the Delaware Division of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company at Clayton, Delaware. In December, 1892, he entered the construction department of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with offices at Mifflin, Pa. In September, 1893, he returned to Lancaster, and on the following February

denominations established during the life of the Borough of Lancaster. Fortunately, for the community, we would say, no one sect dominated the religious life of the town. Even the Master said, "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold," and so the Lutheran and Reformed people, with the others, dwelt in

Col. John Armstrong. He complained that "there is no post to Lancaster." 1 Neither was there a post from Lancaster to Harrisburg. In 1765, William Bradford, publisher of the Pennsylvania Journal,added "twelve new subscriptions to the eight he was already sending by the Lan- caster Post to York."2 The

- ing to do no great oppertunity of hearing debates Pet[i]tions for Turnpikes, fisheries, and Pensions seem to be the order of the day. Friday 13 Jany Bot a horse after some troubl[e] Started from Sleymakers in Lancaster at one o'clock afternoon for Pittsburgh. (From the Pennsylvania Magazine of History

Life of William, Penn. Philadelphia, 1852. Mombert's Authentic History of Lancaster County. Description of the Prov- ince, pp. 59-71; Frames of Government, pp. 16-45 Appendix. Pound, Arthur. The Penns of Pennsylvania and England. New York, 1932. Rupp's History of Lancaster and Y ork Counties. Lancaster

in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the new Republic. No territory of equal area in America can claim larger part in this major stride toward Liberty than the fertile region of which Lancaster was a center. "The people of Lancaster, the Borough, doubtless were influenced into the spirit of

offered by him, "a daguerreotype apparatus, and materials of the best kind, for sale." 5 If he used 4 Ellis and Evans' History o f Lancaster County, p. 593. 5 Advertisement appearing in the Columbia Spy from September 18 to �the outfit, he follows Fahnestock and Damant as the next oldest photographer in

others. James Hamilton laid out the town of Lancaster at the request of the proprietaries, but there is no record of a petition direct from the citizens for establishing a borough. Perhaps Hamilton's influence shows here. In and about Lancaster, as early as 1730, we find some licensed, at a tax of twenty

"Proprietors of —Mishler's—Herb Bitters—Lancaster, Pa." To this 6c black perforated stamp the United States Stamp Catalogue as- signs the number RS 100 (former No. 5375). The first printing on thin old paper was delivered sometime in January, 1868. Measuring 100 by 24 mm., the stamps were printed in sheets of