The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity Lancaster, Pennsylvania Part One – 1730-1861 By Dr. George L. Heiges THE BEGINNING 1 73 0 —1 744 Rev. John Christian Schultze Rev. John Casper Stoever, Jr. Forty eight years after William Penn received from King Charles the sec- ond a charter for

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

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

. In 1860 he was a Republican leader in Lancaster County and eventually he succeeded Stevens as a member of Congress. He also served in the 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. The stop of the Lancaster group at St. Louis provided an opportun- ity to present a gold headed cane to General Shaeffer

and two of his associates. The Legislature of Pennsylvania are to meet in this Borough on Tuesday next, and the Election of President and Vice-President of the U. S. on the following day. —Lancaster Intelligencer November 27, 1804 This being the constitutional day, for the meeting of the Legislature

Lancaster. He served as the first president from 1870 to 1876 and again in 1920 served for some time as the head of the Lancaster organization. A veteran of the Civil War, Mr. Bursk served during two different enlistments in the 122nd Pennsylvania Volunteers and the 50th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

, such being a necessity with the increase of population and by reason of the fact that St. Joseph's Hospital and the County Hospital were overcrowded most of the time." Election of officers resulted as follows: Rev. Mr. Bicksler, president; Dr. C. Elvin Haupt, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, first vice

Sunday School of Trinity Church on West King street in time became Christ Lutheran Church. Mr. Haupt in 1876 was assis- tant to Dr. Greenwald but is better known as Dr. C. Elvin Haupt, long time pastor of Grace Lutheran Church. "A MONSTER TREE FROM CALIFORNIA - Two sections of the immense red wood tree