the Library of Con- gress, Washington, D. C., attributes two slaves to us in 1840, but upon close examination of the original 1840 report from' Lancaster county at the Census Bureau, Department of Com- merce and Labor, Washington, it shows these two supposed slaves to be very old females, free

- formation in what manner it may be best conveyed; the Secretary is re- quested to inform him." The last do- nation for October comes from an- other township as "Israel Israel de- livered thirty pounds, two shillilngs and three pence, being a collection from the congregation of Leacock township, Lancaster

the name Con- estoga. The description of the mas- sacre can best be told as William Henry, a resident of Lancaster and an eye-witness, detailed it in a letter to a friend. See Heckewelder's Nar- rative, pages 78, 79, 80: "There are few, if any, murders to be compared with the cruel murder committed on

were likewise wrote to the committee of Lancaster coun- ty, and General Mifflin at Reading, to procure the Waggons to be sent to town, for the beforemention'd pur- pose." (4) Another time, July 31, 1777, when the Supreme Executive Council thought it necessary to have a large number of wagons on hand to

of Pennsylvania in General As- sembly met" to be relieved of the penalties concurring with the sale of his property.(2) At this time he de- clared himself to be a "Burgher, citi- zen, and subject of Geneva," as he held an estate there which had been left him by a relative. His petition was heard with

January 1, 1777, and here Peter Smith received his dis- charge from Captain Hambright. He went to Philadelphia for his pay and received none. He remained there a week and then "sold a coat and a pair of pants to raise money" to take him back to Brecknock township. He re- turned home after seven months of