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

, 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

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

: 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

here I take my leave of this most interesting chronicle. I have merely skimmed the surface, but even then its value as a narrative of events and a picture of the times in this city and county must be apparent to every one. The last entry is on September 24, 1781. As al- ready stated, he died in

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

and county published in our county histories, but the compilers of these were unacquainted with all the facts. There came into my possession a few days ago a small piece of old-time, hand- made paper, brown with age, containing only half a dozen lines of pen writing in the band so well known to all

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