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

Protectionism, Wages and Strikes in the Anthracite Iron Industry of Lancaster County: 1840-1900 By John Ward Willson Loose This article has been excerpted from the author's master's thesis completed in 1967 • The Anthracite Iron Industry of Lancaster County, Pa.: 1840-1900. During much of the

mechanical genius in Lancaster County was William Henry. Henry's abilities in gunsmithing and his outstanding contributions to winning the American Revolution have been described well by Samuel Dyke and others of the gunsmithing fraternity. The manufacture of guns obviously presented numerous challenges to

The Mathiot Family of Lancaster County BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE One may wonder why a family named Mathiot is significant enough to merit research beyond the private confines of genealogy. Although the Mathiot family is observing its two hundredth anniversary in America and Lancaster County this