separate and distinct. The first of these was included in the counties of Philadelphia and Bucks. It com- prised, besides the city of Philadelphia, a great part of the territory which is now included in the counties of Bucks, Montgomery, Northampton, Lehigh and Berks. The second district was a portion of

divided between Lebanon and Berks. The original townships included in the present territory of Lancaster county were Donegal, Warwick, Cocalico, Hemp- field, Manheim, Caernarvon, Conestoga, Lampeter, Leacock, Lancaster, Earl, Marti; Salisbury, Sadsbury and Drum ore. " The Manor " was recognized as a

, Franklin and Marshall College, J. Hiestand Hartman, E. Hensel, W. P. King, Lancaster County Historical So- ciety, Reformed Church Historical So- ciety, S. M. Sener (two plates), D. McN. Stauffer (five plates), George Steinman, S. H. Zahm (two plates). Besides those designed by Dr. Staid- �fer, a number of

RUSTIC ART IN LANCASTER COUNTY. It affords me pleasure to exhibit to the Lancaster County Historical So- ciety certain broadsides and specimens of early pen-work, which represent a type of art that has almost, if not en- tirely, passed away. The history of the fine arts, we know, has been minutely

Holland they secured so great a degree of liberty that they became a wealthy and in- telligent body. There is probably no one in these days who would attempt to excuse the attitude of the German princes in those depressing times; but it should not be forgotten that the government of church and state was

Jean Bart, According to the early records of Lancaster county, Bart township, one of the richest and most important of the whole series, was organized in the spring of 1744. The information at hand is very meagre; but it may be regarded as a curious fact that even the origin of its name cannot now

became a Presby- terian minister. Hugh, the second son, settled in York county, Pa., and had a daughter who married John Purdon, a merchant of Philadelphia. These were the parents of John Purdon, the original compiler of "Purdon's Digest." William, the third son of James Ross, of Carrickfergus, first