of our near- est and most neglected neighbors! Before the trolley and telephone cen- tralized our county, outlying posts, like this ancient village, had some at- tention; now the county line seems al- most insurmountable. Yet when all this corner of Lebanon and the adjoining part of Berks were

%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Other Author(s): Evans, Samuel, Title: A centennial event / by Hon. W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Slaymaker family. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc

appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Dauphin county, Pa., and was elected three times from the same county to the Pennsylvania House of Representa- tives. In 1814 he was elected to Con- gress, but declined, having been ap- pointed President Judge of the Dau- phin-Lebanon-Schuylkill district. A little later he

him." Who was this man who made such marked impression upon her religious and literary sensibilities? No other than the famous Thomas Marquis—born in the Valley of Vir- ginia, removed to Washington county, converted by the first sermon preach- ed in that region, and offering his first-born child as

Lancaster county, where, it will be remembered, he preached both at Pequea and Leacock Presby- terian churches. Our diarist seems to have been a man of many parts, Funerals and frolics had like attractions for him. He mingled with jockeys and gentle- men; one day he went with joy to hear a woman preach, and

(Pa.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1903/1904 Description: [230]-236 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 7 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.8 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

Commonwealths. In journeying hither from Maryland Whitman Marshe's way led through Quaker settlements in Chester county, but he soon joined the Commissioners of his State and journeyed hither, maybe by the Buck, the Valley and Willow Street to Lancaster. That the traveler of that time fared scarcely less

before the crumbling ruins of the edifice were swept forever from the landscape— which perpetuates the birthplace of probably the most celebrated man who was native to the soil of Lancas- ter county. Buchanan and Stevens, though fairly claimed by reason of their long representation of a local

Columbia. That was a most laudable, but un- successful, attempt to divert from Baltimore to Philadelphia, across this county, the river trade descending the Susquehanna, April 7, 1826 (P. L. 216), the Columbia, Lancaster and Phila- delphia Railroad Company was char- tered with $650,000 of capital, and the