Governor's Approval of Laws.—In 1756 Carpenter was given charge of the Acadian Bill after the House passed it, in order to get the Gov- ernor's approval of the same. Many of those unhappy Nova Scotians, as we know, came to Lancaster County. In 1759 he was given a similar task as to several new bills passed

The Early Architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL FORMS IN LANCASTER COUNTY DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. "No chapter in the history of national manners would illustrate so well, if duly executed, the progress of social life

, Mary Hans Christian Zimmerman, Jonas Le Rime Fierie."1 Hans Hartman, Isaac Fierie, Peter Fierie, 1 History of Carpenter family by Seymour D. Carpenter. �In October, 1730, Emmanuel Carpenter was elected as one of the assessors for the county, the assessors at that time being Joshua Lower, of Hempfield

Lancaster is not now known. Subsequent issues of local papers do not contain any ref- ferences to these gifted musicians. Contributions from Lancaster County for the Distressed Poor of Philadelphia During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1797 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T various times, during its earlier

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO PLACE AND UNVEIL A MARKER DESIGNATING AND COMMEMORATING THE INDIAN TOWN OF CONESTOGA, IN MANOR TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNA. To the President and Members of the Lancaster County Historical Society: Your committee appointed to place, and with appropriate exercises un

name in the county. They are the descend- ants of the Ebys who emigrated from Lancaster County. The Erbs also came from the Hammer Creek community and the same author has 185 sketches of the family name that their ancestors transferred from this county to Canada. During the years 1819 and 20 a large

The Influence of Lancaster County on the Pennsyl- vania Frontier. Address by Hon. Frederick A. Godcharles. After music Hon. Frederick A. Godcharles, Deputy Secretary of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania, delivered an informal address on " The Influ- ence of Lancaster County on the Pennsylvania

. Two-thirds of our Lancaster County people, and millions of people living in other parts of the United States can trace the beginning of their line in America to this list; and can fix Lancaster County as their first American ancestors' homes. Volume 18 is made up of the Pennsylvania Company's Claim to

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in