local history, it is evident that a needed service right now, is to index or digest the mass of historical data of our county so that those who wish to gather up and develop that history may find it a very easy matter to turn to such indices or digests in order to know where to find the historical mass

quarter of the century and toward the middle thereof, will give us another view of the intensive agriculture of this great county in the early times. I will there- fore give a few of them. In 1800 an authority replying to a list of questions as to where the place of greatest fertility in the United States

., Penn's Letter to John Wright in 1733. History of lands on Pequea and Lancaster County's involvement in the boundary dispute," indicate a few of the many items of Lancaster County History in this volume. Volume 8 is wholly made of Pennsylvania Marriages from 1750 to 1810; but it is limited to the records

attitude towards the Revolutionary War. V. 16 p. 253. 1732 Quoting Smith's History of Pennsylvania, which seems to discuss the history of Quakers particularly we find it stated regarding the beginning of the Quaker sect in Lancaster County that "A meeting for worship every first and fifth day was held at

.)--History--17th century--Errors, inventions, etc. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1925 Description: 33-36 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 3 Notes: Book entitled "Memoirs of an unfortunate young nobleman, returned from a

issue of November 20th it is said that a report was afloat that 1,500 French and Indians had burnt Lancaster to the ground and were driving the inhabitants into captivity. The militia of New Castle County and Maryland were called out to meet the said Indians who were reported as marching on into

and Barbara DeHuff, whose names appear on the list, have by their subscription shown their patriotism and have added a little part to that history still largely unwritten, namely the part the women played in the early life of our county and its history. It is worthy also of note that the subscriptions

. Worner supplementary to series of H. Frank Eshleman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser (newspaper) Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description

shall soon not have a horse left."7 A day or two later Lee wrote, "All prospect of keeping the army together is at an end, and you may expect any moment to hear of its disso- 1-Volume 6 Pa. Arch. (hereafter cited A.-Vol. 6, etc) 128-60; 2-A. Vol. 6, p. 134; 3-Do. 251; 4-Do. 252-3; 5-Do. 253; 6-Do. 263

, Mrs. Charles Bohm and Barbara DeHuff, whose names appear on the list, have by their subscription shown their patriotism and have added a little part to that history still largely unwritten, namely the part the women played in the early life of our county and its history. It is worthy also of note that