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

Social Life in Lancaster Borough By ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER It was Benjamin Rush writing in 1789 on the "Manners and Customs of the German Inhabitants of Pennsylvania," 1 who called attention to the fact that the description given by Tacitus of the German Village of the first cen- tury A.D

Henry Harbaugh in Lancaster By ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER In October, 1851, when Henry Harbaugh, who had been pastor of First Reformed Church for a little over a year, preached a series of "Centenary Sermons"1 in celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the stone building in which the

Baiter Customs of Lancaster County By ELIZABETH CLARKE KIEFFER I F YOU ask any of the students from Baghdad, of whom there I are usually two or three at Franklin and Marshall College, if they are familiar with Easter eggs, you will receive an enthusias- tic response in the affirmative. You will

the writer has seen was one of the year 1816 in the files of the Lancaster County Historical Society. In Columbia, at this period The Susquehanna Waterman was published by Thomas Armor Wilson, as early as 1812. The only copy which the writer has seen was dated in 1816, and belongs to Mr. J. Jay Wisler

Maria, 5 Harry, 6 Anne, 7 Edward, 8 Emaline. 4 Daniel, b. 1793, lived in Columbia, Pa. 5 Heinrich, b. January, 1796, d. April 16, 1804. 6 George Thomas, b. April 17, 1800, d. July 12, 1803. Matthias Zahm was the son of Matthias Zahm, who came to Lancaster from Bethlehem. He was descended from sturdy

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