children were:7 A. Colonel Jacob Davies Mathiot, 1789-1865, ironmaster.8 B. Eliza, 1791-1874, married Col. Robert Davidson, who re- fused to take part in the infamous surrender of General Hull in the War of 1812. C. Catherine, 1793-1839, married General Lucius Smith, New- ark, Ohio. He was a canal

is now oc- cupied by Miller and Bushong, Inc. At one time is was known as the Franklin Iron Works. From 1861 to 1865, the mill was owned by Michael H. Moore, grandfather of Messrs. Levi and Michael G. Moore of the Moore Dairy. During this period is experienced some prosperity due to war time

and a companion established themselves in a cabin along Mill Creek, about eight miles above its junction with the Conestoga, near Bird- in-Hand, Lancaster County. For some time Beissel acted in the self-appointed capacity as spiritual leader of the numerous German sectarians, including the Mennonites

." 27 Henry Bachman who offered his newly invented patent bathing machines for sale in Lancaster in 1833 was striking out on untried paths in a generation when bathing customs were quite different from today. The inventor had some of his appliances in operation, and their function may be inferred from

the kind consideration of the library staffs of the Division of Public Records of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the Franklin and Marshall College Library, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Lancaster County Historical Society, the Lancaster Newspapers, the Library of

Temperance Movement in Pennsylvania Prior to the Civil War," Pa. Mag. of Hist. and Biog., XLIX, 204. 121 Hazard, Register, IV, 60. 130 Ibid., VIII, 236. �Taverns in Lancaster appear to have increased rather than decreased between 1831 and 1837. 131 However, temperance advocates were active at this time

general use in the area, progressive Lancaster County industrialists were shifting to steam and ushering in an epoch which would eventually doom the water wheels to stand still. Metal workers, other than those already discussed, played a prominent part in the early economic life of Lancaster County

to the other, and the peculiar role played by each in the acquiring, preserving and interpreting the records of human life and activity.) PRESENTATIONS Slide and Film Strip Projector From Samuel C. Slaymaker The National Colors From the Sens of the Revolution By DANIEL RHOADS "THE STARS AND STRIPES