Grandfathers' Clocks: Their Making and Their Makers in Lancaster County * By D. F. MAGEE, ESQ. Whilst Lancaster County is not the first or only home of the so-called "Grandfathers' Clock," yet the extent and the excellence of the clock industry in this type of clocks entitle our county to claim

Railroad and Bridge Builders of Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY "They Builded Better Than They Knew" Transportation, ever a prime problem of the human race, received a mighty impetus in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century. It was then steam was introduced as a motive power, and

PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3 By M. LUTHER HEISEY The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter

...7wo-hundredth Anniveriary of Lancasters incorporation -As a &rough By M. LUTHER HEISEY The first of May — a day usually associated with disorders and demon- strations in the cities of Europe; the First of May—here a day of rejoicing and rededication for the citizens of Lancaster, this year made

Religious Life in Lancaster Borough By CAROLINE S. COLDREN In Collaboration With M. LUTHER HEISEY The earliest civic record of the Borough of Lancaster deals with a phase of the religious life of the community by regulating the activities of the in- habitants on the Sabbath day. It is a significant

traffic noises, the assembly repaired to the high school auditorium, where the full program was followed. In presenting the tablet to the borough of New Holland, Dr. Beck, for the Lancaster County Historical Society, declared, "We have been the first to commemorate, honor, revive and perpetuate the memory

insisted upon its legal right to carry all the mail. In the Lancaster directories, we find Mr. Barr listed as follows: in 1857, "Barr, Elias, news agent, home Orange Street near North Queen Street;" in 1858 to 1870, "Barr's Book Store, 29 East King Street, opposite Court House," or "Elias Barr & Co., 31

LOCAL NAMES ON AMERICAN SHIPS When Samuel M. Sener wrote in our papers, vol. 3, p. 14, about the USS Lancaster, as the oldest ship in the United States Navy, no doubt he had in mind the active ships; for lying in port, one at Newport, Rhode Island, the other at Bos- ton, Massachusetts, were the

the post office in King's Street." This is the first known post office in Lancaster proven by documen- tary evidence. This is further substantiated by a bond in possession of the Lancaster County Historical Society, bearing date of August 11, 1753, with an imprint reading, "Printed by S. Holland at