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After some years of instructing at llarrisburg, the Doctor went to Phihulelnlu-| to 

 take charge of the Friends' High School, and whilst there he was elected cLsical 

 Professor at Dickuison College, but did not live to act. Doctor Keagy was (k-eplv and 

 practically religious-a Methodist, but entirely free from the demonstrative an-fnoisv 

 characteristics of his denomination at that day. He had charitable fcelin-s lowinl 

 other denominations, and several times went with a few of his b..arding i.upils t*. the 

 Catholic church, where he conformed to the acts of the congregation, and taught hi« 

 pupils that politeness required such conformity when visiting the chinches of vari<ju.s 

 denominations. (By Prof. 8. 8. Ilaldeman.) 



Maxwell, Hugh, was born at Port, a Ferry, Ireland, December 7, 1777. His 

 father's family were Scotch; his mother's, English. When about twelve yearsOf age 

 he came to Philadelphia as ward and heir of a rich maternal uncle named liinghani. 

 At the age of nineteen he entered into the book publishing business in i)artnershii) 

 with Matthew Carey, and in connexion with him published one of the tirst litei-ary 

 magazines in Philadelphia. He afterwards edited a magazine called the Port-Fo'io. 



While engaged in book publishing, he cast his own type and made his own w(xkI 

 cuts. 



In the financial crisis, which occurred soon after the war of 1812, he lost heavily in 

 business, and retired to his farm near the city. The activity of his mind would not 

 suffer him to remain long in retirement; he removed to Youngmaustown and afterwards 

 to Bellefonte, iu both of which places he published newspapers. 



In 1817 he removed to Lancaster and established The Lancaster Gazette, whieli he 

 edited and published for a nmiiber of years. He then purchased The Lancaster Jour- 

 nal, one of the oldest Democratic papers in the State, w^hich he published until 18^0. 



While a citizen of Lancaster he was ever an ardent and effective advocate of a State 

 system of public improvements. He was one of the most active members of a com- 

 pany organized in 1820 for the improvement of the navigation of the Conestoga, and 

 called the first meeting (held at Columbia) for the purjiose of interesting the i)eoplc 

 in one of his cherished projects, the uniting of the city of Philadelphia with the Su.s- 

 quehanna, at that point, by rail. He had the satisfaction of seeing this work carried 

 to completion, amid much opposition and ridicule. He was, if not the founder, t»ne of 

 the originators of the "Mechanic's Literary Association" of Lancaster, and its tii-st Pix- 

 sident;the author of several useful inventions, among which the "Printers' Roller," for 

 which he obtained letters patent, in 1817, was the most important. He was one of the 

 first to call attention to the causes of boiler explosions, for which he rcceivetl much 

 commendation iu the newspapers at that early day. He discovered the Lyken's Valley 

 and Short IMouutain coal fields, and with William White, ex-Sheritf of Lancaster, sent 

 the first coal to market from those mines. As a writer, Mr. JIaxwell was remarkable 

 for facility and vigor, was an industrious reader, a profound thinker and a bold leader 

 in public affairs. He died at the residence of his son. Dr. Thomas :>raxwell. Jackson 

 Hall, Franklin county, Nov. 1st, 1860. 



Among the young men in his printing ofHces who rose to jiositions of inlluence, John 

 W. Forney, of Philadelphia, and John H. Pearsol, founder and still one of the publishers 

 of the Lancaster Express newspaper are worthy examples. (By Mrs. J. li. 81/i'f^r.) 



Mifflin, Thomas, was born in Philadelphia, 1744. He took an active part in jjie 

 struggle against British oppression, was a member of the Continental Congirss in 1774, 

 and, though a Quaker, joined the patriot army in 1775, and by his great abilities s<H)n 

 rose to the rank of Major General. In 1787, he was a member of the convention that 

 framed the Constitution of the United States. The following year he wius elected 

 President of the Executive Council, and afterward, first Governor of Pennsylvania 

 under the Constitution of 1790. He died in 1800. in the city of Lancaster. 



MiLLEK, Henky, Gen., was an active and gallant ollicer in the Hevolnt.onary army, 

 who took part in most of the important battles fought in this and the ne.ghbonng 



