, all that one would expect to find in a gracious, college- bred man, supplied the legal talent and culture, necessary for their activities; while Mr. Cameron, orphaned early in life, his education acquired through the medium of his trade—printing, and the rougher tutoring of experience, provided the

Survey. of 19th Century iron Industry in Lancaster County BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE The romance of eighteenth century iron industry has appealed to many historians, novelists and artists. Mention of this dram- atic enterprise immediately suggests lovely stone mansions sur- rounded, plantation-wise

, and each probably has more than a suspicion how well it is meeting those goals. This survey has but one basic purpose: to show members of the Lancaster County Historical Society how its sources of income, number of mem- bers, dues charged, and type of publication compare with similar societies. Of

HARRISON TOWNSHIP RETRACED Fifty-eight years ago, H. E. Steinmetz prepared for the Lancaster County Historical Society a paper entitled "Political Divisions of Lancaster County" which later was published in Volume 5 of the Society's Papers. Among the election districts of the county Mr. Steinmetz

native of Lancaster, one Mr. Martin H. Brackbill, who had been born on Nevin street, this city, mulled through those papers and selected enough material to sustain a column in the Harrisburg Daily Patriot through two years, 1940-41-42, entitled "Backgrounds of Old Harrisburg and Vicinity." From those