Jacob Hertzler family and de- scendants for eighty years. But to return to David Jenkins. After his full purchase of the Windsor estate, he continued the iron business until 1800, when his son, Robert Jenk- ins, assumed charge. Dying in 1848, his son, David Jenkins, carried on the business until 1850

(9) Fordney began to cut it up in 1855, by selling the greater part of the tract to Christian Kieffer by deed dated April 2, 1855, and recorded in Book H, Vol. 8, p. 564, Retaining only a small block out of the heart of it with no street fronts. Christian Kieffer immediately cut it up further by

Political Divisions of Lancaster County. Lancaster county was organized in 1729. Part of Berks county was taken from it in 1752, and Dauphin county was also taken from it, in 1785. Leba- non county was taken from Lancaster and Dauphin in 1813. The following townships embraced the present territory

Possible Joseph Gorgas Tall Case Clock Located by Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. Certified Clockmaker I was recently engaged by a local moving firm to prepare a "rare Grandfather's clock" for shipment to the West Coast. While making arrangements, I inquired as to the maker and was informed it was Joseph

mine was worked for white oxide of lead. A Mr. Tamlin was em- ployed to develop the mining property, following which Mr. Spils- bury, an experienced lead-zinc mine engineer and manager, was placed in charge. Some time after 1877 Mr. Spilsbury submitted a detailed report that contrasted in many ways

of America, when no others dared to, boldly rose to defend the liberty of a poor printer against the King's charge of libeling the Govern- ment. Though the Court, many of the people and even the jury, at first, were against him, Andrew Hamilton had the humble printer acquitted. For this noble stand

the hand of my father "Jacob Godschalk, great, great uncle whose family came over in 1699 and had a deed from Penn—per Miss Godschalk." (By this he meant the information came from Miss Godschalk, late of the Posey Patch.) The name plate on the brass dial read Jacob Godschalk, Towamencin, but this and

10 JOURNAL John Passmore: Lancaster's First Mayor and his Councils by Melvern R. Evans, Jr. From its beginning as a borough in 1742, Lancaster had been under "burgess rule." The early borough government consisted of a high burgess, a deputy called simply a "burgess," and six assistant burgesses

borough of Lancaster. —Lancaster Journal September 25, 1802 However, the electorate sensed that there was no serious charge that could be brought against Thomas McKean in his administration of the affairs of the Commonwealth; and the results of the election on October 12, 1802, indicated this feeling

the state government since 1799 and had used the courthouse rent free, they speedily acted to remove this charge against the county and against the estate of William Henry. The text of the act follows: "Whereas it appears that there is due to the Commonwealth from the estate of William Henry, deceased