unoccupied ground surrounded the plot, it would have sufficient light, air, and freedom from external disturbances. Water, thought to be an essential in a building which would house important documents, could be read- ily obtained.15 By February, 1852, the citizenry of Lancaster City and County had joined in

. 7, 302 (April 21, 1849): Deed Book I, Vol. 6, 212 (April 10, 1837). All the Deed Books are located at the Lancaster County Court House, Recorder of Deeds Office, Lancaster, Pa. 'See Appendix IX for property evaluations of these men. " For these involvements see Smedley, History of the Underground

was named St. Joseph's Mission Chapel, and was the predecessor of the present Old St. Joseph's Church, which stands on the site. It was known as far back as the early 1720's that Catholics were living in other parts of the Colony. The settlements at Cone- wago, Lancaster and Goshenhoppen have an

print through the years and will not be new to readers of church history �but we believe that this is the first time that an attempt has been made to correlate the work of Francis Asbury and Henry Boehm. In the preparation of this sketch we have extracted data from sev- eral books which tell us much