. Its colonel was John A. Gorgas, a descendant of the Gorgas family of Ephrata. Just before the assassination of President Lincoln the regiment was assigned to guard the northern defenses of Washington, D.C. Following the assassination and the attempts on the lives of Secretary of State Seward and Vice

, THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA: Learning that your Honorable bodies contemplate passing an Act of Assembly to provide for the erection of a penitentiary for the confinement of criminals convicted in the central part of the State, we, the undersigned Com

to the Democratic Party with the exception of the presidential elections of 1824 and 1828, and even then, Klein claims: The voters completely failed to understand protection as a national policy or to evaluate it in its larger sense. For that reason they were unable to dis- tinguish between what

to extend to you the compliments of the Lancaster County Historical Society this evening as we gather to honor those Pennsylvanians who have left their indelible mark upon our commonwealth and nation. Announcement in the local press that Congressman Thaddeus Stevens was to be inducted into the