. EDW. BUTLER Ensign 9th Penna. July 1, 1778. Lieut. Jan. 28, 1779. Later an officer in the U. S. Army. ROBERT ALLISON Private 7th Penna. 1777. Ensign 11th Penna. Feb. 1, 1778. Lieut. Mar. 16, 1780. *The medal of the Society of the Cincinnati, given to Captain James Montgomery, is at present owned by

that one of the Pennsylvania signers, James Smith, had read law in Lancaster and was here admitted to the bar. This encouraged a search for information concerning Mr. Smith's connection with Lancaster, and I take pleasure in present- ing this brief paper to our Lancaster County Historical Society on

new county. "Resolved, That from the number and frequency of our courts, justice is administrated with as little delay as could be expected under the new county; that for most of the citizens of the said included parts of Lancaster county, the distance to courts and records of the new county would be

D. Roosevelt—Abraham Lincoln with his charity and kindness, his insight and humor, his endurance and faith, has come to be the exempli- fication of our American life. �Woodrow Wilson—Lincoln was the supreme American of our history. He was always a-making, he would have died unfinished if the

, in other parts of the United States, or in other lands, I have made an exhaustive examination of the subject and believe that in this paper I have presented the names of all Lancaster county born men who have been honored by election to Congress in districts other than our own. WILLIAM ADDAMS

or by the Little Conestoga creek immediately west of the present Lancaster City limits. In this connection the following letter is of a great interest. Philadelphia, 27th of the 7th month, 1717 To Friend Is. Taylor : John Funk and Christian Herr applied yesterday on behalf of their countrymen that