as valid as if they had received the King's approval. The reason for the insertion of this proviso in the charter was to prevent the enactment of any legislation that might be inimical to royal prerogatives or the interests of the realm. Our Local History. Lancaster county has had a wonder- ful

period that have come down to us. Indeed, I know of nothing of a similar nature concern- ing Lancaster city and county at the period covered by this diary that is at all comparable with it. He was an educated man, a man of affairs, much concerned and connected with what was going on around him, a person

-Irish--Pennsylvania. Historical markers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Donegal (Pa.)--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1899-1900 Description: [44]-62 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Debt--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1901-1902 Description: [3]-7 p. ; 23 cm. Series

County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [72]-84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 3 Call Number

AN EARLY NEWSPAPER The importance and value of news- papers in the study of local history can not well be overrated. They come next in importance to the original records of State and county. In more recent times they have lost somewhat of their value from the coloring given to public questions as

building in this county, and the country et large. A New Highway Called For. The foregoing brief account of the early road making has been prepared as introductory to an attempt made by the people of this city and county in 1770 to have a new King's highway built between Lancaster and Philadel- phia, by a

--Lancaster--History. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1899-1900 Description: [3]-22 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.4 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article

discussion it was 'decided to proceed to the organization of an Historical Society, to be devoted to the history of the city and county of Lancaster. The names of a number of persons throughout the city and county were suggested as likely to take an interest in the subject, and it was resolved that the

, located in the county,and erected a mill. As early as 1717 as many as 5,000 acres of land had been applied for in, and immediately around, the site of Lancaster by German immi- grants, and in that year Michael (6) West's "Origin of Donegal and Car- lisle Presbytery," quoted by Ziegler in his "History of