, Pennsylvania State Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Joy Jay Wisler, Sr. MSS, John Ward Willson Loose Archives (Private Collection), Lancaster, Pennsylvania. B. Newspapers Bethania Palladium, 1830-1837 Columbia (Pa.) Herald, 1903-1905 Columbia (Pa.) Spy and Lancaster and York County Reporter, 1830-1867

The Antimasonic Party in Lancaster County, Pa. :1828-1843 John Edward McNeal PREFACE Political Antimasonry in the United States is a subject which, for the most part, has been neglected by historians. The best single work on the subject is Charles McCarthy's "The Antimasonic Party: A Study of Po

' ,u 'J -� �� AU'_ .,«.. j . d .tF , "' . - � lewis, Michae l & Jacob Wisler Brew Book � · �CHAPTER III BREWERIES IN THE LAGER BEER ERA English beer-the brew produced in Lancaster County prior to the 1840s-was vastly different from the German "lager bier" introduced to American drinkers allegedly by

the author. The staff at the library of the Lancaster Newspapers Incorpor- ated was always more than willing to aid in procuring the news- papers used in this paper. The facilities of the Lancaster County Historical Society were indispensable as were the services of Mrs. Charles Lundgren, the Society

M. LUTHER HEISEY EARLY SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Recently-purchased copies of Taylor's surveys provide a mine of data for the research worker in the Society's library. The extent of lands is listed in this article. In Manuscript Book No. 76213, Chester County Historical Society, made by Isaac

-five miles west of Lancaster. In its early days, that part of the Conewago Valley with which we are concerned, was claimed by Maryland as part of her colony. Pennsylvania also claimed it, and back in the 1730's and 1740's, it was a part of Lancaster County. Not until after the Mason-Dixon survey was

NCASTER PA. H ROSE WATER -- Pure. ARTICLES EAS1 lI 11:1 15 .TESTOMONIAL ti HA ica THE HOLIDAYS t Su t LADIES DO YOU WANT TO BUY E.J.ERIS A �Christmas in Lancaster in 1874 Notwithstanding the cry of "hard times," the celebration of Christmas in this community [Lancaster] was more general and ex- tensive

Gilmore Day: Lancaster Musical Holiday Honoring Patrick S. Gilmore Mrs. Erwin H. Johnson Lancaster County once had its own musical holiday, GILMORE DAY, celebrated in the memory of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore the great Irish-American bandmaster. First observed on June 12, 1905, being initiated by the

origi- nate in Pennsylvaia, but the Pennsylvania clockmakers took to the idea and made them popular. The Pennsylvania German went so far as to call his clock a weather prophet and said, "If the clock with brass works ticks very loud, it is a sign of stormy weather." The long, tall, hall or commonly