The Political History and Development of Lancaster County's First Twenty Years, 1729-1749 Partisan political sentiment existed in Lancaster county at the time of its creation in 1729, the division of sentiment being on the very question of organizing the county. The econ- omical German-Swiss

backgrounds of the 340 Negro semi-skilled and unskilled laborers of the four communities stood in sharp contrast to that of the seventy-five Negro farmers and businessmen. Less than ten per cent of this laboring group had lived in the county for more than twenty years, and only a few of these men and their

-heated Lowe Water Gas sets with a capacity of 250,000 cubic feet a day were installed. In 1910, most of the stock of the Columbia Gas Company was purchased by the Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company. Twenty years later (1930), the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company acquired this stock when the

weather was cool and cloudy. The event was delightful to everyone and a success in every respect. The chairmen presiding at the rendition of the program were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Professor Herbert H. Beck, president of the Lancaster County

as that dedicated to domestic architecture," said Hallam. How true this is regarding the early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Here we can find a large part of the history of the days of our forefathers recorded in the walls of the houses they built. From the time of the earliest home

only a 4-inch main and a spring for their first supply. They finally rigged up a hose line from a fireplug at the County Prison, three squares from the fire scene." Asylum Damaged by Fire In the library of the Lancaster Newspapers from the Weekly Intelligencer we find that a bank barn on the rear 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

' Biog. History, p. 478. "Life and Public Services of James Buchanan," by R. G. Horton, pp. 20, 21. Buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa. Bronze marker. BURNS, Anthony T.: d. May 18, 1833; aged 42 years. Pvt. under Capt. Michael Spangler and Col. Maxwell Kennedy. Pa. Arch., 6th Series, Vol. 8

scenery and the beautiful and healthy country in which it is situated, eminently fits it for a delightful summer rest." The State Medical Society was the guest of the Lancaster County Medical Society, which was organized in 1844, or three years before the State So- ciety itself. Of all the medical men