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. Fishel, Jr., "Repercussions of Reconstruction: The Northern Negro, 1870-1883", Civil War History, XIV (Dec., 1968), 334-335. 2I have used a number of terms to identify the geographical subdivisions of Lancaster County in the 1850's that a reader might find confusing. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution

MUSTER ROLLS OF SOLDIERS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY IN THE WAR OF 1812 By MRS. J. V. R. HUNTER AND MRS. MARY OWEN STEINMETZ Not long ago, an old record book was found in the office of the prothon- otary in the court house of Reading, Berks county, Pa., bearing the following title: "Muster Roll of the

ceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. Our grateful thanks are extended to Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Steinmetz for their fine service in copying these names, which is highly appreciated. �Muster Roll of the field and staff officers of the 1st Regt., 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia, commanded by

Pennsylvania (1797) and reappeared in Rupp's History of Lancaster County (1845), a Swedish missionary was stationed at the Indian village of Conestoga about 1710. This is the story as it appears in Proud's history: "In or about the year of our Lord, 1710, a Swedish missionary preached a sermon, at an Indian

in Stras- burg township, which then included Paradise, on April 3, 1760. He was a farmer and little of his history is on record. He was elected to the Twelfth Congress in 1811 as a Democrat. York county at that time was part of the Lancaster Congressional dis- trict, and according to the newspaper

Record of Soldiers of Lancaster County in the War of 1812, and of Others Who Gave Service During the Period of 1784 -1815 By (MRS. D. B.) BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS and ELEANORE J. FULTON. Note—The following comprehensive list of soldiers, who served their country as active participants in the War of

a history of Lancaster county, published in 1924, Vol. II, page 593, appeared the following: "On August 25th, 1812, the governor of Pennsylvania, in general orders from Harrisburg, acknowledges receipt of many patriotic offers, partly in these words: 'The governor with pleasure embraces the present

JAMES D. McMAHON HISTORY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT IN LANCASTER How a Civil War monument event- ually came to the crossroads of Lan- caster where it has resisted successfully the efforts of anti-traditionists is told by a police officer with an interest in the monument and history. In