been instru- mental in making Armstrong an important manufacturer of floor coverings of all types. Also, he had created an experimental run of 4.7 mm. artillery shells in the machine shops in Lancaster during World War I. In due course of time, this War Activities Committee reported that with our

; and the excitement and the inspiration that all the arts bring us. Instead, we will discuss the mechanics of presenting the arts and encouraging the artists. We propose to explore the state of the arts in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and by extension Lancaster County. We are not here to debate whether the

up through the ranks of clerk to an ironmaster to become the wealthiest ironmaster in Pennsylvania. He owned numerous charcoal iron furnaces and forges. He was a director of the Lancaster Branch of the Bank of Penn- sylvania, and for 20 years served as associate judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas

84/3, 1981 131 An Unusual Discovery Prisoner-of-War Barracks in Lancaster Used During the Revolutionary War By Albert G. Overton and J. W.W. Loose Although historians have known for a long time barracks to house British and Hessian prisoners-of-war during the American Revolution were located at the

Growers Company Service and Parking Garage Company Sicily Island Fishing Club Silver Springs Dairy Company Ltd. Stock certificates Tobacco Turnpikes United Ice Company West End Water Company William F. Murphy's Sons Company Winslow Petroleum Company �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania

a Motor Vehicle. Photograph of an automobile at an unidentified toll gate. 1930. Folder 2 Railroads, Disbursements Payments from Bank of Pennsylvania, apparently for prominent people associated with railroad development in Lancaster County. 1835. Folder 3 Railroads, Columbia-related Railroads and

according to professional museum and archives standards. The finding aid was updated using DACS conventions. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Box 1 Folder 1 Correspondence—Philip Wager to Adam Reigart, Jr., 1798-1805 Letter from Philip