The Effort to Build a State Penitentiary at Lancaster A Bit of Local History Recently the Lancaster County Historical Society purchased at a public sale several documents for a modest sum. One of the documents was a "memori- al" sent to the Pennsylvania legislature by the Commissioners of Lancaster

Pennsylvania Hall of Fame evoked a small storm of protest. Numerous telephone calls and letters— many anonymous—to this speaker is sufficient evidence to demonstrate the effect Stevens had on the history of our nation. Though dead for 106 years, the "Old Commoner" continues to inflame men and create

calculated to break down the likely prejudices of the town folk. Within a year the Society had fifty-nine stockholders among whom were the city's most prominent citizens. �Robert M. Agnew, Esq., attorney Dr. William N. Amer, dentist Dr. James E. Baker, physician J.J.F. Ball Dr. Walter Boardman, physician D.B