he was delighted to introduce as our principal speaker a man of Quaker descent, who would tell us about the early Quakers of a neighbor- ing state, WHAT AMERICAN LIBERTY OWES TO THE QUAKERS The Hon, Joseph R, Grundy spoke as follows: Mr, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Friends of Pennsylvania are

the ice into central Pennsylvania (Clark and Ciolkosz 1988; Martin 1958; Watts 1983). Vegetation zones shifted northwards rapidly as the ice melted and retreated (Delcourt and Delcourt 1987; Gaudreau 1988; Webb et al. 1987), but spruce trees were common in the Middle Atlantic region until about 1

familiar with the history of the State of Pennsylvania, or with Franklin and Marshall College knows of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Fackenthal, Jr., who has made so many notable and outstanding contributions to the his- tory of this state; and who has been so very generous in his many princely gifts to Franklin

Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, compiled a history of his involvement in the Underground Railroad. An interesting letter from Whipper was reprinted that recounted the latter's efforts in Columbia between 1847-61. Looking back on the decades preceding the war Whipper summarized:3 [...] it would have been

," under the following heading, dated March 19th, 1867: "ORIGIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL SYSTEM. "To the Editors of the Express : "Believing that the following facts may be of interest to the friends of education; and that, at any rate, they should be pre- served, I ask a place for them in your widely

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

Samuel Breck and The Shaping of Public Education in Pennsylvania By Dorothy B" Gerlach Because time and history tend to treat people differently, a once honored person may, at the present time, be an unsung hero. A search of old records sometimes reveals this fact. Samuel Breck seems to fall into

. 26. 3 George H. Burgess and Miles C. Kennedy, Centennial History of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1846-1947 (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad, 1949), p. 492. 4 Ibid., p. 492. 5 Lancaster Inquirer,20 December 1902, "Three New Bridges to Cross the River." 6 Ibid., 14 February 1903, "New Railroad

were unanimously adopted : �"Whereas, the practice of horse-racing in general, and more especially in and about the neighborhood of Lancaster, is highly in- jurious to the morals of the people and introduces a spirit of gam- bling, detrimental to society ; and "Whereas, it is understood that sundry

official court records of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D. C. Autographs-16 rare papers in the handwriting of Lincoln valued at $10,000. Autographs of hundreds of Lincoln associates. Pictures—Hall collection of about 1700 different items. Metallic Lincolnia—a wide