Volume, Trinity Lutheran Church, 1861. 974.992 L973t. Trinity Lutheran Church, original papers and programs. History of the First Reformed Church, 1904. 974.992 R322f. Two Hundred Years and More of the Filst Reformed Church, by C. Nevin Heller, 1936. The Catholic Church at Lancaster, by S. M. Sener, 1894

Lancaster was founded this year. 2 Henry Slay- 1 Because of the tree, the early Indians located here were known as the Hickory Tribe; the town became known as Hickory Town. Other names for it were Gibson's Pasture, Indian Town, Spring Town and Waving Hills. See Rupp's History of Lancaster County, p. 135. 2

organizations represented here tonight were in existence in 1742, notably Trinity Lutheran, the First Reformed, St. Mary's Catholic Church and other organizations. After Mr. Hamilton laid out the town of Lancaster in 1730 comparatively few lots were sold during the first ten years. In 1740 they began to go off

wedges, which were loosened by the jolting of the cars.—Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, p. 319. Last spring (1940), we saw two hundred of these sandstone blocks pulled out by a tractor from the original roadbed of the old Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad, on the farm of Daniel F. King

Life of William, Penn. Philadelphia, 1852. Mombert's Authentic History of Lancaster County. Description of the Prov- ince, pp. 59-71; Frames of Government, pp. 16-45 Appendix. Pound, Arthur. The Penns of Pennsylvania and England. New York, 1932. Rupp's History of Lancaster and Y ork Counties. Lancaster

." Jeremiah 18:6, "Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, 0 house of Israel." 2 Job 2:8, "And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal." 3 Burial records of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. 4 Ibid. �in the pottery business throughout the whole life of the county

offered by him, "a daguerreotype apparatus, and materials of the best kind, for sale." 5 If he used 4 Ellis and Evans' History o f Lancaster County, p. 593. 5 Advertisement appearing in the Columbia Spy from September 18 to �the outfit, he follows Fahnestock and Damant as the next oldest photographer in

Baron " Stiegel and the Muhlenbergs By M. LUTHER HEISEY In February, 1762, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg visited Heidelberg, Tulpe- hocken, Lebanon (in dreadfully cold weather), Ephrata and Canestoge; all points within the early bounds of Lancaster County. He was engaged in visiting and consoling the

in 1704, of Huguenot descent, and in 1727 married Catharina Brecht. He was an elder of First Reformed Church, but later joined the Moravian congregation, in whose cemetery he was buried in 1751. �50 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY His remains were reinterred in the Greenwood Cemetery, by the side