. American pioneer : a monthly periodical, devoted to the objects of the Logan historical society; or, to collecting and publishing sketches relative to the early settlement and successive improvement of the country. of the electors of presidentand vice president of the United States. You will please to attendat the court-house, in the town of ChiUicothe, at ten oclock in theforenoon of Wednesday the 5th day of December next, to receivesuch communication as shall be made to the electors then present bythe executive authority <.r :]is s: ;le, agreeably with the act of con- VoL. II.—M 8 * 90
. American pioneer : a monthly periodical, devoted to the objects of the Logan historical society; or, to collecting and publishing sketches relative to the early settlement and successive improvement of the country. of the electors of presidentand vice president of the United States. You will please to attendat the court-house, in the town of ChiUicothe, at ten oclock in theforenoon of Wednesday the 5th day of December next, to receivesuch communication as shall be made to the electors then present bythe executive authority <.r :]is s: ;le, agreeably with the act of con- VoL. II.—M 8 * 90 Anecdote of the late Benjamin Tappan. gress entitled, An act supplementary to the act entitled, an act rela-tive to the election of a president and vice president of the UnitedStates, and declaring the ofticer who shall act as president in case ofvacancies to the offices both of president and vice president, passedat their last session; as also to proceed to discharge the duties requiredof you by law. Will yoube so good as to acknowledge the receipt of this commu-nication by return of the express ? With due respect, I have the honor to be, with the highest personalesteem, sir, Your obedient servant. ~^%^^^. William Goforth, Sen., Esq., Columbia. P. S. A gentleman of this place has applied to me to discharge theduties of a special messenger to the city of Washington, with a returnof the electoral votes, but I informed him that the electors have tochoose one for themselves; if, therefore, you have engaged no one, hemay be depended on, and will be ready, should you think proper toemploy him, to execute your commands. ANECDOTE OF THE LATE BENJAMIN Tappan came to Northampton in 1768. Being a total stran-ger, he took letters of introduction from gentlemen in Boston to majorHawley, a celebrated patriot of olden time, as well as to other menof note. Having been raisiid in the city, he was not prepared to seemen of celebrity housed, habited, and occupied as were the fathers
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