The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity Lancaster, Pennsylvania Part Two —1762- 1980 By Dr. George L. Heiges THE CIVIL WAR YEARS 1862 —1867 Rev. Frederick W. Conrad, D. D. Rev. Samuel Laird. D. D. A successor to Doctor Krotel was selected in the person of Rev. Frederick William Conrad

. For many years Mr. Bursk op- erated a retail grocery store on the corner of East King and Chris- tian streets (No. 17). An active member of St. John's Lutheran Church, he was part of numerous religious movements. His home was at 322 N. Duke street. His age at death in 1932 was ninety- three. GENERAL

Bishop Francis Asbury and The Reverend Henry Boehm George L. Heiges This account aims to be a brief record of the joint labors of two devout and zealous missionary preachers of the Protestant Church in America. One of them was Henry Boehm who was born in Lancaster County, scion of sturdy Swiss

. Dylander. During the years 1745-1747, Rev. Naesman from time to time ministered to the Lancaster Lutherans. However, after the death of Rev. Dylander, the Swedish Church authori- ties in Philadelphia had sent Lorentz T. Nyberg, another of their preachers, to the congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church in

GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

7 When Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capita, Capita, BY GEORGE L. HEIGES Continued from Vol. LVI, p. 84 July The Fourth 1804 in Lancaster The Lancaster Intelligencer in the issue of July 3, 1804, gave to its readers the information that "His Excellency, The Governor of Pennsylvania arrived in this

Receiver General's Office Peter S. Muhlenberg; A Petition from Trinity Church On Tuesday, January 5, in the State Senate, "Mr. Barton presented the petition of the minister, trustees, elders and church wardens of the German Lutheran Congregation in and near the borough of Lancaster, stating that they have

daughters. From the state gov- ernment came an appropriation of $15,000 toward the erection of the home. The naming of the nurses' home came about in this manner. Mr. Charles A. FonDersmith, Civil War veteran, distinguished banker, and active Lutheran lay- man (Holy Trinity) was one of the original members

very important freight line; although from 1970 to 1975 the Pennsylvania Railroad ran a deluxe express daily from Harrisburg to Baltimore, using this route. This train is now routed through Lancaster and Philadelphia. "MILLS - One of the most noted Lancaster County mills of the olden times was the