or Tories, as they are generally called now, was quite small, I soon found that the proposed arti- cle would necessarily be a very brief one, owing to the scanty records that were accessible to me at that time, and I partially gave up the project and laid aside what I had prepared, uncertain whether

dealing with the subject in a paper of reasonable length. there- fore,decided to take up but a single one of these men, and have chosen one who was born in this county, and whose ca- reer was perhaps as notable as that of any other. He was not a politician, like Joseph Galloway, who is, perhaps, the best

, 1833-1921. Other Author(s): Ellmaker, Amos, 1787-1851. Title: Politics 75 years ago / F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt. D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Ellmaker, Amos, 1787-1851. Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. United States--Politics and government--1783-1865. Publisher

: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: The Wabank House : the story of a Lancaster County summer resort / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Wabank House (Lancaster, Pa.) Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Resorts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster

the planting of a colony of white men �within the present borders of Lancas- ter county. In June of that year, Gov- ernor Gookin and several members of the Assembly visited the Indians at Conestoga, and †he Governor made the following brief address to the red men assembled, after having made them

THE STORY OF A PICTURE,' As a rule, pictures are allowed to tell their own story, and, in most cases, they do so in a very satisfactory way. Some seem to require a certain amount of explanation. The one pre- sented to you this afternoon is one of the latter kind, and seems to require outside

- tween the city and county, some be- longing to the one and some to the other: Uncle Sam . The Dwarf. The Bankers' Review. The Matrimonial Times. �The Light, A. P. A. College Days. Chi Phi Chacquette. The Owl. The Comet. I regret that I am compelled to allow so many names of newspapers appear in this

Donegal in the Revolution Patriotism and Piety, A notable historic event in the his- tory of Lancaster county, binding the present to the past by an enduring chain of events, was the unveiling of a monument in Old Donegal church- yard, on Thursday, October 4th, 1899. This interesting memorial shaft

THE RED ROSE QUESTION. --- One hundred and thirty years ago, Henry William Stiegel gave a piece of ground to a Lutheran congregation in the then hamlet of Manheim, in this county, for the sum of five shillings, to make the deed of gift lawful, and the further honorarium of one red rose to be ever