The Early Architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL FORMS IN LANCASTER COUNTY DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. "No chapter in the history of national manners would illustrate so well, if duly executed, the progress of social life

TWO NOTABLE MINING INDUSTRIES OF LANCASTER COUNTY By H. Luther Willig While the bounteous harvests of her fair fields have made Lancaster County as the "Garden Spot of Pennsylvania" her past mining industries have added additional luster to her name through the discovery of the rare minerals

THE SUBSTANCE OF AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT POOLE FORGE, CAERNARVON, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. By Roberts Appel, Esq. PRAPARED FOR THE RECORDS OF THIS SOCIETY By Mr. Hugh W. Nevin. Midst pretty plains and dells of Caernarvon township, in northeastern Lancaster county, stand two old iron forges, Colonial

displacement of the Indian in America is only an episode recurrent In history—the establishment of an expansive, better informed people. Then followed the historical address by Mr. David H. Landis, of Windom, Lancaster County, and it is submitted as part of this report. HISTORICAL ADDRESS By David H. Landis

Westwardly from Northboro, Massachusetts, one hundred and sixty in number. A very significant fact to be remembered in this connec- tion is that in the 18th century the migration of cattle, so far as the County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania is concerned, was from the East to the West. It is often

hundred and thirty-five years ago, the writer discovered what doubtless is the earliest newspaper advertisement that has thus far been brought to light of a theatrical performance in Lancaster borough. The newspaper bears the euphonious title of Neue Unpartheyische Lancaster Zeitung and Anzeigs

I. NOTES ON MONEY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES ISSUES USED IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNA In presenting to you the paper on this subject it is the author's intention to record in the files of our Society information which has been gathered by a search covering a period of a few years extending from

of investigations and reports in regard to a number of pensioners of wars prior to 1840 for any person or organization, therefore it is not practicable to verify the list of forty four pensioners, sent by you, who resided in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1840 and inform you for what service they

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Rhode Island were the colonies in which religious liberty was always prominent and always very effectively practiced, enjoyed and appreciated. The people who first settled Lancaster County were champions of religious freedom for 200 years before they landed here in 1710 ; and we

generations to come. To the old-time sportsman of the 1870 period the cottontail was little more than a nuisance; a trying temptation for the green setter afield and an unwelcome weight abag. Fox-hunting flourished as the rural sport supreme in Lancaster County for a hundred years and more. It began probably

farm known as the Silver Mine Farm located in Pequea Township about one and one-half miles southeast of Conestoga Centre, is the place referred to where silver and lead were mined over two hundred years ago. In Vol. 2 of the Colonial Records, page 403, under the date February 24, 1707,, it is set forth