the dolls were attached to their dresses. Beautiful quilts abound in the Pennsylvania Dutch country, but dated ones are very rare. Frakturs with unicorns are at the top of the folk artist's y fraktur (bottom) is dated 1791- �The weather cock was an important feature found on many 18th and 19th century

-schooled rural cousins were expressing unorthodox and advanced ideas despite the prevalence of conventional views. A Lancaster bookseller of the 1750s maintained a stock of books of rare sophistication for the literati in the hinterland. The existence of libraries in mid-eighteenth century Lancaster is too

A History of Sin and Vice: Lancaster—The Fallen Angel By John W. W. Loose, FLCHS in a community remarkable for its many churches and the reputed piety of its citizenry, the very thought of sin and vice is improbable. In this time of social disintegration and family dysfunction, it is not uncommon

was asked to serve on a small committee to revise the laws of Pennsylvania and compile them into one volume. After this was accomplished, Wright was assigned the task of remonstrating against the family of William Penn who were trying to interfere with the Pennsylvania government. Wright generally

property owner at 117 East King Street. Peter Worrall, a Quaker, married the widow of Samuel Bethel, one of Lancaster's major property-owners and developers. Worrall was a justice of the peace and a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly. George Sanderson, the town clerk, was an innkeeper. It was at his