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

home in Pennsylvania, largely in Lancaster county. 2. Who These Pioneers of Lancas- ter County Settlement Were; and Where They Came From. 3. When They Began the Settle- ment of Lancaster County; and, 4. With Exactness, Where They First Settled in This County. PART ONE. The European Historical

--Pennsylvania. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1910 Description: 293-300 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 10 Call Number: 974.9 L245

HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY'S HIGHWAY SYSTEM (From 1714 to 1760) By H. FRANK ESHLEMAN The writer purposes to set forth and to discuss h erein, a history of the roa ds and ·highways of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1714 to 1760, that being the scope of the records of the said roads contained

Assessment Lists and Other Doc- uments of Lancaster County Prior to the Year 1729. About the only original Lancaster county manuscript documents, now known, dating before 1729 are: A cer- tified copy of the petition for the erec- tion of our county, signed in 1728; the letters, drafts, surveys and

The Public Career of John Wright, Esq. John Wright, Esq., of Columbia, on the Susquehanna, was the acknowl- edged and unquestioned "father" or Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. By unanimous consensus of authoritative opinion, and by common consent, this name and title belong to him and his memory

LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORY IN THE SEVERAL SERIES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES AND OTHER PRO- VINCIAL AND STATE SOURCE BOOKS. By H. Frank Eshleman. In the proceedings of this Society for 1923 page 19, printed in the Feb- ruary pamphlet of that year may be found in chronological order all the