EARLY LANCASTER TAX- ABLES--1754 r A document, entitled "The Return of the Borough of Lancaster, 1754," has just come to my hands. It has never been in print, and its contents are not recorded in any book of record in the Court House or elsewhere. It consists of five sheets of pa per, not bound

was the property of William Bausman, Regis- ter and Recorder for the county of Lancaster from the year 1809 to 1818,1 and contains receipts to him from people of early Lancaster. Some of the names of those attached to these receipts are old and familiar, others are new, but the names contained in the

Buchanan letters / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Correspondence. Caldwell, James A. Barton, George W., 1807-1851. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [37

:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Summy, John L. Title: Lancaster County finances in 1794 / by John L. Summy. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Graeff, George. Taxation--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and

/OCR%20Journal%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Haverstick, David C. Title: History of the Mechanics Library / by David C. Haverstick. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Mechanics Library Association (Lancaster, Pa.) Libraries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Vocational education

preamble. From the year 1779, when he suc- ceeded the Rev. Elisha Rigg, the Rev. Joseph Clarkson ministered to the congregation of St. James' Church, Lancaster, until his death, which took place on January 25, 1830. The volume of the church papers, bearing the title, RECORDS. St. James' Church, 1798-1829

tablet, erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, marks his country home. A stained glass window is his memorial in St. James' Church. His grave is in Christ Church Cemetery, Philadelphia. Of the 7,357 militia and 22,198 Con- tinentals furnished by Pennsylvania from 1775 to 1783, Lancaster

Manor and Straw- berry streets and Love Lane, being laid out later by Samuel Bethel on lots which he had purchased from James Hamilton. The partition proceedings are recorded at Lancaster in the Pro- thonotary's office, in Partition Book No. 3, at page 1. The deed to Michael Shank and Henry Bare is