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

townspeople—not the "gownspeople"— formed the Harmony Literary Society to continue the work of the Schiller Verein, but the initial flush of Schiller interest had run its course. Lancaster was changing rapidly in the period following the War Between the States. Beginning in the 1840s but retarded by the war

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

municipality or society, to appropriate funds for compilation of county war histories or any general history or historical account related to the records and government of the county, and for the publication and distribution of the same. Section 1929 permits counties to appropriate up to $2000 to the oldest

was relatively small — little wonder! Between 1759 and 1779 eight persons were hanged for burglary or rob- bery. During the same period four other defendants were sentenced to be exe- cuted for stealing, but they were later pardoned or given life sentences. �Not all persons found guilty of stealing

Bloody Dawn A play by John W. W. Loose During Lancaster County's observance of the Republic's bicentennial of the American Revolution, the Quarryville Chamber of Commerce with the enthusiastic approval of the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee decided to stage a gala event on Saturday, 26 June