ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S CONNECTIONS WITH LANCASTER AND ITS CITIZENS AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HELD ON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9TH, 1934, TO COMMEMORATE THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF LINCOLN'S BIRTH BY C. H. MARTIN O N the recognition of the 125th

the Susquehanna in that part of Lancaster county included in York county when erected as a county in 1749. Here he continued to reside until about 1761, when he died at an advanced age. George Smith, the oldest son, studied law in Lancaster, with Thomas Cookson, Esq., and was admitted to the Lancaster

. William Addams was born in Lancaster county, April 11th, 1777, and moved to Berks county, where, after serving as a member of the State As- sembly, he was elected to Congress and served from March 4th, 1825, to March 4th, 1829. He died at Sinking Springs, Pa., May 30th, 1858. SYDENHAM ELNATHAN ANCONA

the Indiana County Normal School, Indiana, Pa., and remained there a few years, later being elected professor of higher mathematics at Swarthmore College. He Iater was offered the prin- cipalship of the West Chester State Normal School, which offer he declined but did accept the vice-principalship