Law and Order Society. The stated object was to "to secure, by all proper means, the enforcement of the laws against Sunday traffic of whatever nature and character the same may be, and of all such laws and ordinances as may from time to time exist in this Commonwealth relating to the liquor traffic

property owner at 117 East King Street. Peter Worrall, a Quaker, married the widow of Samuel Bethel, one of Lancaster's major property-owners and developers. Worrall was a justice of the peace and a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly. George Sanderson, the town clerk, was an innkeeper. It was at his

Pennsylvania was expected to unite the rivals. The first meeting of Beissel and Mack concluded all such hopes. Beissel was approached by the condescending, solicitous Mack who cried, "The peace of God the Lord be with you!" as he embraced the cold, aloof Beissel. The laconic reply was, "We have that peace

other two were at Hatboro and Darby, close to Philadelphia. It was closely associated with the borough government, the burgesses and library board members being the same. The first librarian was Samuel Magaw. Books were to be kept out not longer than one week. By 1763 the library was functioning under

The Effort to Build a State Penitentiary at Lancaster A Bit of Local History Recently the Lancaster County Historical Society purchased at a public sale several documents for a modest sum. One of the documents was a "memori- al" sent to the Pennsylvania legislature by the Commissioners of Lancaster

markets. Accordingly, between 1840 and 1900 the newer technology resulted in the erection and operation �of fifteen pig iron blast furnaces and eight iron rolling mills in a triangle located within points at Lancaster, Safe Harbor and Marietta. Six furnaces were adjacent to Marietta, and two more lay