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bution of many local facts. He is also under great obli- 

 gations to Thomas Darlington, Dr. William Darlington, 

 Joseph J. Lewis, John H. Brinton, Adis M. Ayers, Walter 

 Hibbard, Jonathan Cope, and Gilbert Cope, of Chester 

 County ; to the late Samuel Breck, Samuel Hazard, Pro- 

 fessor John F. Frazer, and Samuel L. Smedley, of Phila- 

 delphia ; to Thomas Dutton, Elijah Brooke, George G. 

 Leiper, Robert Frame, Robert Thomas, John M. Broomall, 

 Jacob S. Serrill, Joshua P. Eyre, Charles Johnson, and 

 James -M. Willcox, of Delaware County, and to many 

 others, for the aid they have severally rendered by contri- 

 buting documents, or by communicating important facts. 



UiM'ER Darbv, Delaware Co. 

 Xovember 1, 18G2. 



