Marshall has made one of the most valuable contributions to our local history that we possess. For many years he kept a diary, a "Remembrancer," as he was pleased to call it, which, I believe I risk little in saying, is the fullest, most trust- worthy and readable of all the similar productions of that

with him and started homeward rode 2 tavers fed then to Hollis fed then to Doe run fed took supper then home at bed time." Evidences of Masonic Activity in This City One Hundred and Sixty-Four Years Ago. At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of F. and A. M., of Pennsylvania, on St. John's day (last Tuesday

at the Camp at the very time the Rupp letters located him in Lan- caster county. In all the letters of the time, and the histories, we find Valley Forge spoken of as the "Camp," the words Valley Forge being not frequently used. In a letter from Wayne to Mr. Richards Peters, Secretary of War, dated at

. LANCASTER,June 5, 1787. TO THE GERM AN PUBLIC. FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN. A German newspaper, the third to be published in Pennsylvania, would seem to �be somewhat superfluous, and the pub- lishers of the two others might complain especially, and not without reason, be- cause of the trifling price, as thereby

a vassal tribe, as did all the rest, to the Five Nations. In 1680 the Cayugas and Senecas almost exterminated them. The last remnant of them, known as the Conestogos, were slain in 1763 by the Paxtang boys, six at Conestogo Town and the remaining four- teen within a few yards of this spot. All these

German Master shall be admit- ted and appointed, other than such a person as shall be adjudged Capable to perform the duties and functions of a precentor or person that is capable to lead the Choir upon Divine Services, and that can act as organist afore- said." The fourth article declares that as the

were that united in this scheme to es- tablish a new county. With a single exception, they are unknown to the average reader of our history. It is only when the story of Pennsylvania as it was recorded 200 years ago is d r a g g e d i n t o l i g h t t h a t w e h e a r o f the m. E ach one of them pl