Klein History of Lancaster County, biographical section, describes the gentleman thus: "On the long roster of honored names of Lancaster County . . . the name of stands among the leaders . . . a citizen whose benevolences were far wider than his diversions, and a man whose every relation in life

visitor was introduced to THE BOOK, the Holy Writ from the inspired hands of Saints Samuel Evans and Franklin W. Ellis, also known as the authors and �12 JOURNAL OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY editors of the Ellis and Evans History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, published in 1883. It was

statutes then current should be incorporated into Pennsylvania statutes. This library, now at the Lancaster County Historical Society, is considered the fourth most important library of its kind in the nation. Lancaster Countians not only have been readers; they have been authors. The first history of the

revenge on the governor. In 1745 Wright was chosen speaker of the Assembly. His age prevented him from attending many sessions by this time. The life of John Wright was significant in the early history of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County, but it ought not obscure the fact that Wright's daughter, Susannah

government in the 1730s was quite primitive. The only officials were constables, overseers of the poor, and supervisors of highways. In practice, Lancaster County's magistrates (or lay justices) were the only local government. With Lancaster being chosen for the county seat as anticipated by James Hamilton

LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY has not been simply vegetative. From the embryo seed cast into the fertile soil, a living force, a vital stimulus has, year by year, unfolded into a beautiful spiral of upward progression. Though at times chilled by the cold nights and blighting frosts of early spring