of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: papers of Ellis Lewis, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1 854-1 857 (commissions, letters, etc.) ; papers of George Bryan, president of Pennsylvania, 1778 (letters, broadsides, legal opinions, commissions) ; and a collection of papers of Rufus King. In the last named collection is one paper de- serving of especial mention: "Plan for the Government of America, 1780 ". In addition to the continuation of " Washington's Household Ac- count Book " and " Account of Servants Bound and Assigned ", the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography for January prints some letters and documents from the " Clymer Papers ". The most noteworthy article is by Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker on " Bebber's Township and the Dutch Patroons of Pennsylvania ", prepared mainly from deeds and original documents in the writer's possession. Louis Richards gives a sketch of " Hon. James Wilson at Reading, Penna.", and John H. Hazelton discusses the historical value of Trumbull's paint- ing " The Declaration of Independence ". Part four (April) of the Pennsyliwiia German's symposium on " German Migrations in the United States and Canada " includes " Penn- sylvania German Colonies in Iowa", by D. S. Fouse : and "The Ger- mans in Nova Scotia ", by J. A. Scheffer. There was recently presented to the Maryland Historical Society, by Mr. Richard D. Fisher, a volume of " transcripts of all the corre- spondence of the Eden ,dministration of the Province of Maryland now