. Root, Vice- President and Treasurer, of Allentown, Pa.; Mr. L. C. Pursell, Second Vice-President, of Allentown, Pa.; and to Mr. James Huebner, Vice-President, Lancaster Division, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Most of the material in this study has been secured from data and records owned by the

lines in Lancaster County. This new organization, the Pennsylvania Traction Company, took steps to acquire not only the lines to Columbia, Marietta and the "Belt," but also the city lines in Lancaster and the rural lines running to Millersville and Lititz. Consequently, on February 5, 1894, all of the

. James M. Beck, Solicitor General of the United States in President Coolidge's administration, at Lititz, Pa., about twenty years ago. Mr. Beck was a Lancaster Countian, a native of Lititz, and a first cousin of our Society's President, Dr. Herbert H. Beck. His familiarity with records of the United

Libraries in Lancaster By ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER In 1760, when Lancaster was one of the most thriving inland cities of the colonies, and a point of interest to travellers who wished to understand America, a group of leading citizens met to form the "Lancaster Library Company." 1 This first board

The First Columbia &i4 By Robert H. GOODELL On March 28, 1809, an act of Assembly was approved, which authorized the Governor of Pennsylvania to incorporate a company for the purpose of making and erecting a bridge over the Susquehanna. River in Lancaster County, at or near the town of Columbia

buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section 0, Philadelphia, Pa. Adam Diller was captain in the Second Cavalry Regiment, Second Brigade, of Pennsylvania Militia, 1814. Sheriff of Lan- caster County, 1827. Adjutant General of Pennsylvania, 1839- 1845, and was considered as a candidate for Governor of Penn

Hills from about 1740 to about 1895. The Cornwall Furnace used charcoal until it went out of blast in 1883. (Cornwall Records, Edward M. Patton). After the decline of the local furnaces some charcoal was still made for blacksmiths and tin- smiths. Recently published accounts of Pennsylvania Iron

religiously-minded is proved by the records, which show, almost without exception, that they were members of the Lutheran, Reformed, Epis­ copal, Catholic, or Moravian congregation. Lancaster then was restricted· in amusements and social diversions, for complains Thomas Cookson, "wee have no Back Gammon

business ceased. Mr. Jere Hess Barr, of Reading, Pa., a descendant of Elias Barr, and a well-known philatelist, has the following Barr's Penny Dispatch stamps on the original envelopes: Green stamp, pen cancelled, letter addressed to the Hon. Benjamin Champ- neys, Lancaster, Pa. Barr's Penny Dispatch tied

Council of Pennsylvania, died in Lancaster, May 23, 1778, and by request of the church council the remains were buried within Trinity Church, in front of the old altar and pulpit. Major General Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, passed away on January 19, 1800. and his remains are interred by the