A VISIT TO HISTORICAL SCENES* (Describing a visit to Lancaster, Pa., in July, 1926) By HARRY PRINGLE FORD It was a rare privilege recently to visit the attractive city of Lancaster, Pa., sixty-eight miles west of Philadelphia, with its wealth of historical asso- ciations and its many evidences of

Lancaster's Contribution to Cumberland in the Fire of 1833 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O NE of the most fearful conflagrations, and, perhaps, the most destructive, that had ever befallen any town in our country, occurred in Cumberland, Maryland, on Sunday, April 14th, 1833. The fire commenced about

Lancaster's Contribution to Snow Hill in the Fire of 1834 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In The Lancaster Union of December 9th, 1834, appeared a communication, under the date of November 25th, which is as follows: "I have just emerged from a night of horrors. The center of the most valuable section of

John Keller. It was purchased by a Mr. Gonter who sold the property to Christopher Hager, founder of Hager's Store of Lancaster. Hager purchased and developed much of the land in the west end of Lancaster. A Herr/Appel Genealogy HERR, Christian, m. Maria Light d. 1898 Martin Light, b. 1838; d. 2/1902 m

JAMES ANNESLY'S (LORD ALTAMONT'S) TRADITIONAL RESIDENCE IN LANCASTER COUNTY, FROM 1728 TO 1741 — NOT A FACT — ONLY UNFOUNDED TRADITION. By H. Frank Eshleman. Rupp, in a foot note page 243 of his History of Lancaster County, says that "James, afterwards Lord Altham, was confined in the prison at

states—"1 durst undertake to have corn enough from the savages for 300 men for a few trifles." Hudson's and Harriett's accounts also correspond with Smith's statement. When Gov. Calvert arrived in Maryland in 1634 the natives had such a store of corn that he traded 1000 bushels of it and sent it to the

. Proceeding from the lesser to the better known, let us first consider Jeremiah Bular. There are only few references to Bular in the various record groups which can be used to research Lancaster County"s Black history. The Borough tax lists for 1817 and 1819 identify him as a "laborer." Un- fortunately this

, together with the high taxes our citizens are annually sub- jected to in consequence of having Lancaster erected into a city by an Act of the Legislature, we will use our best endeavors to procure signatures to a petition to be forwarded to the next Legis- lature praying to have the law repealed erecting

"Guide to Materials for American History in Swiss and Austrian Archives." Among the manuscripts he examined in Zurich was a list of the emigrants to Pennsylvania and Caro- lina between the years 1734-1744. This is a complete list of emigrants from every district of the Canton of Zurich during the period