do establish is that it wasn't Lancaster County that "An American" was referring to when he claimed in 1775, ". . . that some Pennsylvania farmers have . . . some five hundred head of horned cattle, oxen, cows, bulls, calves, and young cattle."35 There was little change in the pattern of sheep in

Nativism or Sectionalism: A History of the Know-Nothing Party in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by David R. Keller Introduction The Know-Nothing party emerged as a national movement in 1854 as a secret political society. When it first appeared, it virtually ignored the pressing and explosive

Rapho show that a Jacob Greybill owned a mill in 1780, 1783, and 1784. The Lancaster County Deed Book has an entry showing that Peter Grubb, Iron Master, of Warwick Township, on October 22, 1784, purchased 212 1/4 acres of land and a mill from Jacob and Elizabeth Kraybill for 3,000 Pounds. It was upon

collection presently contains 115 monographs and 62 periodical issues and almanacs, which is slightly less than half of the titles listed in Seidensticker. The library hopes to see the collection continue to grow and welcomes donations that would help complete this asset to Lancaster County scholarship. Some

, Jr., "The Geology of Lancaster County," Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Pa.: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, 1880) pp- 196-198. 2 Ibid, pp. 198-203. 3 B. L. Miller, "Lead and Zinc Ores of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Topo- graphical and Geological Survey

the historical societies, colleges, and public archives of Adams, York, Dauphin, Lancaster, Chester, and Delaware counties, permits a realistic picture of Negro life in nineteenth-century, southeastern Pennsylvania. Official Records of Federal, State, and County Governments The basic source for any

The Thomas Wagon Company of Lititz: Pioneer Motor Truck Manufacturer in Lancaster County. by Donald J. Summar In the first decade of the Twentieth Century the most prosper- ous and successful industries in the quiet town of Lititz, Pennsylvan- ia, were the Ideal Cocoa and Chocolate Company and the

like the "Moun- tains of the Moon" as the New Era so aptly described it in a 1960 article. The author is indebted to Mr. Woerth for his review of the present article. �NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania The Geology of Lancaster County by Persifor Frazer, Jr. Harrisburg

confine our church histories to the `nice' churches, a policy we most assuredly will not follow. How- ever, some of the most substantial and historically-significant con- gregations in Lancaster County have yet to produce suitable his- tories for publication. In the city, we would very much like to see

Development of Lutheran Congregations in Lancaster County By J. W. W. Loose 1. New Holland, Trinity, 1730 2. Denver, Muddy Creek, 1730 3. Brickerville, Emmanuel (Old Warwick), 1730 4. Lancaster, Holy Trinity, 1730 5. Ephrata, Bergstrasse, 1752 6. Strasburg, St. Michael's, 1754 7. Maytown, St