Commissioners, empowered to erect Lancaster county, "shall purchase" a piece of land and erect "thereon a Court House, etc.," it appears that it was not completed for ten years later. Under date of No- vember 3, 1737, there is a record in the Commissioners' office that "The Com- missioners mett and considered

Assessment Lists and Other Doc- uments of Lancaster County Prior to the Year 1729. About the only original Lancaster county manuscript documents, now known, dating before 1729 are: A cer- tified copy of the petition for the erec- tion of our county, signed in 1728; the letters, drafts, surveys and

might possibly be required." On page 101. of the same Volume, a reprint from the Lancaster Miscellany, gives us additional facts on the origin of our town. The writer says that from examining documents, etc., that, "The first deed for lots in the town of Lan- caster, bear date 1735. We remark the names

launch into the overall structure and effort. Margaret, who is an artist herself and deeply involved, will discuss individuals. There is no better forum than Clio. The Arts Community Lancaster County has a rich history for fostering the arts. Moravian composers and musicians were busy in Lititz when it

Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Rhode Island were the colonies in which religious liberty was always prominent and always very effectively practiced, enjoyed and appreciated. The people who first settled Lancaster County were champions of religious freedom for 200 years before they landed here in 1710 ; and we