CONESTOGA By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XI, No. 3, pp. 75-113, of the Proceedings of The Lan- Lancaster County Historical Society, appears an article entitled, "How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster." In that paper the author, the late William Uhler Hensel, Esq., de- scribed, in minute

also the capital of Pennsylvania from the summer of 1799 until the autumn of 1812. Carefully preserved among the archives of the Lancaster County Historical Society is an interesting old handbill, published in 1809 by the then well- known printer of Lancaster, William Greer. It is headed, "A List of

reported a constitution for the government of the 'American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry', which was read, approved and unanimously adopted. Every inhabitant of the county of Lancaster who feels an individual interest in the encouragement of

A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

Lancaster was the last civilized outpost on the western frontier during the French and Indian wars its workshops already were turning out wagons, guns, clothing and numerous items for the protection of the Pennsylvania hinterland. Who can say how many of those artisans and mechanics "invented" day-by-day

of our fellow citizens must hereafter depend, and in anticipation of measures which it is confidently hoped will be pursued at no distant day by the government, a number of citizens of the city and county of Lancaster have formed an association, which has adopted for its govern- ment the following

time as Lancaster was not incorporated as a city until March 20th, 1818. Mennonites of Donegal and Manor Townships Address Letter to Governor McKean By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N March 11th, 1800, a number of Mennonites who resided in Donegal and Manor townships, Lancaster county, Pa., ad- dressed a