Hamilton donated lots of land to the various churches. The Reformed congregation built a log church in 1736. The establishment of the Lutherans began in 1730. The Episcopalians held services as early as 1717 and 1729, but the parish of St. James was organized in 1744. The Moravians founded St. Andrew's

672, 60 shillings on each. Many of the Hamilton deeds for lots will be found by consulting Book A, Volume 6 and Book I, in the Re- corder's Office, at Lancaster. Pa. In 1729, when Lancaster county was laid out, John Wright, Caleb Pearce, Thomas Edwards and James Mitchell were the Commissioners to lay

LANCASTER BOROUGH. From the founding of Lancaster till 1742, it had been moving along with- out a charter, but, at this time, the in- habitants felt they needed a stronger form of Government. The town now having three hundred houses, and all kinds of manufacturing being repre- sented, the citizens

REVOLUTIONARY DAYS Copyright, Nov.. 1901, by S. M. Sener. How much of interest there is in old affairs few persons realize who do not watch the vast amount of work being done by the numerous historical, pa- triotic and hereditary societies that are in existence all over the country. Nearly every

time, studying theology between times. He was ordained to the minis- try at Dartmouth College on May 20, 1772, and was immediately thereafter appointed a Missionary to the Dela- ware tribe of Indians, west of Pitts- burg, Pa. He kept a diary, and it is from that that the following remarks concerning