THE ELSER HOMESTEAD AND FAMILY HISTORY, The Elser homestead, better known as Elser's saw mill, is located on Mid- dle Creek, in Clay township, about one-half mile southeast of the village of Clay. The original tract contained 104 acres of limestone land, while the tract at present contains 96 acres

shillings, "to sell rum by the small." Among them were Christopher Franciscus, John Miller, Samuel Bethel and Casper Loughman. 1 From the ·Charter of the Borough of Lancaster, as printed in Mombert's History of Lancaster County. �46 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY We feel that at times, less scrupulous

The History of Flintlock AND THE PETER GRUBBS OF CORNWALL By Samuel E. Dyke This is the story of an American Flintlock Pistol and the authentication of its owners, together with discovery of hitherto unknown facts concerning their lives and personalities. Flintlock pistols of American origin were

was baptized in the church at Steinweiler on Septem- ber 28, 1701, and John, who was born in 1703, and was baptized in the church of Rhorbac on February 2, 1703. Katharine, her oldest daughter, had, in 1703, married Isaac Lefever,—he who had come with the family from France. She then had one child

M. LUTHER HEISEY THE LANE FAMILY OF LANCASTER Despite the overshadowing influence of James Buchanan, the Lane Family man- aged to chalk up a few points of its own, all of which are told here by the Venerable Bede of Lancaster. THE LANES COULD SAY, "DEAR UNCLE" With the destruction of two business

EVELYN A. BENSON THE HUGUENOT LE TORTS FIRST CHRISTIAN FAMILY ON THE CONESTOGA Mrs. Benson, long an outstanding authority on the relationships between Pennsylvania Indian traders and the Proprietary Government, reveals in this research paper the origins and ordeals of an early trading family which

Lincoln's habits were better than Douglas, and that he had a better pros- pect for a career than Douglas had. Miss Todd obeyed this medical injunction, became Mrs. Lincoln, and, obtained fame through the immortal Lincoln, as few other women in the world's history have. Dr. Wallace was the family physician

. Parthemore, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Bricker, Jacob, 1785-1868. Bricker family. Brickerville (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1898-99 Description: [20]-21 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 1 Call

reconstructed the early history and genealogy of the Demuth family, which is the basis for the present paper. The main source of my information were the manuscripts written by Rev. George Neisser," the first diarist of Bethlehem, who kept meticulous notes of the happenings and events of the early Moravians