owned and occupied by Mr. John Haldeman. Theodore Burr �was born at Torringford, Conn., in 1762, and in 1789 married the great- granddaughter of Capt. Cook, the great English navigator. He died at Mid- dletown, in Dauphin county, Novem- ber 21, 1822, while superintending the erection of a bridge across

French and Indian wars, and also in the Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Gen- eral Assembly sor many years. He died in 1790. He first married Perth Bayly, a sister of the Hon. John Bayly, member of the Supreme Execu- tive Council srom this county. His second wrse was the widow os Rev. Joseph

672, 60 shillings on each. Many of the Hamilton deeds for lots will be found by consulting Book A, Volume 6 and Book I, in the Re- corder's Office, at Lancaster. Pa. In 1729, when Lancaster county was laid out, John Wright, Caleb Pearce, Thomas Edwards and James Mitchell were the Commissioners to lay

one John George Hohman, of Berks county, caused to be printed a small volume, called the "Long Lost Friend," which has gone through at least a half-dozen editions, so great being the demand for it. A Lancaster firm reprinted this book only two years ago, and copies are readily sold at fifty cents each