appears on page 631. Captain Reitzel's ser- vices and his command are shown here also. His command was in the United States Service. Volume 9 contains pension lists of the War of 1812. Volume 10 contains rolls of the Mexican War Soldiers furnishel by Penn- sylvania. There are about 200 pages of names

value of local history. They must not forget that it was the historical tradition and honor and the age-long implanted ideals living in patriots' hearts which inspired the great and brave souls of the past, even to wage war for our land and its blessings— it was this that enabled us to conquer—this

THE FIRST WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN LANCASTER CITY: A COM- PARISON WITH THE MALE VOTE; YOUTHFUL AND AGED VOTERS COMPARED By H. Frank Eshleman The local history which I present to you, herein, is only six years old. It is valuable, however, because of what it records generally, and also because it

future time those additional roads (at least the longer on es) which were laid out and opened, by Jaw, from 1760 down to the Revolutionary War. A brief history of the said roads in chronological order, will now be set forth. 1714-GREAT CONESTOGA ROAD The earliest public road extendin g across Lancaster

THE ORIGINAL "TURTLE TAUBE" OF THE EPHRATA CLOISTERS The original manuscript of the "Turtle Taube" one of the most treasured documents in the world, written by the brethren in the Ephrata Cloisters more than a century and a half ago, has been turned over to the Congressional Library in Washington

the State of Pennsylvania, introduced into the United States the first intensive agriculture, the first great basis of all our national wealth and the basis without which we could not have reached the super-eminence in the world we now proudly hold as a nation. That intensive agriculture, the great

& Ellis history states (p. 30) that the people of Lancaster and the back counties actually went to Philadelphia and took the dead bodies of the murdered inhabitants and hauled them about the streets with placards announcing that they were victims of the Quaker policy of non-resistance . . . that they

United States service. The remnant of the Lancaster County Com- pany went with the battalion. Thos. Boude was a Lieutenant and Dan. Broad- head a Lt. Colonel in the Regiment. Adam Hubley was also connected with it some time. The Third State Battalion on its return from Fort Washington was the nucleus of

prosper the public councils of the whole. To inspire our Commanders both by land and sea, and all under them, with that wisdom and fortitude which may render them fit instruments, under the Providence of Almighty God, to secure for these United States, the great- est of all human blessings, "Independence

�Bucks Countians lodged as follows: Isaac Van Horne at Nauman's and Ralph Stone and James Erwin at John Musser's corner of East Orange and Lime Streets and Gerardus Wynkoch at Judge Henry's. The Chester County legislators divided: Jos. Hemphill lodged at A Scott's on Orange Street; Jas. Hannum at

Brecknock Town- ship, four teams, a repeating eight day clock, a repeating watch, nine hogs- heads of cider-royal and sundry sorts of household goods." HENRY WEAVER In the issue of April 9, there is set forth the great United States lottery created by resolution of Congress of November 18, 1776, for the

against other colonies for her own welfare. All the Colonies did the same ; and this was laid down generally, as the policy, by each Colony, of collecting part of the ex- pense of its Government, from other Colonies. The Supreme Court of the United States under the Constitution, had a hard task on hand to

negro boy, fourteen years old, for sale. He sets out that he has had smallpox and measles ; and is country born. The issue of July 9 contains an article stating that James Sterrett of Rapho Township, lost his negro servant boy. I mention this only because the Sterretts of Donegal and of that

, Mrs. Charles Bohm and Barbara DeHuff, whose names appear on the list, have by their subscription shown their patriotism and have added a little part to that history still largely unwritten, namely the part the women played in the early life of our county and its history. It is worthy also of note that