to avail itself of this advantage should be the immediate object of the church in regard to her old registers. And therefore it is that I now respectfully but earnestly suggest that action be taken at once by the clergy and laity to collect and place these records in the keeping of the said Society.

So far I have appealed to the members of the Protestant Episcopal Church; but it must not be inferred that they are the only people interested in the saving and preserving of these records. By no means; on the contrary, the great body of Pennsylvanians, each one and all, are more or less concerned in the matter, irrespective of sect; for with usa free and enlightened people, by whom Christianity is esteemed above sectarianism, and the teachings of reason and conscience held superior to mere dogma-no family is blindly bound to any one form of the Christian religion, but each generation follows that one deemed by it the best; hence, in the lapse of years, there may be much changing about among the various denominations, and hence, if any interest at all is felt in family-records, these records must be searched for amid a variety of religious bodies.

With grateful feelings and thanks to the clergy for the kind assistance afforded to me during my researches, and with the repeated recommendation to them and to my brother Pennsylvanians of every sect, that these records, which are valuable to all of us, be placed in safety, I close this earnest appeal.

MUSTER-ROLLS OF MARINES AND ARTILLERY COMMANDED BY CAPT. ISAAC CRAIG, OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN 1775 AND 1778.

We are indebted to Isaac Craig, Esq., of Alleghany, Pa., for the following copies from the originals in his possession, of muster-rolls of companies commanded by his grandfather, Major Isaac Craig, during the War for Independence, and an inventory of the stores captured at Forts Nassau and Montague, New Providence, W. I. The latter differs somewhat from that published by order of Congress. Major Craig, a distinguished soldier and citizen of Pennsylvania, was born near Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland, in 1741, and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1765, settling in Philadelphia. In November of 1775, he was appointed lieutenant of marines in the navy, then being fitted out, and served ten months on the brig "Andrew Doria," commanded by the gallant Nicholas Biddle. He was present at the capture of Forts Nassau and Montague, the cannon from which were subsequently used in the forts on the Delaware and in Rhode Island. Commissioned a captain, 22d October, 1777. In November following, with the marine corps he was ordered to join the army to do duty as infantry. Retiring from the marine corps, on 3d March, 1777, he was appointed a captain in Col. Thomas Proctor's regiment of artillery, and promoted major in October of 1781, serving to the end of the war. He participated in the battles of Trenton, Monmouth, Brandywine (where he was severely wounded), and Germantown; commanded the fort at Billingsport, and joined Gen. Sullivan's expedition against the Indians of Western New York. He was one of the original members of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. Major Craig died near Pittsburg 14th May, 1826. [ED. PENNA. MAG.]

MUSTER ROLL OF CAPTAIN CRAIGS COMPANY OF MARINES-PHILADELPHIA 19TH DECEMBER, 1775.

* Copy mutilated.

We do Swear that the within Muster Roll is a True State of the Comwithou Fraud to these United States, or to any Individual according to the best of our Knowledge ISAAC CRAIG Capt. Artillery

pany

JAMES LLOYD Lt. A.

Sworn before Me this 14th day of September

B. ARNOLD M. Genl

Inventory of Stores &c. taken out of Forts Nassau & Montague, New Providence, March 3d & 4th 1776.