he pursued the way of the naturalist with the customary net, was Melsheimer in the quest of the elusive beetles and butterflies. His ramblings took him across the upper part of the county from Maytown to New Holland and Strasburg, for in that section he served five Lutheran congregations. These two

Never before has the Lancaster County Historical Society been called upon to enter into a dual ceremony such as commemorated today—at Lititz, Pennsylvania, and simultaneously at Sacramento, California; communities separated by the breadth of our country. At Lititz, in the town center, before the General

persecuted Hussites at his Barony of Lititz. The suggestion to honor Zinzendorf and mark this old house came to The Lancaster County Historical Society from one of its members, Samuel H. Ranck, noted librarian of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Doubtless the historical facts and importance of the place were brought

duty on the field and in the town, and pursuing and harrassing the retreating army of Lee. 99th Penna. Volunteers. 107th Regiment. Col. E. D. Roath, of Marietta, related his experiences in a diary, which was presented several years ago to the Lancaster County Historical Society. 113th Regiment (12th

and Lancaster Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, extending through New Holland and Honeybrook, was formally opened on Labor Day, 1890. The "low grade" line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, built to divert freight traffic from the main line, runs in this county from Rowenna, through Safe Harbor and

. • THOMAS DICKEY was a clockmaker in Marietta, and later in Harris- burg. He is listed among the taxables in 1812-1814 (see Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, p. 625). One of his clocks ran far afield; it was taken by wagon from Marietta to the Niagara frontier, New York State, in 1828, by

, 1845. Shepherd, William Robert. History of Proprietary Government in Pennsyl- vania. Columbia University Press, New York, 1896. Proceedings Lancaster County Historical Society, vol. 2, pp. 3-27, 223-237, vol. 11, p. 118. NOTE. This paper, abridged, was issued to the city and county schools as a service

the representative from Lancaster County, 1791-1801. The oldest tombstone, under the chapel, is that of David Wells, who died October 15, 1764, aged 55 years. See Pennsylvania Genealogical Society publication for a record of the cemetery under the chapel. In the year 1769 the Rev. John Woodhull was