-eight acres adjoining to the east- ward had been bought to it. Dated May 17, 1880, Record R-11-265. For 288 Acres. Dated Manch 30, 1882. Record S-11-485. For 179 Acres, part of farm. Dated April 1, 1896. Record C-15-349. For 179 Acres. Dated Mch. 27, 1905. Rec. S-17-589. Dated May 5, 1905. Rec. S-17-589

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The Saint Patrick Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Thursday evening, August 22nd, 1816, a number of Irish- men, and descendants of Irishmen, met at the tavern of Arch- ibald McLenegan on East King street, in the borough of Lan- caster, and formed an association

change of shirts, stockings, etc. The time having arrived for the second departure of the "Daughters", the Rebel soldiers were taken charge of by a Southern organization, known as "The Sisters of Char- ity" while the Union soldiers were cared for by the Gettysburg ladies. The good-byes and the fervent

II. JOSEPH BONAPARTE THE EX-KING OF SPAIN IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner Joseph Bonaparte, eldest brother of Napoleon, was born January 7, 1768, at Corte, on the island of Corsica. He was educated at the Colloge at Autun, in France. In 1785, he returned to Corsica, and, shortly thereafter

record of Stevens' con- version to the railway is an essay he published in 1812. In the years to follow he went from State to State begging legislative appropriations to make expe- riments. In 1823, when he was seventy-four years of age, the Legislature of Pennsylvania, granted him a charter to build

commerce, which a few years since extended itself over every sea, has been annihilated ; when, after waging a war of conquest for almost three years, and after having drained the resources of the coun- try for its support, we find ourselves invaded in every quarter, and the best blood of the country

DID LOUIS XVI. OF FRANCE PRESENT A RUG TO GEORGE WASHINGTON? By William Frederic Worner. At a meeting of the Lancaster County Historical Society held in April, 1908, a booklet was received entitled: "An Illustrated Handbook of Mount Vernon; the Home of Washington," issued by the Mount Vernon Ladies

Indian town was inhabited during the Indian trader period. The European articles found in the Indian graves comprise the same class of articles which we find they received from Indian traders and at treaties for land and peace treaties covering a period of over a century from about 1620 to 1730, so it is

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