GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

about the two men. One book, long out of print, is entitled "The Reminiscences of Rev. Henry Boehm by Rev. J. B. Wakeley, D.D.1 and first pub- lished in 1865. It was reprinted in 1875 in the very year that Henry reached the age of one hundred. Before the latter edition was ready for the press, Rev

Collections of Eichholtz Paintings George L. Heiges To those Lancastrians who minimize the status of Jacob Eichholtz as an outstanding American portraitist, it may come as a surprise to be told that in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington there are eleven portraits by Jacob

sonic importance in the village of Manheim, being a merchant and serving as second postmaster from 1821-24, having succeeded his broth- er John who was the first postmaster (1815-21) gas well as an innkeeper and a builder of 'grandfather clocks'. On September 8, 1799, Peter en- tered into marriage with

. This interruption in his life marked the end of his career as a minister and for the remainder of his life he served the young nation of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in civil offices, most notably as a congressman and Speaker of the first and third congresses. It was during