Rothrock.] 580 [Nov. 19, 



would term a conveyancer, but in England he would have stood 

 high in that rank which is adorned with the names of Booth and 

 Butler, Fearne and Preston." Mr. Price was chairman of the 

 committee appointed to examine Judge Sharswood lor admission 

 to the bar more than half a century before the following re- 

 marks were made. "His examination," says the Judge, "was a 

 thorough one, for then, as now, everything, which it was his 

 duty to do, was done well. I have no doubt I made a great 

 many mistakes, but he was kind and considerate enough not to 

 correct them." " I doubt if he could tell us, even by approxima- 

 tion, how many titles in this large city (which he has seen 

 grow almost from a village to its present proportions) have 

 passed under his cautious and scrutinizing eyes." 



He had no desire either to appear in court, or to have his 

 clients appear there. No man was ever more anxious than he 

 that they should settle their differences in a quieter, less expen- 

 sive way; and, above all, that justice should be the basis of such 

 settlement. Indeed, it is hardly too much to say that, if a client 

 were plainly in the wrong, Mr. Price would rather decline than 

 undertake the case. This at once explains why he was so often 

 consulted, and his advice so generally acted upon, in the diffi- 

 culties growing out of the unfortunate division in the Society of 

 Friends, which involved titles to properties that were often 

 very valuable. One of the leading citizens of Chester county 

 inserted a clause in his will that, if certain contingencies arose 

 in the settlement of his estate, the case should be laid before 

 Mr. Price, and his decision should be final. These facts are in- 

 serted here because they show, more plainly than any eulogistic 

 platitudes could, what his real standing with the bar and the 

 community was. They are simply the illustrations which come 

 first to mind. The number could be multiplied greatly. 



As late as the year 1843 it was quite clear that the State was 

 not receiving from its citizens the amount in taxes which it 

 should, and that the earlier apportionments to the city of Phila- 



