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

...7wo-hundredth Anniveriary of Lancasters incorporation -As a &rough By M. LUTHER HEISEY The first of May — a day usually associated with disorders and demon- strations in the cities of Europe; the First of May—here a day of rejoicing and rededication for the citizens of Lancaster, this year made

PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3 By M. LUTHER HEISEY The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter

Railroad and Bridge Builders of Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY "They Builded Better Than They Knew" Transportation, ever a prime problem of the human race, received a mighty impetus in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century. It was then steam was introduced as a motive power, and

insisted upon its legal right to carry all the mail. In the Lancaster directories, we find Mr. Barr listed as follows: in 1857, "Barr, Elias, news agent, home Orange Street near North Queen Street;" in 1858 to 1870, "Barr's Book Store, 29 East King Street, opposite Court House," or "Elias Barr & Co., 31

Religious Life in Lancaster Borough By CAROLINE S. COLDREN In Collaboration With M. LUTHER HEISEY The earliest civic record of the Borough of Lancaster deals with a phase of the religious life of the community by regulating the activities of the in- habitants on the Sabbath day. It is a significant

the post office in King's Street." This is the first known post office in Lancaster proven by documen- tary evidence. This is further substantiated by a bond in possession of the Lancaster County Historical Society, bearing date of August 11, 1753, with an imprint reading, "Printed by S. Holland at

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