), p. 115 and Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County, p. 112, say 16 killed, 66 wounded, and 47 missing. 2. The letter is the property of David Meister of Springfield, Ohio, a great grandnephew of the brothers Lewis and Kersey Bradley. 3. Letter from Major General William E. Bergin, The Adjutant

Lancaster was the last civilized outpost on the western frontier during the French and Indian wars its workshops already were turning out wagons, guns, clothing and numerous items for the protection of the Pennsylvania hinterland. Who can say how many of those artisans and mechanics "invented" day-by-day

Edward Barnholt and William Wittick: Lancaster County's Fearless Constables By John W. W. Loose Law enforcement in Pennsylvania prior to the establishment of the Pennsylvania State Police in 1905' was left to the county sheriffs, constables, and police departments of those municipalities that had

FORWARD About William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania The 79th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a three-year regiment formed in the wake of Lincoln's second call for troops. Its cadre were men who had drilled in the pre-war militia units in and around Lancaster, and others who had seen

, The Pennsylvania State Marker, a cast iron mold engraved sign, which stood along the old road (now inside of the Farm Museum land) was re-located to a site on the corner of route 272 & Valley Road, a major intersection. It reads: Issac Long Barn. The United Brethren in Christ and The Evangelical

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& Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995. Source of Acquisition: Items in Series 1 were collected by LancasterHistory, unless otherwise noted at the item level. Series 2 was a gift of Penn Square Partners, in memory of John M. Buckwalter, 2 November 2011. Custodial History

$12.00; eggs were $6.00 a dozen, a loaf of bread cost $4.00 and a pint of wine sold for $50.00. Inflation was further complicated by the usage of two other currencies: English money and Pennsylvania money. Trying to keep ledgers in balance with three different currencies was a frustrat- ing ordeal for