with him and started homeward rode 2 tavers fed then to Hollis fed then to Doe run fed took supper then home at bed time." Evidences of Masonic Activity in This City One Hundred and Sixty-Four Years Ago. At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of F. and A. M., of Pennsylvania, on St. John's day (last Tuesday

painter West. His son, John Joseph Henry, as a youth of seventeen years, accompanied Arnold's expedition to Canada, and wrote an excellent history of that ill-fated cam- paign. Later, on the death of Judge Atlee, he became Judge of the Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania, which he held from 1793

Pennsylvania troops that marched to �the defense of Baltimore, in 1812. He served an appointment as Prosecuting Attorney for Dauphin coudty, and later was thrice elected to fill the same posi- tion. Meanwhile, his reputation was rapidly growing, and in 1814 he was elected to the Congress of the United States

, William, 1715-1774. Indians of North America. Fur trade--United States. United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [305]-326 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9

): Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1898-99 Description: [185]-202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no

. Not only did she lose her most valuable colonies and incur a great war debt, but now this new burden also came along. The masses of the Loyalists were given lands, seeds, tools and provisions in British North America. " To the better classes, the churchmen, army officers and public offi- cials, were

than any Indians." He raised a Whig regiment in the neighborhood of the Schuylkill, but resigned the command at the issuing of the Declaration of Independence. Isaac Ogden wrote to Joseph Galloway in 1778: " Billy Hamilton had a narrow escape ; his trial for treason against the �states lasted twelve

cash," issued paper currency to the extent of six thousand pounds. �Massachusetts and South Carolina were the initial colonies in the United States to introduce the use of a paper currency without a metallic reserve to sustain it, and the others were not slow,on one pretext or another, to fol- low

scenery and the beautiful and healthy country in which it is situated, eminently fits it for a delightful summer rest." The State Medical Society was the guest of the Lancaster County Medical Society, which was organized in 1844, or three years before the State So- ciety itself. Of all the medical men