BRONZE TABLET TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN WRIGHT, PIONEER FERRYMAN* By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The fine service rendered by John Wright, pioneer ferryman, and one of the foremost builders of a transportation link that opened the great West to early settlers, was fittingly recognized on Tuesday morning

Historical Society; rather a difficult task wording it so as to honor the father, John Wright, through the son, James, The tablet reads as follows: "Wright Mansion, Built 1738-41 by James, a son of John Wright, 1667-1749, The enterprising and resourceful pioneer who in 1729 named Lancaster County and in 1730

unveiling of the tablet to the memory of Count Zinzendorf, at the home of D. Paul Hershey, located on the old Newport Road, one mile north of Lititz, Pa., on Sunday, Oc- tober 11th, 1936. The actual unveiling was done by Mary Jane Hershey, the ten- year-old daughter of Mrs. Sue Snyder Hershey, whose family

on the program was delivered by Major Frank Melvin, who was introduced by Professor Beck as follows: "We are honored to have as our speaker, Major Frank W. Melvin, presi- dent of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission. Immediately at the end of Major Melvin's address the tablet will be removed from

The Unveiling of the Eichholtz Tablet and Valuable Notes Concerning Some Portraits by the Distinguished Artist, Jacob Eichholtz by PROFESSOR HORACE R. BARNES The unveiling of the Memorial tablet to Jacob Eichholtz, one of Lan- caster County's most distinguished artists, marked another contribution

known, as subse- quent issues of the local papers contain no references to it. Address to John Adams by Militia of Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a meeting of one hundred and fifty officers of the militia of Lancaster county on June 21st, 1798, the following address was read and

ultimo, [September], at his residence in Columbia, Pa., in the 69th year of his age, Mr. Michael Wislar. He was one of the worthies who early engaged in the contest for freedom, in the Revolutionary War. In his 19th year, he entered the standing army of his country, and continued therein until the

Representative in Congress, Third Congressional District of California, at Lititz, Pennsylvania, August. 12, 1939, on The Occasion of Unveiling a Monument To Commemorate the Life and Achievements of General John Augustus Sutter Who Founded the City of Sacramento, California, in 1839. Mr. Chairman, Distinguished

Divine. The guilt is great, the cry is loud, And justice comes when comes a shroud." PETITION OF INHABITANTS OF LANCAS- TER TO HON. JOHN PENN NOT TO GRANT REPEAL OF LAW PROVID- ING FOR A NIGHT WATCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the manuscripts department of The Historical Society of Penn- sylvania, 1300