early Pre sidential Elections in Lancaster County By C. H. MARTIN Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, participated in each of the Presidential Elections held since the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. It occupies first place in Pennsylvania in respect to the election of George

our attention to one little section in the United States, for by a detailed examination of feeling in one section we can easily gain some perspective as to how the people in all the United States felt in this crucial year. Let us go to Pennsylvania, to the Lancaster County of 1856. Lancaster County is

Stevens, who represented Lancaster county in the congress of the United States from 1849 to 1853, and from 1859 to the date of his death in 1868, would in itself be an interesting study; likewise the conference with John W. Forney, born in Lancaster, newspaper editor, leader in Penn- sylvania Democratic

in modern style exhibit a most gratifying progress. The support of four churches speaks well for the integrity of the people." - April 12, 1876 The cemetery mentioned in the above item is the Fairview Ceme- tery and from it may be obtained one of the most panoramic views in northern Lancaster County

." —July 1, 1876 �Prof. J. P. McCaskey began teaching in the Boy's High School in 1855, was made principal in 1865 and continued in that position until his retirement in 1906. Certainly the most celebrated public school teacher in Lancaster City, he also served as Mayor, was editor of the Pennsylvania

shouted 'Forney, Forney'." —October 21, 1876 James R. Doolittle (1815-1897) born in New York State and edu- cated at Hobart College, moved to Wisconsin in 1851. He served in the United States Senate as a Republican from Wisconsin from 1857-1869. He then changed his politics and ran unsuccessfully on the

Celebration in Lancaster in Honor of Jefferson's Inauguration By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER W EDNESDAY, March 4th, 1801, the day on which Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated third president of the United States, was celebrated in Lancaster with festive joy. The early beams of the day were announced by

Gallic field-marshal." A Great Political Meeting in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER 0N Tuesday, October 14th, 1800, the citizens of Lancaster who enjoyed the right of suffrage, assembled at the polls and voted for a President and a Vice-President of the United States. Owing to the primitive methods

extensive woodland which he owned, he cut much of it for poles and railroad ties, the latter for the use of railroads in Lancaster and Berks Counties. He was a long time active member of the Lancaster County Historical Society to which organization he gave many Indian artifacts and pottery from his