set them up in vacant places, and having gleaned the town, silently stole away." Many are familiar with Mathew B. Brady's gallery on wheels as he followed the fortunes of the Union Army in the field, and gave us a pictorial history of the great conflict. One such wagon 12 Lancaster Intelligencer

Lancaster was founded this year. 2 Henry Slay- 1 Because of the tree, the early Indians located here were known as the Hickory Tribe; the town became known as Hickory Town. Other names for it were Gibson's Pasture, Indian Town, Spring Town and Waving Hills. See Rupp's History of Lancaster County, p. 135. 2

of full support in the present world crisis, and added: "Because men will fight valiantly only for ideals which they understand and in which they believe, it is imperative that the ancient altar fires of freedom that burned so fiercely in the Lancastrians of an early day should now be rekindled in

author to Lafayette, on his visit here in 1825. THOMAS BAUMGARDNER was born in York, Pa., of German parentage, December 20, 1816. Besides his interest in railroad work, his business activi- ties were wide and varied. He was a director of the Philadelphia and Sunbury, and the Reading and Columbia

right." His first assembly, elected by the settlers, but influenced by his broad and benevolent views, enacted a "Great Charter" on April 8, 1683, in which all the functions of government were provided for by the representatives of the people. Clarkson, in his history, epitomized the character of Penn

ground on which to erect a church building but we have no definite date as to when the first building was erected. No records give the early history of the church; baptisms, marriages and burials were not recorded until 1821, although there were minutes prior to this period. Robert Fulton's father led

business ceased. Mr. Jere Hess Barr, of Reading, Pa., a descendant of Elias Barr, and a well-known philatelist, has the following Barr's Penny Dispatch stamps on the original envelopes: Green stamp, pen cancelled, letter addressed to the Hon. Benjamin Champ- neys, Lancaster, Pa. Barr's Penny Dispatch tied

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

, Camden, N. J., 1938. 2 History of American Manufacturers, by J. Leander Bishop. 2a Dwight’s Travels, vol. 1, p. 450, in Fackenthal Library, Lancaster, Pa. 23 The Shenandoah Pottery, by A. H. Rice and John Baer Stoudt, Stras­ burg, Va., 1929, p. 271. 3 Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, “Some