Civil Proceedings and Titles.-The town Athens was laid out, as said, under warrants of Connecticut, and in 1786 Pennsylvania had sold these lands to speculators, not one of whom was a settler, and hence the conflict of titles. This contention went on until March 19, 1810, when the General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed an act for adjusting the title to the lands in Ulster and Bedford townships, Luzerne county, and this included Athens. This act gave the settlers prior rights, if in actual possession, and they could perfect title by the legal price of " seated lands " prior to the act. Under this act the lots were in time paid for and patented to the claimants. The proprietors set apart certain lots for public use-the public square in the middle of the village, and also a little over twenty-one acres, known as the 11 Public Plat," in the modern borough ; these were duly patented to John Franklin, Elisha Satterlee and John Shepard, trustees of Athens township-the stewardship of which trust is to this day maintained, and the trustee's record book is quite a connected history of the acts and doings of the people; however, it should be stated that their record book from 1786 to I815 is lost. Now, I believe my James GRAHAM left Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1810. I was wondering if there may have been a connection there? Any help would be appreciated.