the time, and only came to light a few years ago through the discovery of cer- tain legal documents drawn up at the time. Franklin had been doing much of the printing for the Ephrata com- munity before it procured its own press, and for the other religious sects in the State. Lancaster county was the

by The Lancaster County Historical Society, not only to the city, but also to the county and to the state of Pennsylvania. The exercises were held Sunday afternoon, October 13, 1935, on South Lime Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and the tablet was placed on the property No. 46 South Lime Street

EARLY LANCASTER TAX- ABLES--1754 r A document, entitled "The Return of the Borough of Lancaster, 1754," has just come to my hands. It has never been in print, and its contents are not recorded in any book of record in the Court House or elsewhere. It consists of five sheets of pa per, not bound

INTRODUCTORY. As was to be expected from a popu- lation so conglomerate as that which comprised the early and later set- tlers of Lancaster county and city, German, Scotch-Irish and Quakers, Protestants, Catholics, with a sprink- ling of Jews, and, perhaps, still other nationalities, it was a

family papers. In fact, it was with the hope of learning some new facts regarding our common ancestry that I studied it; and it was a great surprise to dis- cover that it gave considerable insight into the past history of one of the most remarkable characters in the medical profession in Lancaster—a man

LANGDON CHEVES. Lancaster county is justly proud os the long roll of eminent men who have from time to time lived within her borders. These may naturally be divided into several groups. First, those who were born here and lived most os their lives elsewhere, like Robert Fulton, David Ramsey, the

The Society of the Cincinnati in Lancaster By C. H. MARTIN Incorporated in the membership certificate of a society organized by officers of the American Army, at the time of its disbanding in 1783, are these words: "The duty of laying down in peace arms assumed for public defence, and of uniting in

Col. Timothy Matlack A Revolutionary Patriot In Lancaster By (MRS. D. B.) BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS Col. Timothy Matlack, although a resident of Philadelphia, lived for a time in Lancaster. It was during the most trying period in the history of our country, and the activities of this remarkable man

Lancaster until six- teen days later. 2 After the battle which resulted in his death, his body was buried near the place where he fell. Four months afterwards it was exhumed, and after being placed in a specially constructed metal coffin, it was brought to the place of his birth to be re-interred. More than