of the lands included in them; except also a fairly large percentage which may be found in the Historical Society at Phladelphia, in our own county records and else- where. Copies of many of the Taylor Papers are in our own library also. �The assessment lists of our county began in 1718. Those now in

family of the late W. U. Hensel, for- mally presented to Mr. Paul Heine, owner of the magnificent hostelry, a marble tablet to commemorate the visit to the old Cadwell House of Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, Horace Greeley, General Winfield S. Hancock and Theodore Roosevelt. These distinguished

The Attitude of James Buchanan (a Cit- izen of Lancaster County) towards the Institution of Slavery in the United States It is the happy and appropriate function of an historical society, with even the local limitations of ours, to fearlessly explore and faithfully chron- icle the events of general

which are as sacred in regard of the law as the rights of man. There were, too, in the North wicked slave catchers and kidnappers whose brutalities aroused the just resentment of the communities in which .they operated, even when they kept within the limits of strict and technical legal rights. It was

display 127 works of American artists and among the names since become fa- miliar are those of Rembrandt and James Peale, Wurtmiller, Sully and Stuart. Raphael, Anna and Maria Peale all had works on exhibition. The Birches, Thomas and William, figure in this catalogue, and Denis A. Volo- zan seems to have

Col. Records, says 1703. He settled �near the Schuylkill, where he estab- lished a trading post,but did not remain there long. He then moved to East Caln township, Chester county, where he built a house, his wife, Martha, doing most of this work. While liv- ing here his trading post was not at his