somewhere in the eastern end of the town south of Main street. The church records were indefinite on the subject. Careful an- nalists though they usually were on community affairs, the early diarists, whose piety inclined them toward pacifism, made but few entries on the portentous events of war about them

father had visited. These facts on Boulton were given the writer by a descendant of William Henry, the present William Henry, of Nazareth. �trigger pull. And yet many of the world's most important wars, those of the Napoleonic period, the American Revolution, the Thirty Years' War and others prior to

and government--1775-1783. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 101-103 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.31 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal

farther west than any other letter written by Wm. Penn, as at this period this section was on the extreme western border of "Penn's Forest Lands" or Pennsylvania. Owing to Mr. McGrann's illness, the letter was read by Mr. D. J. Eckman. ' Following the reading of the Wm. Penn letter, Mr. Ira K. Shenk pre

ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE UNVEILING OF A BRONZE TABLET TO JOHN WRIGHT, PIONEER FERRYMAN By PROF. HERBERT H. BECK MADAME PRESIDENT, MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA: I consider it a distinct privilege to represent the older of the two coun- ties, Lancaster and York, at this well

two miles from the low grade railroad. Cold blast at first; hot blast intro- duced in 1857. In 1850, made 2,000 tons. Dismantled 1865. This was the only furnace that employed raw coal. The Second Geolog- ical Report for Clarion County says of it: "Though essentially a charcoal stack, this furnace was

desiring to become an Inhabitant in the new Town or village called Lititz situate in the Township of War- wick in the County of Lancaster in the Province of Pennsylvania, must agree strictly to observe & adhere to, viz : 1. Forasmuch as the fundamental Plan & original Design of building the Congregation

evidence, further than family traditions, that any clocks were made prior to 1770, are these facts: 1. At that period there were but few families of sufficient affluence in this county to have indulged in such a luxury prior to the Revolution, and houses were generally not of a kind or character to either

the Long Island Historical Society). That Augustine Herrman was the first alien naturalized by a Colonial law in any of the English Continental Colonials of North America seems to be well established by Dr. Lerando. Herrman's naturalization, it is shown, was accomplished by an act of the legislature

throughout the states,—the turf being removed and the ground made as level as possible. After the Revolutionary War, the importation of thoroughbred horses from England became quite common, and selections were made from the best stock in the United Kingdom. This continued and even increased as late as 1840