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

same churches last mentioned and also of many other churches in and about Philadelphia. The records go back as early as 1700. Volume 10 is wholly taken up with the Revolutionary War, and con- tains a mass of Lancaster County History in that War, scattered through it. �Volume 11 contains matter on the

attitude towards the Revolutionary War. V. 16 p. 253. 1732 Quoting Smith's History of Pennsylvania, which seems to discuss the history of Quakers particularly we find it stated regarding the beginning of the Quaker sect in Lancaster County that "A meeting for worship every first and fifth day was held at

table. — 3 V., 69. Assembly favor erection of Lancaster County. — 3 V., 71. The Palatines in the remote part of the Province who settled without license on Proprietor's land want relief. — 3 V., 72. A bill to enable the Mennonites to hold land and trade in the Province is now considered. — 3 V., 72. A

, 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

JAMES ANNESLY'S (LORD ALTAMONT'S) TRADITIONAL RESIDENCE IN LANCASTER COUNTY, FROM 1728 TO 1741 — NOT A FACT — ONLY UNFOUNDED TRADITION. By H. Frank Eshleman. Rupp, in a foot note page 243 of his History of Lancaster County, says that "James, afterwards Lord Altham, was confined in the prison at

(d) FOUR GREAT SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Among the Taylor Papers in the Manuscript Department of the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania, are found (with a great number of others) four great surveys of lands in Lancaster County, which may well challenge our interest and which are of great value

�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

. James Chambers, another Lancaster County man, also had a com- pany in action early in the War. These companies later went under our famous Gen. Edw. Hand and were known as Hand's riflemen . After their term expired they re-enlisted and became part of the First Regiment of Penn- sylvania, in the

(a) LANCASTER COUNTY CONTRIBUTORS TO RELIEF OF BOSTON, 1774 Among the manuscripts in the Manuscript Department of the Library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society at Philadelphia in a Volume entitled "Lancaster County Miscellaneous Papers," pp. 5 and 7 appear the following documents: "We whose