some of them away, and otherwise cutting up and despoiling many parts of the same." A Visit to Lititz, Lancaster County, in 1799. In his diary, Jacob Peirce, of Long- wood, East Marlborough township, Chester county, Pa., thus describes his visit to the Moravians at Lititz, Lan- caster county: 1 Mo. 19

during the past hundred years. There are several lists of the newspapers established in this place to be found in our local histories. I have taken all they named and added such others as I could procure and I found the sum total to be 126. Think of it, 126 newspapers, maga- zines and periodicals of all

St. Peter's, in Philadelphia, in North America." These letters have an additional inter- est because they were dedicated "To the Honorable James Hamilton." who was four times the Governor of the Pro- vince of Pennsylvania, and nearly con- nected with the Lancaster Hamiltons. The extracts here quoted

Marshall has made one of the most valuable contributions to our local history that we possess. For many years he kept a diary, a "Remembrancer," as he was pleased to call it, which, I believe I risk little in saying, is the fullest, most trust- worthy and readable of all the similar productions of that

appear annexed to our respective Names. July the 19th, 1786." Following the above we have the names of the subscribers and contri- butors, as follows: s. d. Jonathan Rolland 2 5 .. Peter Diller 1 10 .. Thos. Henderson 17 6 James McConnell 1 10 .. Henry Merkley 1 10 .. John Sheibley .. 15 .. Mathias

national banks and several large trust companies are located here, one to every 5,000 inhabit- i 40� ants, and that there are 26 national banks in the .city and county, besides several trust companies, is the best evidence J I of the wealth of the community. The population at the present time is estimated

name of Mountjoy at their head they were GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE. written at the town of that name in our own county. It was not until the paper of Mr. Samuel Evans, on "Col- onel James Crawford," was read be- fore this society that a light dawned upon the question, and I determined �to investigate the