especially noteworthy because she was British; she had lived in America only a few years before the war against her homeland began. In writing about her reasons for this unusual action, Esther Reed made it clear that freedom was her motivation, and that women also were capable of publishing political thought.

During an evacuation of Philadelphia she fled with her six children to Flemington, New Jersey. She is buried in the Arch Street Presbyterian Church cemetery in Philadelphia. Her epitaph reads:

In memory of Esther, the beloved wife of Joseph Reed

President of this State, who departed this life
On the 18th of September, A.D. 1780, aged 34 [sic] years.
Reader! If the possession of those virtues of the heart
Which make life valuable, or those personal endowments which
Command esteem and love, may claimThe former police chief in Fair Bluff, North Carolina is on trial for allegedly selling drugs while leading his department, WECT-TV reported on Tuesday.

Jury selection concluded on Tuesday for the trial of Marty Lewis, who was indicted in May 2012 and charged with possessing cocaine and attempting to sell both cocaine and prescription painkillers.

Columbus County District Attorney Jon David said in court that Lewis was attempting to sell drugs in his uniform at the time of his arrest. David is expected to begin presenting his case on Wednesday morning.

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Lewis took over the department in 2006. Three years later, he told WECT that he and his officers “should be held to a higher standard” after one of them was arrested for drug-related charges.

But prosecutors said that in 2010, Lewis