representatives to the Boston Port Bill meeting, and their action and resolutions are set forth under this date. The meeting was held in our Court House July 9, 1774. V. 3 p. 37. 1775 A writer in the Penn Gazette furnishes Reminiscences of Philadelphia under this date and incidentally refers to Lancaster as

Lancaster County felt the appeal and the position of Boston. It is also to be noted that here we have evidence to a small extent of the part the patriotic women of those times helped the "cause". Catharine Reigart, Mary Ferree, Anne Elizabeth Snyder, Elizabeth Graeff, Elizabeth Gross, Mrs. Henry Helmuth

. (Pa. Gazette, June 14, 1770). �But they turned to silk also. Rewards were offered for the best reeled silk throughout the Province and Lancaster County led the contest. Widow Stoner raised 72,800 cocoons, Casper Falkner, 22,845, and Catharine Steiner, 21,800, all of this county. (Gazette, Mar. 17

Lancaster County Sat. July 9, 1774, at the Lancaster Court House. At this meeting a committee was appointed to meet committees of other coun- ties at Phila. July 15, 1774. Subscriptions were taken for the relief of Boston brethren. On Sept. 9, 1774 the committee reported the collections of the borough of

(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

.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1925 Description: 23-32 p. 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 3 Notes: Books entitled Statutes at Large, Colonial Records, First Series of Pennsylvania Archives, and Votes of

of investigations and reports in regard to a number of pensioners of wars prior to 1840 for any person or organization, therefore it is not practicable to verify the list of forty four pensioners, sent by you, who resided in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1840 and inform you for what service they

are given. This is to be regretted. The strength of political parties should be known to students of history. For Lancaster County, the following results are given: Counsellor, John Hubbley; assembly, William Henry, Alexander Laray, Philip Marsteller, William Brown, Joseph Miller, Josiah Crawford

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Taylor papers. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1921 Description: 5-16 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.25 Location