A PICTURE OF WASHINGTON BY A LANCASTER ARTIST Some months ago, in a discussion concerning certain oil paintings of Washington, Mr. Stans V. Henkels, of Philadelphia, who for a long time has been one of the leading book auctioneers in this country and also an expert on that subject, mentioned a

A Sidelight of the War of the Revolution.' (By HONi C. I. LANDIS) "With singular regret and concern we are compelled to address you. The good order of the Borough and the very being of its government must de- pend on the wise and prudent deliberations of the Congress upon an in- cident of the most

late Thaddeus Stevens, will you permit me to furnish some facts in detail, chiefly gleaned from records, and, therefore, not open to dispute? Historic lies, as has been recently shown by Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, are, after a time, taken as actual truths, and it would, therefore, seem to be best to

data concerning it. It has also, through him, been mentioned in Ellis & Evans' History of Lan- caster County. But the magazine has long since been discontinued, and rare copies are only to be found in the hands of a few col- lectors. Then, too, additional information has since come to light, which

I. EXTRACTS FROM MORAVIAN DIARIES AT BETHLEHEM (Relating to Early Events in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Made by Dr. John W. Jordan and Sent by Him to Hon. Charles I. Landis, at Lancaster, Pa. DIARY I. 1768 Feby. 12 Hopson & Henry with 2 other citizens settled a dispute with Mel- choir Schneieder and

disapprove these claims. William Henry was born in Chester County on May 19, 1729. His father died in 1747 and the family became pretty much scattered. He then came to Lancaster and apprenticed himself to Matthew Roesser, a gunsmith, who lived on West King Street in this town. The usual term of

1832 at Gettysburg, under the auspices of the General Synod of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Stevens was, as I have said, at that time practicing law in Adams county, and he resided there. In 1834 he was elected a trustee of this institution, and he continued to hold that position during the rest of his