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

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

Seventy-Five Years of Publishing Lancaster County History by John Ward Willson Loose As the Journalof the Lancaster County Historical Society cele- brates its seventy-fifth anniversary, we are reminded it may be well to pause and to reflect on the history of that venerable publication. The

whole thing as a scheme to advance the price of sil- ver. He advised Senator Hale to join the club, and enter the lists. Mr. Hensel, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Com- mittee, called attention to the fact that Col. Duffy is a Democratic candidate for the Legislature from Lancaster County

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

shared in the promotion of the Crematorium. Virtually every at- torney in Lancaster held stock in the institution. In the Janaury 1886 issue of The Modern Crematist, the local effort was described in these glowing terms: The cremation interest in Lancaster, Pa., where the first crematorium for general

The Effort to Build a State Penitentiary at Lancaster A Bit of Local History Recently the Lancaster County Historical Society purchased at a public sale several documents for a modest sum. One of the documents was a "memori- al" sent to the Pennsylvania legislature by the Commissioners of Lancaster

, 1963), 1-22, 33-39; Philip S. Klein, "Early Lancaster County Politics (1814-1829)," Pennsylvania History, III (April, 1936), 98-114. 8. John Edward McNeal, "The Antimasonic Party in Lancaster County: 1828-1843," Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, LXIX (Easter, 1965), 57-117. 9. W. U

anthracite fuel in its puddling furnaces.11 Availability of bituminous coal and coke from western Pennsylvania at Lancaster, Columbia and Marietta suggests the possibility of their use in puddling furnaces in Lancaster County after the Pennsylvania Railroad was completed across the state in 1854. 12 In fact