The Political History and Development of Lancaster County's First Twenty Years, 1729-1749 Partisan political sentiment existed in Lancaster county at the time of its creation in 1729, the division of sentiment being on the very question of organizing the county. The econ- omical German-Swiss

possession a number of old and rare deeds of Lancaster county land, he does not own a foot of it, and he took occasion while on the platform to produce the deeds and present them publicly to the His- torical Society. One was dated 1711, and was a grant from the Penn Com- missioners. It was in the tenth year

--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: 21-26 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 2 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.22 Location: LCHSJL

Europe until at last the outlet to America was opened as the only avenue of escape in the dawn of the eighteenth century. �PART TWO. Who These Pioneers of Lancaster County Were and Where They Came From. These ancient Godly fathers who first took up their abode at Pequea, the earliest settlement within

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: 77-86 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Marketplaces--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Municipal buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: [105]-122 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series

Report of the Committee which Con- ducted the General Hand Cele- bration. Lancaster, Pa., October 2, 1912. To the Lancaster County Historical Society. Your committee to arrange and con- duct the public ceremonies comprising a celebration of "Lancaster County in the "War of the Revolution," with