a considerable dis- tance, and who has been familiar with the land for miles around from boy- hood, told me that within a mile of the rise of the Conestoga, half a dozen springs empty into the main stream, which, as I traced it, crosses the county line into Caernarvon township, Perks county, at a

Thornberg. Subsequently Mar- shall bought the Thornberg property also,and then owned five-eighth of the entire front on Orange street. His house was the third from the Lime street corner. It was a stately brick mansion, three stories high, with base- ment. It is still standing, but is now much changed. An

wondrous birth was developed, that are the con- cern of history and philosophy. That the Quaker and German wave of settlement halted for a time at least at the Conestoga Creek, while the Scotch-Irish pressed forward and pre- empted the fair country lying between the Conestoga on the east and the Sus

County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [72]-84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 3 Call Number

“Stevens, Thaddeus. Statesman.” Biographical information. No date. (1 item, 2 pages to scan) Insert 2 “Thaddeus Stevens and School History,” from the Thaddeus Stevens Trade School Yearbook. Lancaster. 1955. Biographical information regarding Stevens’ involvement with education. (1 item, 2 pages to scan

MG0115_F003_In06 Lancaster July 11, 1863. dear Sir— I have just received the first communication from my manger since the rebels visited him, as he has been cooped up. They were led to where our teams were, on Tuesday, by some friend, and took all my horses, mules & harness, even the crippled