ANN LETORT The second in a series on noteworthy women in Lancaster County history, this article on Ann Letort by Marian Wallace Reninger brings new attention to the courage and versatility of pio- neer women. Ann Letort was a French Huguenot who came to America with her husband James in 1686. They

publication.) Lancaster, Pennsylvania EVELYN A. BENSON NOTES 1. Rupp, Israel D. History of Lancaster County . . . Lancaster, Pa.: G. Hills, 1844, p- 512; Ellis, Franklin. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1883, pp. 7, 15, 758; Klein, H-M.J. Lancaster County, Pennsyl

In Recognition of Their Prominence: A Case Study of the Economic and Social Backgrounds of an Ante- Bellum Negro Business and Farming Class in Lancaster County Carl D. Oblinger Preface Social and political revolutions are based upon a few determin- ants. There must be a mass of men (identifiable

MARION WALLACE RENINGER ANN MOORE & MARY DICKSON It may come as a pleasant surprise to many citizens of Lancaster who have urged that more women be appointed or elected to positions in local, state or national government, when they learn that two of the heads of our Lancaster postoffice, in the

various matters by professional men. When the Saturday Evening Post wanted some one to write on the Lancaster County Dutch and Plain people here, they asked Mr. W. U. Hensel who referred them to Miss Mary Martin. She recommended Helen Reimensnyder (Martin) who had already written several sketches on these

Gibbons deserves a place on the roll of women of whom Lancaster County can be proud. �APPENDIX List of some of the men who helped in the Underground Railroad stations in Lancaster County William Wright Columbia Daniel Gibbons 1775-1853 Dr. Joseph Gibbons, Bird-in-Hand 1818-1883 Dr. J. K. Eshleman

A case in point is offered in the pamphlet entitle 1 List of 104 Maga- zines Against the Distribution and Sale of Which the District At- �torneys of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania have issued Warning which quotes two letters from District Attorney, Charles W. Eaby, dated June 24, 1936 and December 8

a distillery in 1782, Lititz eventually became a distilling cen­ ter in Lancaster County. �Jacob Leman, a French Huguenot, joined the ranks of brewers by 1792. Michael Bernitz, and Krug, Kleiss and Leman were oper­ ating brew houses in 1808.4 Four county breweries existed in 1810; their total

Sacrifice of the Mass. It is said that some of these chapel-houses are still in existence. In this same year, 1704, a chapel-house of this type was built at Bohemia, Cecil County, in Eastern Maryland, by Father Thomas �1 INCH = 15 MILES OPPEN EWAGO M A N D Y L A •ELIZABETHTOWN &LANCASTER LUMBIA DELAWARE

Lancaster County. These first settlers were followed closely after- wards by French Huguenots from Alsace and Lorraine. Pushing past the areas settled by the first two groups of settlers came the Scotch-Irish in 1715. English Quakers and Welsh Episcopalians ar- rived in the region nearly simultaneously with