, calls this the critical period of American history ; and wrongly the schools give it very little attention. The service of Lancaster County in the French and Indian War, was indispensable. Our county was engaged in all of the classes of war services of that conflict. We furnished a major amount of the

Indian outrages. We had men in the three battalions of the Pennsylvania Provincial Battalion, consist- ing of 7 companies of foot (Do. 61). In the Augusta Regiment of Pennsylvania, we had Ensigns Samuel Atlee and Samuel Miles, two glorious names in the Revolutionary War 20 years later, at the head of

Items of Local Interest from the Pennsylvania Gazette, from 1761 to 1770.1 BY H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, ESQ. 1761. The issue of January 15 recites that the French garrison at Detroit are at Lancaster, on their way to Philadelphia and also a number of the people that were prisoners there, are also in the

proving his property may have his horse. Rev. John Woodhull was pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation at Leacock and also pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Lancaster. He was also Chaplain of the 5th Battalion (Colonel Crawford's) of the Revolu- tionary War. Earl Town, December 2, 1777 December 31

, earnestly solicit the aid of their fellow citizens of the county of Lancaster, in contributing to the alleviation of the distress and wretchedness of that gallant nation, suffering in addi- tion to the misery of war with a most ferocious and sanguinary enemy, the horrors of a destitution of the necessaries

President's ratification of the treaty of peace was celebrated in the borough with clamorous rejoicings. Business was suspended and the citi- zens spent the day in celebrating the glorious termination of the war. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 24th, 1815, states : "The confirmation of the news of

been received for the sufferers and deposited in the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania. Collections for the Sufferers from Fire in Lancaster in 1823 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, July 25th, 1823, near midnight, the inhabitants of Lancaster were awakened by the cry of fire. It originated in the

contains "The Associated Battalions of Militia in the Revolu- tionary War from 1775 to 1783." There are about 260 pages of Pennsylvania Soldiers' names alphabetically arranged—hundreds of them Lancaster County men. This is followed by about 550 pages of Documents Relating to the Associators and Militia

known by the good old names and kept by people of the best social rank." If many of us could have the fulfilment of our desires, perhaps we would restore the old days when Lancaster was the Eldorado of our great State of Pennsylvania, and gold and silver money was so plentiful that it was hauled through