oth of action and in spirit, which the relative isolation of the
environment promoted; a rationalistic, or pragmatic, approach to
problems necessitated by circumstances lacking in precedents for
solution; and perhaps a growing nationalism, marked by an identification
with something larger than the mere Provincial assembly, something
existing, but not yet realized, the American nation.

These traits, in conjunction with Turner's thesis, are a major concern
of the final chapter. That chapter will provide an evaluation of
frontier ethnography as a technique for testing the validity of this
interpretation of Turner's thesis on the Fair Play frontier of the West
Branch Valley.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Quoted in Austin Ranney and Willmoore Kendall, _Democracy and the
American Party System_ (New York, 1956), pp. 23-24.

[2] Don Martindale, _American Society_ (New York, 1960), p. 105.

[3] National Education Association, Educational Policies Commission,
_The Education of Free Men in American Democracy_ (Washington, 1941),
pp. 25-26.

[4] Pp. 18-39.

[5] Smith, _Laws_, II, 195.

[6] "Eleanor Coldren's Deposition," pp. 220-222; Lycoming County Docket
No. 2, Commencing 1797, No. 32; _see also_, Chapter Two, _passim_.

[7] _Pennsylvania Archives_, Second Series, III, 217; and the Muncy
Historical Society, Wagner Collection, Hamilton Papers.

[8] Ranney and Kendall, _Democracy and the American Party System_, p.
47. The authors argue here that the history of town meetings in America
and the Parliamentary system in Great Britain shows hundreds of years
without majority tyranny or civil war.

[9] Chapter Six, pp. 78, 84.

[10] _Pennsylvania Archives_, Second Series, III, 770. For example, John
Chatham, an English miller, was elected coroner in 1782, a minor role to
be sure, but he was supported.

[11] Smith, _Laws_, II, 196-197. In _Sweeney_ vs. _Toner_, an
Englishman, Toner's property right was upheld because his absence was
for military service, despite the fact that Sweeney, a Scotch-Irishman,
was a majority representative.

[12] Linn, "Indian Land and Its Fair Play Settlers," p. 424. The case
cited here, _Huff_ vs. _Satcha_, saw the use of militia to drive off a
landholder whose title had been denied by the Fair Play men.

[13] _Pennsylvania Archives_, Second Series, III, 217-218, 417-418, and
518-522. On page 417, fifty-three officers and soldiers are described as
"early in the service from the unpurchased land." Thir