Mann Der unser Staat regieren kann. Ritner was elected. Workers in Iron "The Pennsylvania German migrating from the Rhenish Palatinate in large numbers between 1685 and 1710 had no lack of master artisans of the anvil. They brought with them many centuries of experience in iron working and found here

THE FAMOUS SPEECHOF HON. THADDEUS STEVENS OF PENNSYLVANIA IN OPPOSITION TO THE REPEAL OF THE COMMON SCHOOL LAW OF 1834, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 11, 1835 PUBLISHED BY THE THADDEUS STEVENS MEMORIAL ASS0CIAT10N OF PHILADELPHIA 1904 �" I will be satisfied if my epitaph

published in full in the Archives of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, John Wright, in his capacity of preacher whilst living in Chester County, had visited the Indian settlements, and thus probably became acquainted with the section of the country which was eventually to become his home, Later in 1726, coming up

The Early Architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL FORMS IN LANCASTER COUNTY DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. "No chapter in the history of national manners would illustrate so well, if duly executed, the progress of social life

_A Lancaster Schoolboy Views 5 he Civil War (Diary of Immanuel C. Pehrson, 1862-1863. Collection of the Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College) Reviewed by ELIZABETH C. KIEFFER The Civil War was a year old. Weary bands of new recruits marched through the streets of Lancaster, or pitched

. Transportation was important, for coal does not occur in Lancaster County. Anthracite coal was brought to Lancaster County by canal boat, as was steam coal from southwestern Pennsylvania. The newer furnaces had to be located on or near canals, and along railroads for delivery of pig and wrought iron to the

Sketch of the Life and Travels of John W. Tillman (West Chester, 1893), the Quakerees, Mary Haines', Clovercraft Chronicles (West Chester, 1893); Ellwood Griest's extremely important, John and Mary, Fugi- tive Slaves in South East Pennsylvania (Lancaster, 1873); the last section of W. C. Carter's and A

Philadelphia up to the time of his death. His life has been written by others, and it is unnecessary to go into any detail concerning it. James Letort was the son of Captain Jacques LeTort and his wife, Annie LeTort. Captain LeTort and his wife were Huguenot refugees, who came to Pennsylvania from London in

The Attitude of James Buchanan (a Cit- izen of Lancaster County) towards the Institution of Slavery in the United States It is the happy and appropriate function of an historical society, with even the local limitations of ours, to fearlessly explore and faithfully chron- icle the events of general

. Convinced, like Hamilton, that all of the knotty problems in Pennsylvania politics had been untangled, William Allen, James Hamilton, and four of their Quaker confederates announced in the summer of 1739 that they, too, would not seek re-election. 4 Never had they been so right — and never so wrong. True