discussion it was 'decided to proceed to the organization of an Historical Society, to be devoted to the history of the city and county of Lancaster. The names of a number of persons throughout the city and county were suggested as likely to take an interest in the subject, and it was resolved that the

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: Arthur Armstrong / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Armstrong, Arthur, 1798-1851. Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical

Jacob Eshleman Warfel, Painter. This promising artist, the son of John and Maria Warfel, was born in Paradise township, Lancaster county, on July 21, 1826. He developed a natural inclination towards art at an early age; so much so, indeed, that his youthful efforts in drawing and painting drew the

%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: Our early currency and its value / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Paper money--United States. United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600

destroyed or abandoned. So much as to the early attempts at settlement within the present State of Pennsylvania. But an equally in- teresting chapter remains to be told of the attempts to gain and maintain complete possession of this new land of promise. The Dutch Governor of Manhattan, New York, at this

paper / by Frank R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): American loyalists. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919 Description: 155-166 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical

. Baxter wrote to the Council of Safety as follows: Neshaminy, Bucks County: " No doubt- you have heard of an election yesterday by the Tory party at Nicetown, this county, etc."32 In July, 1783, fifty-five prominent Loyalists, most of whom had either served 27 Jones' History of New York, Vol. 1, pp. 101

Scamander was an Amazon or a Mississippi. But what is it in reality? No section of the Old World has been more carefully surveyed by competent explorers, and we are at no loss to know all about this river, as it is to-day, if not at the time of the Trojan war. Mr. Robert Wood, who in 1750 made a minute