. He could only have acquired possession of this property under the Sheriff's deed during the summer or fall of 1843. He never lived with any woman by the name of Lydia Brown. Mr. Dixon, no doubt, refers to Lydia H. Smith, • a colored woman, who was, for many years, the trusted housekeeper of Mr

Conestoga as far up the River as the land already surveyed and granted to Peter Chartier, and then by a line running from the said river to Conestoga Creek, all of which tract of land is for the use and behoof of William Penn, Esq., Proprietary and Governor �Outline draft of the original Chartier Tract as

readily distinguished from one erected by a Scotch, Irish or Eng- lishman. Had the house but one chimney, and this in the middle (in der Mitte des Houses) then it was a German's. . . . A house with a chimney at each gable end was erected by an Englishman."¹ The floor joists of the Herr house consisted of

was at one time the Albertus Hendricks tract No. 88 on the map. John Robinson owned a tract at mouth of Pequea. See 51 on the map. Under date of Lanc. Oct. 4, 1736, there is an interesting letter from Wil- iam Willis who owned a tract near Rock Hill in which he requests 35 pounds of good to be sent by

raged with fury for more than nine hours. Several lives were lost, and two-thirds of the town were in ruins. A circular letter was received from the mayor of Petersburg, appealing for financial assistance for the sufferers by fire, and a meeting of citizens of Lancaster borough was held on Friday

part of which I found belonged to Mr. McCann. I informed the firm of these facts, and the spurious pictures were withdrawn from the sale. Several years again rolled by when Mr. McCann brought to my rooms a por- trait of an unknown gentleman, three-quarter length, life-size, seated in a chair. I asked

painted, they were reduced. How vastly different from the prices of present day artists. An interesting term in the memorandum is the term "Kit Kat" a term used by a club formed in 1740 in England and applied to portraits only three- fourths the size of the usual portrait size. It was my good fortune to

"Mr. Carusi will present a variety of novel and interesting composition, among others the new and much admired music, with its echo, on the same instru- ment. Also the favorite tune of Yankee Doodle, with the recent variations." Whether or not this was the last concert given by Mr. Carusi in

THE FIRST WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN LANCASTER CITY: A COM- PARISON WITH THE MALE VOTE; YOUTHFUL AND AGED VOTERS COMPARED By H. Frank Eshleman The local history which I present to you, herein, is only six years old. It is valuable, however, because of what it records generally, and also because it

. Adam Reigart, Esq., was appointed chairman, and Major John Light, secretary. James Hopkins opened the meeting with a summary account of the recent outrage. The secretary read an article that had appeared in the Norfolk Ledger, describing the event. A committee, consisting of Matthias Barton, William