, Esq., Dr. Joseph H. Dubbs, Rev. G. I. Browne, Hon. W. U. Hensel, Mr. George Steinman, Richard M. Reilly, Esq., Miss Martha B. Clark and Mrs. Mary N. Robinson. This committee was assisted by another committee made up of people of Southern Lancaster �County as follows : Joseph Swift, Frank C. Pyle

- shey, and other local ladies; besides, Messrs. H. Linc. Nissley, s. A. Her- shey, W. D. Reitzel (deceased), Jacob F. Landis (deceased), C. B. Harvey, Martin Peifer, the present historian, and a host of others. When the Landisville Literary so- ciety disbanded, in February, 1884, the Landisville and

Excellency, the President and Honorable, the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "I, Charles Hall, agent for the sale of Forfeited Estates for the county of Lancaster, do hereby Respectfully certify on the 11th day of January, 1782, at the Court House in the Bor- ough of Lancaster

Adam Spangler, of Hanover township, of Philadelphia county, Pa., who died in 1737, not making a will, and left four daughters. Eva Maria, born November �10, 1726, died December 15, 1808, and was the mother of four children, John Jacob, Valentine, Mary Barbara and Mary Margaret. Her remains are in

interesting labels, bearing the names of Anthony E. Roberts, George M. Steinman, E. B. Gardette, Jacob Stauffer, E. M. Allen and other prominent citizens. About the year 1880 there was a great revival in the use of book-plates in Lancaster. This was due in great measure to the artistic taste and skill of Dr

appointed Prosecuting Attorney for Dauphin county, Pa., and was elected three times from the same county to the Pennsylvania House of Representa- tives. In 1814 he was elected to Con- gress, but declined, having been ap- pointed President Judge of the Dau- phin-Lebanon-Schuylkill district. A little later he

-" (See p- 101, Journal of House of Representa- tives-) It is presumed that Lancaster county members gave "Billy" their cordial support- The delegation was a very strong one, composed of Chris- tian Brenneman, of Columbia, after- wards President of the Columbia Bank and Bridge Company; James Buchanan