elsewhere to the outgoing Executive as to him coming into power. Nowhere was Mr. Buchanan more unfairly judged than here in Lancaster; and some leading citizens and local organ- izations did themselves lasting dis- credit by an unjustifiably offensive at- �titude. But with that generous hos- pitality, which

Richmond newspaper, a local stating that 43 families in the Cumberland Valley had been murdered by the Indians who have destroyed growing cornfields, and turned horses and cattle loose. October 3. Public notice is hereby given to all members of the Juliana Library Co., �in the borough of Lancaster, that

REPORT OF COMMITTER APPOINTED TO CONDUCT CELE- BRATION OF 200TH ANNIVER- SARY OF FIRST PERMANENT WHITE SETTLEMENT WITHIN BORDERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY: Laucaster, Pa., Oct. 7, 1910. To the President and Members of the Lancaster Couuty Historical So- ciety: Your committee, appointed to con- duct a

: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The Shippen House / by Hon. W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Shippen family. Shippen House (Lancaster, Pa.) Lancaster (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Lancaster (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical

office," etc. It is further stated that clerks will be in attendance in Lancaster and other sections with books for persons to subscribe for the number of tickets they desire, obliging themselves to pay for the same on or before June 25th. By Order of the Proprietors, JOHN GEORGES, Secretary. In the

the whole of the history of those early times. The following items from the first two newspapers of Pennsylvania give us certain phases of the life and times of our remote ancestors here in Lancaster county: The character of the commerce be- tween Lancaster and Pennsylvania in the infancy of the

weather was bright, clear and cool. The afternoon was all one could wish. The audience began ar- riving from all directions about 12:30 o'clock, in autos, carriages, in jitneys and auto-trucks from trolley stations, etc., and by 1:30 p. m. about 1,500 per- �sons were present, including Con- estoga

Buchanan, destined to be the fifteenth President of the United States, makes his first bow on the local stage. His father emigrated from County Donegal in Ireland in 1783, and the future President came to Lancaster in 1809, read law with the eminent barrister, James Hopkins, and was admitted to the Bar in

%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank, 1869-1953. Title: Early local historical items / by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia, Pa.) Newspapers--Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period

misconcep- tions concerning Susquehannock Fort and its location. �The earliest mention we have of Susquehannock Fort is by Captain John Smith, who, with ten gentlemen and two mariners (5), sailed up the mouth of the Susquehanna River about two miles, in the Elb, a barge of about two tons burden, in 1606