the aborigines. It is sufficient for my purpose to name only a few of the earliest of these traders. The earliest were Canadian Frenchmen, who, from their acquaint- ance and relations to the Five Nations, gradually found their way as far south as Lancaster county, where some of them established their

Philadelphia, held on July 15. 1775, as one of the eight representatives from Lancaster county. When the County Committee of Observation took an account of the amount of lead and powder available for the uses of the American forces, on May 4, 1775, he placed all his supply, four quarter casks of powder, at the

THE NEWSPAPERS OF LAN- CASTER COUNTY. In 1896 1 was induced to attempt the compilation of a bibliography of the newspapers, magazines and other pe- riodical issues of the press in the city of Lancaster from 1752 down to that time. Two or three previous attempts, and very successful ones, too, had

their waking hours at home. It finally dawned on some of them that perhaps Lancaster could in some way be turned into a summer resort, which would not necessitate their going else- where for rest and health, but by which an honest penny might be turned into their own pockets. True, we had no medicinal

, Maryland, Virginia, as far South as Richmond. Baltimore, Philadelphia and some other places he visited a number of times. His journey. when he visited Lancaster was from Washington, D. C., to Frederick, Md., York , Pa., to Columbia, to Lancaster, to Merion, Radnor and other places. F. R. D. "August 24th

. JOSEPH SHIPPEN JR. �Edward Shippen to His Son, Joseph Shippen. Lancaster 8th June 1776. Dear Son I think I have answered your sev- eral Letters. I wrote you some time ago to inquire of Mr. Joshua Fisher whether he had any more of that Bur- ton ale & the price and is you re- ceived my Letter. I make no

to the Provincial Council, on August 25, 1779, praying for some indulgence in regard to his estate. The Council "Resolved, That the Conduct and Cir- cumstances of the Petitioner do not entitle him to any indulgence from this Board; therefore the Petition is rejected." Sabine says that in 1781 Peter

Donegal in the Revolution Patriotism and Piety, A notable historic event in the his- tory of Lancaster county, binding the present to the past by an enduring chain of events, was the unveiling of a monument in Old Donegal church- yard, on Thursday, October 4th, 1899. This interesting memorial shaft

at an early period. A reference to Ellis & Evans' His- tory of Lancaster County alludes to the early theatres here in this wise: "Dur- ing the town and borough existence of Lancaster, and for years even after it was incorporated as a city—in 1818— dramatic exhibitions and concerts were usually held