weather was cool and cloudy. The event was delightful to everyone and a success in every respect. The chairmen presiding at the rendition of the program were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Professor Herbert H. Beck, president of the Lancaster County

Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse

most of these names were fathers and sons in continuous business. I shall confine the contents of this paper mainly to three heads: 1, Grandfathers' clocks; 2, to the makers of Lancaster county, and 3, deal more particularly with their own lives and ancestry, and not extensively with the family history

Britain (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) Fulton (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1913 Description: 138-151 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no

County / by D. F. Magee. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Kentucky rifle. Rifles--History. Industries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description: 47-60 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical

Pennsylvania, is called Woods Bridge, after the leading Quaker family of that section, who have long been promi- nent in Lancaster County history. It is on a road but little travelled and in poor repair, leading from Wrightsville over into Cecil County, Md. The bridge was built in 1890, and is one hundrcd and

location and boundaries of the Martin Chartier tract : together with the site of the original residence of Martin Chartier / by D. F. Magee, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Chartier, Martin, d. 1718. French Americans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster

Subject(s): Whiteside family. Whiteside, John. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1913 Description: 227-241 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 17, no. 8 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.17 Location: LCHSJL

and Sovereign, and issue only 'in the name " Pennsylvania." See Docket of Court Quarter Sessions Lancaster County No. 3, August and November terms, 1777. During his long service as Justice of the Peace and Judge from 1735 to 1780, he lived and made his home in Earl Township, on his farm deeded to him

, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1929 Description: 13-18 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 33, no. 2 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.33 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room