visitor was introduced to THE BOOK, the Holy Writ from the inspired hands of Saints Samuel Evans and Franklin W. Ellis, also known as the authors and �12 JOURNAL OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY editors of the Ellis and Evans History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, published in 1883. It was

June 1778 2 July 1778 to 1 March 1781 �93/3, 1991 91 Congress Under the Articles of Confederation Philadelphia, Pa. Princeton, N.J. Annapolis, Md. Trenton, N.J. New York, N.Y. 1 March 1781 to 21 June 1783 30 June 1783 to 4 November 1783 26 November 1783 to 19 August 1784 1 November 1784 to 24 December

84/3, 1981 131 An Unusual Discovery Prisoner-of-War Barracks in Lancaster Used During the Revolutionary War By Albert G. Overton and J. W.W. Loose Although historians have known for a long time barracks to house British and Hessian prisoners-of-war during the American Revolution were located at the

Seventy-Five Years of Publishing Lancaster County History by John Ward Willson Loose As the Journalof the Lancaster County Historical Society cele- brates its seventy-fifth anniversary, we are reminded it may be well to pause and to reflect on the history of that venerable publication. The

Fourth of July and commemorated the birthday of Mrs. John W. Nevin (Martha Jenkins Nevin). The Estivalia also featured appropriate music, and a congratulatory poem honoring the Lady of Caernarvon by Dr. William Nevin. Mrs. Blackwood presented an essay on "Women's Declaration of Independence." Letters of

A SURVEY OF COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN PENNSYLVANIA Few problems cause more concern among county historical society officers than those of finance, and particularly, the matter of sufficient income. This is not surprising in view of the emphasis placed on the virtue of the fatted treasury. A