more than one genera- tion in Lancaster County. 16 Some of them had been born slaves in Columbia or Fulton township, while most of the other Ne groes had come from other areas of Pennsylvania or the upper South." A num- ber of the Negroes descended from the earliest black county famil- ies had been

foundation of a round-house on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Columbia, Pa. They came across the skeleton of a human body which had been buried a long time. Buried with the remains were an old French flint-lock musket with brass mountings; a tinder box; an iron tomahawk; a knife blade; twenty or more opaque

sudden Confed- erate thrust into Pennsylvania. Fortifications were erected in Wrightsville under the direction of John A. Sheaff, the R. & C.'s chief engineer, but on June 28, 1863, the Columbia Bridge was burned to prevent the Southern army from entering Lancaster County. The bridge company not only

given of this country by Martin Kendig, one of the seven heads of families who had settled in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He had landed in Philadelphia, from thence went to Germantown, then to Lancaster, and finally settled in Pequea, Conestoga Township,3 Soon afterward he married a Miss

. In 1860 he was a Republican leader in Lancaster County and eventually he succeeded Stevens as a member of Congress. He also served in the 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. The stop of the Lancaster group at St. Louis provided an opportun- ity to present a gold headed cane to General Shaeffer

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

Why Should The Paupers Live Better Than Their Supporters? Or The 1829 County Audit of John Caldwell Auditing the annual financial accounts of the county treasurer had been a perfunctory activity in Lancaster County until the ac- counts of 1829 were subjected to the critical eye of John Caldwell, of

. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 1949. Gilbert, Mrs. Margaret. Foster daughter of Uriah Eckert. Interview, April 4, 1964, at her home in Gap, Pa. Houston, R. J. "The Gap Copper Mines" in Lancaster County Historical Society. Pennsylvania: The New Era, 1897. Lancaster Newspaper. No Title. February 21, 1959. Landis

in Pennsylvania, known as Lancaster County, has developed into the "Garden Spot of Amer- ica."' Lancastrians, whether native or adopted, pride themselves on a past steeped on heroic actions and of their forefathers' participa- tion and contributions in the shaping and guiding of not only their county

the authorities in the maintenance and enforcement of the same." This group called itself "The Law and Order Society" of Lancaster County, Pa. A Guarantee Fund financed by the selling of $25 shares was established. One dollar annual dues were charged to members. In addition to the usual officers, the