this particular phase of activity. Mrs. William Rote, Jr., and Mr. M. Luther Heisey, members of the Lancaster County Historical Society, advise that Dr. Samuel W. Miller, then recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical College, became superintendent and resident physician in 1895

. Herbert H. Beck and C. H. Martin of the Lancaster County Historical Society; Rev. Arlington Gerhard of Philadelphia ; Rev. John B. Bucher of Ephrata, and the writer. Talks were also given by teachers who served at the old and the new Clay Schoolhouses. On such occasions, it is customary to give a history

incidents in the history of Lancaster County, I might say that John Wright, Quaker, was born in Lancashire, England, in 1667, and after his arrival in this country in 1714, immediately became a respected and influential citizen, After serving in various important positions of trust in Philadel- phia, he

: b. Feb. 1, 1769; d. June 26, 1816, in 48th year. Wife, Dorothy Hand. Served as major in Pa. Militia, 1797. Pa. Arch., 6th Series, Vol. 4, pp. 468, 588. Pvt. in Capt. Shippen's Co., the "Lancaster County Dragoons." Klein's Hist. of Lancaster Co., Pa., Vol. 2, p. 596. Buried in St. James's Episcopal