11 
pair of stockings, 1 barrel of beer, 
20 pounds of red lead, 100 fathoms 
of wampum, 30 glass bottle^, 30 
pewter spoons, 100 awl blades, 300 
tobacco pipes, 100 hands ol tobacco, 
20 tobacco tongs, 20 steels, 300 
flints, 30 pair of scissars, 50 combs, 
60 looking glasses, 200 needles, 1 
skipple of salt, 30 pounds of sugar, 
5 gallons of molasses, 20 tobacco 
boxes, 100 Jews harps, .20 hoes, 20 
gimblets, 30 wooden screw boxes, 
100 string of beads— Do hereby 
acknowledge, &c. Given under our 
hands, &c. at New-Castle, 2d day 
of the Eighth month, 1685. 
The above is a true copy taken 
from the original by Ephraim Mor- 
ton, now living in Washington 
county, Pennsylvania, formerly a 
clerk in the land office, which copy 
he gave to Wm. Hutton, and from 
which the above is taken in Little 
York, this 7th of December, 1813. 
Remarks. — The above deed co- 
pied from the Ephemeral Press, is 
not yet recorded in history; but de- 
serves to be. It was the first in- 
stance of a colonist having bought a 
country from an European king, who 
had no more right to it than the 
king of the moon, buying again from 
the real owners of it. It is the first 
title deed of the great state of 
Pennsylvania. Yet the good W. 
Penn did not pay the full value to 
the 10 ignorant Indian Chiefs, and 
his example has been closely fol- 
lowed to this day. He bought by 
that deed about 2000 square miles 
of good land for about $ 300 , which 
is now worth as many millions, and 
was then worth at least §10 the 
square mile instead of 15 cents paid 
for it. 
Yet this deed is not explicit 
enough, at least as it was printed, 
because it does not state how much 
land was ceded and sold, unless 
they sold their whole domain from 
the Delaware to the Susquehannah 
between Duck creek and Chester 
creek, and the sale be implied by 
the See. &c., or not printed. We 
doubt whether this deed would be 
good In a court of law or equity. 
It is chiefly curious by the enumera- 
tion of the articles given, some use- 
ful and some useless, like the Jews 
harps. We strongly suspect that 
this deed alludes merely to the first 
presents made by the worthy W. 
Penn to procure the good will of the 
Indians, and has since been con- 
strued into a sale of the whole ter- 
ritory of these Lenap Indians, of 
whom Parkenab must have been the 
great sachem. It is well known 
that at a second treaty held at 
Shackamaxon, now Kensington, an- 
other friendly alliance (or sale) was 
made. The subsequent history of 
Pennsylvania after Penn, affords 
many instances of injustice to the 
friendly Lenaps. 
7. METEOROLOGY. 
Climate of Rochester in Mew York , 
chiefly based upon the observa- 
tions and tables of the Genesee 
Farmer for 1831. 
Rochester is the most thriving 
town in the western part of the 
great state of New York. It is sit- 
uated at the intersection of the Ge- 
nesee River and Great Erie Canal, 
near the falls of the Genesee and 
not far from Lake Ontario, towards 
latitude 43. 
The extremes of temperature 
were 95 degrees on the 3d June, 
and 4 below' 0 on the 7th February. 
Difference 99 degrees, medium 45| 
degrees. The highest medium was 
in September 61 degrees, the low- 
est December 10 degrees. The 
mean atmospheric pressure was 
29 degrees 51 minutes. 
The number of rainy days were 
115, and 2? inches of rain fell, in 
July alone 5 inches. As many as 
66 snowy days were noted with 76 
inches of snow fallen, in all the 
months of the year except June, 
July, August, and September. The 
prevailing winds w 7 est, south-west, 
north-west. It is noticed that the 
temperature of spring water varies 
from 40 to 60 degrees, tnedi'utq 
therefore 50 degrees. 
