Lancaster County in Province, State and Nation (A Bi-Centennial Review) By H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, Esq. L ANCASTER County has had a remarkable influence in prov- ince, state and nation, throughout our entire colonial and national life as a people. Since 1929 is the bi-centennal anni- versary of the

Lancaster County in Province, State and Nation (A Bi-Centennial Review) III. Lancaster County In The French and Indian Wars (CONTINUED) By H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, Esq. THE defeat of Braddock caused consternation in Lancaster. The Penna. Gazette of Oct. 30, 1755, in an item from Lancaster says there was

County Antimasonic Party in national and state affairs. Secondly, I shall disclose how the Anti- masonic Party completely dominated local politics in Lancaster County for more than a decade, and why this particular county was so receptive to this "peculiar movement." Lastly, I shall point out many of the

: Beck, Paul E. Title: Christian Myers, migrant iron master and a founder of Clarion County / by Paul E. Beck. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Myers, Christian, 1796-1877. Bear, Henry. Clarion Furnace (Clarion County, Pa.) Iron mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Clarion County --History. Iron industry

Republicans on whose ticket he ran. Elected county sheriff in 1819, Mathiot later was elected mayor of Lancaster for eleven terms, and served as a member of the Lan- caster School Board from its inception in 1838 until his death in 1843. Mathiot was made a Mason in 1823, and became Worshipful Master of Lodge

northern border with Berks County, and Mar- tic, a small Scotch-Irish Federalist township along the Susquehanna, in- explicably defy the rule of German-Established Church-Federalist, Scotch- Irish-Dissenter-Republican which is noticeable elsewhere in the county. A second area in which the political

(Lancaster County Petitions etc, to the Supreme Executive Council-1784 1790) By H. H. SHENK, State Library, Harrisburg Pa. It is not my purpose to entertain you this evening with anecdotes or with interesting stories intended to please the ear for a moment, only to be forgotten. It is my purpose

In Recognition of Their Prominence: A Case Study of the Economic and Social Backgrounds of an Ante- Bellum Negro Business and Farming Class in Lancaster County Carl D. Oblinger Preface Social and political revolutions are based upon a few determin- ants. There must be a mass of men (identifiable

a source of strength and unity which brought on a revival of Federalism un- matched throughout the State of Pennsylvania. The immediate purpose of this paper is to study the politics of the war period in Lancaster County from 1811 to 1815, emphasizing the developments which occurred within the

, of Windom, Lancaster County, Pa. As we view this beautiful agricultural section today its past has been so. completely obscured that scarcely a trace remains to remind us of the role of historical importance which it has played. Let us then review and if pos- sible picture some of the scenes which