INDIAN BILL OF SALE OF BOMBAY HOOK, DELAWARE, 1679. [Mr. D. M. Chambers, of Camden, N. J., is the possessor of the original of "Mechacksitt ye Indian Kings bill of sale of Boompies Hook [Bombay Hook] to Peter Bayard," in May of 1679, which is "Recorded in ye Records of Pattents in New Castle on fi. 72 and 73 p' mdd.," by Ephraim Herman, Clerk, in 1679.-ED. PENNA. MAG.] EE itt knowne unto all Men by These presents that I MECHACKSITT, Cheef Sachema of Kahansink & sole Indian owner & Proprieto' of all that Tract of Land Commonly Called by the Christians Boompies hock & by the Indians Newsink, for and in Consideration of one gun fower hands full of pouder three Mats coats one anckor of Licquors & one kittle, before the Ensigning and delivery hereof, to mee in hand paid & delivered by Peter Bayard of New Yorke, wherewith I aknowledge & Confesse myselfe to be fully sattisfyed Contented and payed, & therefore doo hereby acquit Exonerate & fully discharge the s Peter Bayard for the same; Have Given granted bargained Sold Assigned Transported & made over & by these presents do fully Clearly & absoluthly give grant Bargaine sell assigne Transport and make over unto him the sa Peter Bayard, his heirs & assignes all that tract of Land Called Boompies hoock afores Lying & being on ye westsyde of Delaware River, & att y mouth thereof, beginning at a great Pond & a Little Creeke Issuing out of ye sd Pond, being the uppermost Bounds of ye sd Land & stretching downe along the Bay & River to Duke Creek Including and Comprehending, all y Land Woods underwoods marshes Creekes & waeters, betweene y s uppermost Pond & Creeke, and duke Creeke afores To Have and to Hold, the sd tract of Land Marshes & premises, wth all & singular the appurtenances as alsoe all the Right Tytle & Interest of him y° 8a Mackacksitt, his heirs & assignes therein, unto y° sd Peter Bayard his heirs & assignes unto y° Soale & Proper use and behoofe of him ye sd Peter Bayard his heirs & assignes for Ever In witnesse whereof hee ye sd Mackacksitt hath hereunto set his hand & seale att New Castle In delewar this 4th of May 1679. Signed Sealed and delivered in y presence of us : The Signing or marke X of Mechackpitt [L.S.] J. d. haes as Interpreter John addams This is the marke X of Moess appenakin ak the Son of mechacksitt Eph. Herman Cl This deed Recorded in ye We regret to announce the death of JOHN JORDAN, JR., which occurred on Sunday morning, 23d March, 1890. Mr. Jordan was elected a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 23d September, 1840, and during his membership of nearly half a century filled the following offices: Executive Council, 1846-1890; Corresponding Secretary, 1846-1848; Recording Secretary, 1859-1863; Vice-President, 1876-1890. As a Trustee of the Publication Fund, he served from its organization to his death. NOTES AND QUERIES. Notes. ANDREW HAMILTON.-The Pennsylvania Gazette of May 11-18, 1738, contains the following letter from London, dated in February of 1737-8: "WE have been lately amused with Zenger's Trial, which has become the common Topic of Conversation in all the Coffee-Houses, both at the Court End of the Town and in the City. The greatest men at the Bar have openly declared, that the subject of Libels was never so well treated in Westminster-Hall, as at New York. Our political Writers of different Factions, who never agreed in anything else, have mentioned the Trial in their public Writings with an Air of Rapture and Triumph. a Goliath in Learning and Politics gave his opinion of Mr. Hamilton's Argument in these terms, If it is not Law it is Better than Law, it Ought to be Law and will always be Law wherever Justice prevails. The Tryal has been reprinted four times in three months, and there has been a greater demand for it, by all ranks and degrees of People, than there has been know for any of the most celebrated performances of our greatest Geniuses. We look upon Zenger's Advocate, as a glorious Assertor of Public Liberty and of the Rights and Priveleges of Britons." LETTER OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.-Copy of a letter of Dr. Franklin to Colonel Thomas McKean in command of the second battalion of the Philadelphia Associators, in camp at Perth Amboy. DEAR SIR Philad Aug 24. 1776 I heard your letter read in Congress relating to the disposition of the German troops and understanding from Col: Ross that they are cantoned on the Island opposite to the Jersey Shore I send you herewith some of the Resolutions of Congress translated into their language as possibly you may find some opportunity of conveying them over the water to these people. Some of the papers have tobacco marks on the back, it being supposed by the Committee that if a little tobacco were put up in Each as the Tobacconists use to do and a quantity made to fall into the hands of that soldiery by being put into a Drift Canoe among some other little things, it would be divided among them as plunder, before the officers could know of the contents of the paper and prevent it. With great esteem, I am Your most obed humble serv Col: M'Kean. ACCOUNT OF THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE TEA-SHIP AT PHILADELPHIA IN 1773.-Mr. William Fisher Lewis contributes the following letter of Thomas Wharton to Thomas Walpole, Esq., of Eng |