darkness of the night to its progress, the sun was still shining brightly over the orange groves of California. It is also an interesting fact that while the death of Henry Mansin (or Marson) who claimed to be a British officer, has left no memory even in Lancaster, where all of its tragic details took

sufficient quantity of Apples to eat or dry, as much Hackled Hemp or Flax as she can Spinn and as much Firewood as she shall have occasion for, and £200." These wills are somewhat more liberal to the wife than the majority of them. For in, those long past days a woman had few rights. It seems that even her

. Title: Sketches of some Lancaster County characters from the Godcharles biographies / by Hon. A. G. Seyfert. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Henry, William, 1729-1786. Gibson, John, 1740-1822. Chambers, Stephen, 1753-1789. Rieger, Jacob. Fritchie, Barbara, 1766-1862. Godcharles, Frederic Antes, 1872

for investigation; and on Wednesday, June 3, 1925, in company with two other gentlemen, the presi- dent and vice-president of this society, I visited the home of Mr. Charles Henry and Misses Sophia and Clara Henry, who live near the Borough of Nazareth, in Northampton County. They are great-great

old ruins was of such a high order that the superbly hewn blocks of stone have long ago been hauled away to be used again in building the foundations of barns and bridges. The lower part of the historic Martha Furnace is still standing a short distance south of Reidsburg. It is used as a spring house

$73,280.77. The purchase was consummated on May 26, 1816. The names of the men who composed the Lancaster Land Company were Christian Kaufman, J. Sherer, D. LeFevre, Christian Huber, John Bachman, Daniel Reigart, Benjamin Long, Chris .Stauffer, Jr., George Morry, Lewis Urban, Henry Shippen, Samuel Miller