"The Juliana Library Company in Lancaster" By HON. CHARLES I. LANDIS T HE history of this library may almost be said to be a twice- told tale, for Dr. F. R. Diffenderffer, in a local monthly period- ical called "Christian Culture," published in Lancaster in 1891, has given some very interesting

"The Juliana Library Company in Lancaster" By HON. CHARLES I. LANDIS T HE history of this library may almost be said to be a twice- told tale, for Dr. F. R. Diffenderffer, in a local monthly period- ical called "Christian Culture," published in Lancaster in 1891, has given some very interesting

the securing of a better and a more permanent road. It is evident that the "good-roads" question was as acute in those days as in ours. �PART II. THE TURNPIKE ROAD. T HE Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company was the first import- ant public improvement in this State. Its effect on the

Lancaster subscribers to the original company. I sought earnestly for it, but at that time in vain. I knew that a report had been made to the Governor of the State by the Commissioners ap- pointed to take the subscriptions, and, therefore, even after the publication of that article, I continued the search

The Lancaster Stage Dispatch Lancaster, in the early days, was one of the busiest, if not the very busiest, stage town in the United States, and, as the old geographies tell us, it was also the largest inland city. As far back as 1754, Governor Pownall, in describing the main roads around

shall be a Court of Record es- tablished in and for the city and county of Lancaster by the name and style of 'The District Court for the City and County of Lancaster,' which shall consist of a president, who shall have power to try, hear and determine all civil pleas and actions, real, per- sonal and

army. The houses, every night, are filled with soldiers. The whole Militia from Lancaster, which the previous week marched off to Philada., ran away from there and came back again. This was taken very much amiss of them. Feb'y 17 Gen. Roberdeau's wife was today buried in Presbyterian church- yard. The