what to do about a charge of murder which had been brought against them. 1 It was only through the mercy of the Iro- 1 The two brothers, John and Edmund Cartlidge, were associated with the back country of Chester county from the beginning. Edmund Cartlidge fre- quently was an interpreter between the

, 1833-1921. Title: Early local history as revealed by an old document / by F. R. Diffenderffer. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1897-98 Description: [3]-27 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of

period that have come down to us. Indeed, I know of nothing of a similar nature concern- ing Lancaster city and county at the period covered by this diary that is at all comparable with it. He was an educated man, a man of affairs, much concerned and connected with what was going on around him, a person

gi nal s, or t he i r de - scendants, were willing to renew the work, and that some of them were the immediate predecessors of Henfrey's company. [TO BE CONTINUED.] �Old Mills and Country Ordinaries. The pioneer settlers in the " Upper End" of what is now Lancaster county dame from the north of

formal memorial plot. Called to the scene, the writer beheld an impressive sight. There lay the men who had rammed home the charge, aimed and fired under Washington at Brandywine! From the loosened earth there seemed to arise the life and times of the Revolution with their patriotic enthusiasm and

discussion among the settlers, which brought about the erection of a schoolhouse. The earliest record of a school building, in what is now Clay Township, is that of the ancient Durlach Schoolhouse. Unfortu- 1 See History of Lancaster County, Ellis & Evans, p. 908. 2 Ibid, pp. 702-3. �nately, all the old

County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [72]-84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 3 Call Number