The citizen military organizations were most active and during the summer months assembled frequently and performed various evolutions.
Early in June, Governor Mifflin addressed a circular letter to militia[militia] officers, requesting their co-operation in preparation of measures for defense.
The necessity for Lieutenant-General Washington and his army soon passed. The trouble with France was brought to a satisfactory result through diplomatic channels and President Adams issued a proclamation calling for a day of solemn humiliation, fasting, and prayer, on April 25, 1799, over the happy event.
First Jury Drawn in Early Courts of
Province on November 12, 1678
The early judicial history of Pennsylvania presents striking features of interest to two classes in the community—the professional lawyer and the student of history.
To the former it must be a matter of curiosity and interest to study the first rude means devised to administer justice between man and man—to discern among the transactions of those early times the rise and development of institutions and practices.
But to the student of history the subject affords a different kind of interest. He finds gratification in the manner, customs and modes of thought once prevalent in these early courts.
In them he finds traces of the past life of the Nation, learns of the matters which then interested the people, the nature of their industries, the extent of their commerce, the character of their education, the attention paid to their morals, and even the depth of their religious convictions.