spoke, having an intimate knowledge of the art and its practitioners. He tells us that "the first sun pictures or daguerreotypes taken in this city were made by Dr. Wm. B. Fahne- stock and James Damant in the attic of the building at 45 West King Street, now [1888] occupied by John W. Hubley, photo

massacres by Indians occur- ring during the days of the French and Indian War. This starts with an account of the attack on Rocky Springs. Now, whether Rupp 2 and Mombert 3 thought it referred to the local Springs is of course open to question, but later historians have assumed that it was the local Rocky

(Schmidt) on Novem­ ber 22, 1743. His name is mentioned in the court records when a certain Ludowig Stone was found guilty of "breaking and destroying the door of the Dutch Lutheran Church and the property of Michael Byerly and George Groff," in 1754. Michael was regulator of the borough streets fo.r

Chancel rail and posts. Aug. 15, 1743 Jacob Lochman gave the posts for the Lectern in the Chancel. Sept. 21, 1743 Christoph Frankel gave two pounds to purchase prayer books. Oct. 24, 1743 Johan Michael Beyerly gave the Record books, and the prayer (order of service) books. Witham Marshe, a visitor to

recognized to some extent her geniuses in arts and manu- factures. The skill of her craftsmen and the quality of their work have been fully recognized throughout the country in two particular lines of industrial endeavor. I refer to the makers of the famous Lancaster County rifles and the grandfather clocks

Shenandoah Valley Railroad, and laid an extra track for the Pennsylvania Line at Highspire. GEORGE F. Goll was born in Germany, May 21, 1832. When a young man, he came to this country, and in 1875 with John Keller engaged in railroad contracting and bridge building, devoting most of his time and skill to the

first great highway from the coastal cities. Naturally, Lancaster was among the first towns to secure postal facilities. In this section the first and nearest available postal facilities were in far-off Philadelphia, at which point letters for settlers in the "back country" �The Pennsylvania Gazette of

the archives of the Comptroller of New York City. Albany followed a few months later. In 1691 Philadelphia was organized under a borough charter. Then Annapolis in 1696, Perth Amboy 1718, Williamsburg 1722, Norfolk 1736, Richmond (Virginia) and Lancaster (Pennsylvania) in 1742, and Trenton (New Jersey

"to whom the English were under greater obliga- tion for valuable service and strict fidelity than Andrew Montour." The name persists in Pennsylvania annals through Montoursville and Montour County. �Prior Treaties Claims to a vast portion of the western continent were made by European monarchs