know as a facsimile label. The letters "FOUR" and figures "4" became "ONE" and "1"; "INTERNAL REVENUE" vertically at the right end was replaced with "OF AMERICA". The inscription on the left tablet was: "$0.01 Lancaster, Pa. July 1st, 1883 On demand, for value received we pro- mise to pay the bearer

that time discontinued the use of such "Babylonian trash" and tore down the spire. Until the steeple of the Old Log Church was completed the bell hung on the hickory tree near the courthouse under which the Indians held their councils and which gave the settlement its first name of Hickory Town. An

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

date of the first day of May, Anno Domini, 1742. On receiving the Charter of James Hamilton, Esq. and in view of the services done to the Town of Lancaster by procuring the same to be incorporated, It is unanimously agreed that the Burgesses and Assistants wait upon him and return him the thanks of the

behooves us to encourage what is emphatically native talent." 3 Dr. William Baker Fahnestock was born in Lancaster, Octo- ber 13, 1804, and exactly twenty-five years later was married in St. James' Episcopal Church to Maria, daughter of Henry M. and 3 From the Lancaster Intelligencer and Journalof Tuesday

to introduce P. McEvoy, Esq., of Lancaster, Pa., a near neighbor and friend of President Buchanan, a contractor of 20 years experience, a gentleman of large means and sterling integrity. I am perfectly sincere in saying that I have never known a more reliable man, a more efficient energetic

-borne mail service, nevertheless was fortunate for situation in its relation to other towns, the province, and the colonies. Well-worn Indian trails became the first paths followed by the mounted pioneers and traders; these trails in time were widened for wagon traffic, and to Lancaster reached the

settlement of Lancaster. The town outgrew its strength, and looks dull and gloomy in consequence." There is a wide diversity of opinion in these two comments written in the same year, but we prefer the testimony of Governor Pownal. William Johnston, writing on Braddock's Campaign, in a letter dated Sep

after the return from Conestoga, Penn, writing from his country home at Pennsbury, on the 30th of the 4th mo. (June), 1701, to his secretary, James Logan at Philadelphia, said: I forgot a material point—the last Indian instrument from the Conestoga Indians—which I must have, or a copy, before I can