rapidly going on. Those letters are mounted in folios entitied "Lancaster County Miscellany" and "Taylor Pa- pers", etc., rstn the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia; but that does not stop the fading out of the ink. It is with the greatest diffi- culty even now that some of them may be

Material: Book Subject(s): Music--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Landisville (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: [3]-27 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

, and as a result, the public and most scholars are unaware of the existence of this rare survivor. In the summer of 2005, the archaeology program of Millersville University began the rst archaeological excavations ever undertaken at this site. If you are interested in the history of the property or

Brethren's Church or Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) . He came to Pennsylvania in 1741, preached at Germantown for some time, established congregations at Beth- lehem, Nazareth and Lititz, promoted Christian communistic set- tlements, and preached at different points in Lancaster County, Pa. Zinzendorf

covered theater, art, music and other creative endeavors. At this date, in 1990, Lancaster can boast one of the liveliest art scenes in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The number of art shows, concerts, plays, lectures and other events linked to the arts is so great that you could attend something

Schools and education in the &rough 01 Lancaster By P. M. HARBOLD An Act of the Provincial Council of the Colony of Pennsylvania, passed February 6, 1730, permitted "any religious society of Protestants . . . to purchase or establish houses for schools, etc." In the spirit of this Act, the

the consistory of the old German Reformed Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Without the courtesy and efficient help of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company officials, this paper could not have been written. The author expresses his apprecia- tion and acknowledges his indebtedness to Mr. A. D

this particular phase of activity. Mrs. William Rote, Jr., and Mr. M. Luther Heisey, members of the Lancaster County Historical Society, advise that Dr. Samuel W. Miller, then recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical College, became superintendent and resident physician in 1895

' contacts with these whites were not limited to business and economic transactions. The black barbers also acted in concert with these whites to fight the Columbia and Lancaster Colonization Societies4; they smuggled Negro fugitives into Lancas- ter County from the South; and they supported each other in