County Antimasonic Party in national and state affairs. Secondly, I shall disclose how the Anti- masonic Party completely dominated local politics in Lancaster County for more than a decade, and why this particular county was so receptive to this "peculiar movement." Lastly, I shall point out many of the

northern border with Berks County, and Mar- tic, a small Scotch-Irish Federalist township along the Susquehanna, in- explicably defy the rule of German-Established Church-Federalist, Scotch- Irish-Dissenter-Republican which is noticeable elsewhere in the county. A second area in which the political

Republicans on whose ticket he ran. Elected county sheriff in 1819, Mathiot later was elected mayor of Lancaster for eleven terms, and served as a member of the Lan- caster School Board from its inception in 1838 until his death in 1843. Mathiot was made a Mason in 1823, and became Worshipful Master of Lodge

In Recognition of Their Prominence: A Case Study of the Economic and Social Backgrounds of an Ante- Bellum Negro Business and Farming Class in Lancaster County Carl D. Oblinger Preface Social and political revolutions are based upon a few determin- ants. There must be a mass of men (identifiable

a source of strength and unity which brought on a revival of Federalism un- matched throughout the State of Pennsylvania. The immediate purpose of this paper is to study the politics of the war period in Lancaster County from 1811 to 1815, emphasizing the developments which occurred within the

., Clara E., Ella M., Anne L., Sue R., and Daisy M. Charles died in his youth as a result of a respiratory ailment, probably tuberculosis.4 George Washington Hensel was fourteen years old when he moved to Quarryville from Harford County, Maryland, in 1837. The town was then known as Barr's Quarries, being

A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

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

their advisor. They had to raise ten dollars for a down payment, before the bank would lend them the rest of the money to buy the church. At a time when jobs were scarce, and the pay small, Reverend Lefever recalls that this was very difficult.' 5 From a picture I found in the library of the Lancaster

central county.8 �Samuel Gustav Hermelin was one of the travelers in 1783 and one who left a detailed and trustworthy account. 9 He came from Sweden and was traveling in the interest of his government, inspecting the various phases of iron manufacture in the new Federation, and probably estimating what