George  P.  Little,  of  Philadelphia  writes  :  "That
originally  the  Fish-House  Company  was  organized
by  some  old  Waltonians,  who,  during  the  summer
months,  met  semi-weekly  under  the  large  sycamore
trees  that  once  lined  the  shore  of  the  Delaware,
from  Newton  Creek  to  Timber  Creek.  Chief
among  those  veterans  in  handling  the  rod  and  fry-
ing-pan was  Jesse  Williamson,  and  in  organizing


a  club  in  1838,  it  was  called  the  Williamson  Fish-
ing Club,  and,  at  his  request,  on  the  erection  of  the
present  house,  the  name  was  changed  to  the  Pros-
pect Hill  Association.
The  claim  is  made,  however,  on  good  authority,
that  when  the  Fox-Hunting  Club  disbanded  a
fishing  club  was  formed,  and  that  a  house  was  built
in  1828  on  Prospect  Hill,  a  high  blull  overlooking
the  mouth  of  Timber  Creek  to  the  south,  and  that
it  was  replaced,  in  1838,  by  the  present  spacious
two-story  club-house,  where,  twice  a  month,  from
May  to  October,  the  members,  under  penalty  for
absence,  gather  and  feast  on  viands  of  their  own
preparing — not  fish  alone,  but  anything  that  lures
the  appetite — not  water  alone,  but  aqua  pura  di-
luted to  a  weakness  assuring  to  weak  ■  nerves.
Among  well-known  names  on  the  list  of  past  and
present  members  are  these, — President  and  Cap-
tain, E.  J.  Hinohen,  of  the  Philadelphia  Sunday
Dispatch,  who,  for  thirty-two  years,  did  not  miss  an
opening-day;  James  B.  Stevenson,  Charles  W.
Bender,  William  F.  Hughes,  Benjamin  Franklin,
Peter  Glasgow,  George  W.  Wharton,  William
Richardson,  Peleg  B.  Savery,  Peter  Lyle,  Chapman
Freeman,  George  J.  Weaver,  Louis  Pelouze,  Mah-
lon  Williamson,  Jacob  Faunce,  B.  J.  Williams,
George  Bockius,  Thomas  F.  Bradley,  Joseph  B.
