there 6 "History of Lancaster County," by I. Daniel Rupp, p. 287. 7 "Reformed Mennonite Church," by Dr. Daniel Musser, p. 242. �were candidates and an additional number of Bibles with slips equal to the ministers to be chosen, be used. He said in this man- ner the Lord had a chance to make a choice and

fitting that these facts be recorded while the participants are still living. This is as yet contemporary history. Some day it will form a worthy chapter in the glorious annals of Lancaster County. �On December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked. On Decem- ber 8, 1941, the United States declared war on

Buchanan's Campaign In Lancaster County By GERARD BRADY INTRODUCTION The year 1856 — a year of turmoil in the United States. The question of whether slavery was to be extended into the western territories of the United States was reaching its boiling point. In Kansas a fierce battle was raging over

carries the heaviest mail of any road in the United States. The rail- road lines are known to men in the postal service as R. P. O's. — Railway Post Offices. We print a facsimile of a letter canceled on the "Phila. & Cola. R. R., May 12, 1853." As the railroad system expanded, Lancaster County benefited

laid down by Salem Monthly Meet- ing, and its members joined the Fallowfield Particular Meeting in East Fal- lowfield Township, Chester County.50 Nottingham and Little Britain Monthly Meeting (1868-1890) was located at Little Britain Village. A merger of Little Britain and Nottingham Monthly Meeting

northern Lancaster County.4 In Naperville, Illinois, lives Doctor S. P. Spreng (ninety-two years of age and Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Church), who in a recent letter to the author wrote, "Seybert was the one Bishop of the past whom I never saw nor heard. I did hear and see Bishop Long." It was

comfort. It is indeed well to recognize this fact. We are happy to know that the church is a recognized part of the rich historical life of Lancaster County. Lutheranism had an early start in our county. Into that phase of the subject we will not enter. We will confine our paper to that which relates only

published history of St. Paul's Reformed Church. "During the pastorate of Rev. John Conrad Bucher, sometime between 1775 and 1779, the church was used as 1 Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society, vol. 23, p. 5, and vol. 51, p. 127. �Monument to the memory of One Hundred and Ten Soldiers of the

state, and had been and was the center of much activity, being on the main route of travel westward through the Common- wealth. Lancaster was proposed to the Congress as the site for the capital of the United States in 1789, and a few years later, selected as the capital of Pennsylvania. Having given

theory was in Lancaster County where Mennonites, Lutherans, Quakers, Brethren, Presbyterians, Reformed, Episcopalians, Mora- vians, Roman Catholics and others lived together in peace, all adding their contributions to the building of the structure which evolved into America's Garden Spot. It is not a