Brief Outline on the Care o the Poor, the Sick, and insane 0/ Lancaster County, /0a. BY HENRY A. SHOWALTER For more than fifty years after the erection of Lancaster County the poor were supported by the several townships. Two Overseers of the Poor were elected in each township. The constables and

Earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster County. The early history of Lancaster county gathers around its ancient churches. In colonial days, far more than at pre- sent, the church was the centre of so- cial life; and those who would study that life in its more recent develop- ments should not fail to

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Debt--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1901-1902 Description: [3]-7 p. ; 23 cm. Series

the loiterer meets Some strange historic lore. "Thy sons in valor bore their part, And many a noble name Endeared unto the Nation's heart Lives on the rolls of Fame!" Prior to 1708 or 1709, there were no settlements in what is now known as Lancaster county, then forming a part of Chester. A few whites

—that high revels were carried on there. The table was up to the full Lancaster county standard. The liquors equalled or surpassed the table, for was there not a Reigart's wine store to draw upon! No matter if they did not get home the same day. The beds were soft and clean, the accommodations ample; so

THE NEWSPAPERS OF LAN- CASTER COUNTY. In 1896 1 was induced to attempt the compilation of a bibliography of the newspapers, magazines and other pe- riodical issues of the press in the city of Lancaster from 1752 down to that time. Two or three previous attempts, and very successful ones, too, had

OUR FIRST CIVIL COURTS The first five terms of the Common Pleas Courts os Lancaster county were held at Conestogoe, at John Postlethwait's Tavern, now the Fehl property, on the Conestogoe and Phil- adelphia Great Road (now at this point called the "Long Lane"), near Rock Hill. This road was