It was burned in 1780 in the Carleton Raid at the time of the "Northern Invasion."

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MARKING HISTORICAL SPOTS. I9I

THE SEVEN MILE POST. Was a block house with a stockaded enclosure which occupied the rise of ground north of the brook and west of the road, near the residence of W. H. Parker, from 1755 to Revolutionary times. During that period it was one of the most important halting places in north America. -- Erected 1905 By -- NEW YORK STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

In this connection it is only proper to add to this report that a tablet for Bloody Pond is under way and will be erected during the coming year. The expense of providing for these tablets was taken care of by the following subscriptions : The Contributors to the Fund for Marking Historic Spots. Henry Crandall, F. B. Richards, William McEchron, B. B. Fowler, Jonathan Coolidge, M. Ames, R. A. Little, W. M. Haskell, J. L. Cunningham, S. B. Goodman, E. W. West, A. W. Sherman, Wm. H. Robbins, George F. Bayle, Sherman Williams, S. T. Birdsall, Samuel Pruyn, W. K. Bixby. J. A. Holden,

At the annual meeting of this Association, held in August, 1905, J. A. Holden was selected to prepare a historical sketch concerning Half-Way Brook, which is herewith appended. For the Committee, SHERMAN WILLIAMS, Chairman. J. A. HOLDEN, Secretary.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Tourists' Handbook. Rept. of Trustees, Pa. Soldiers' & Sailors' Home. Rept. of the Gettysburg National Park Oommission. Regulations for the Government of the Gettysburg National Park. Officers of the State Society of Cincinnati of Georgia, 1790. Celebration Address of the 25th Anniversary of the Loyal Legion. Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Experience Table of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Odd Fellowship, an Oration, 40th Anniversary of L O. of O.