Judge Wil- liam Augustus Atlee, while doing some research among Revolutionary War documents. Mr. Overton·kindly sent us a photostatic copy of the plan which has been retraced to make reproduction possible. �lwoon I ~ARD I I I ~I I ~I I 1-1 _J en.___ UARD HOUSE NORTH CHRISTIAN STREET 342 feet WEST GATE

the farms of the map-owners. On 22 September 1857 The Historical, Agricultural, and Mechanics Society was organized. Then, as now, the availability of "federal" money was the primary motive for the establishment of this Society. Congress had enacted a law that provided $1,000 to each congressional

. Frank A. Comly, September. J. Don Cameron, January. G. W. Childs, October. Justice Green, December. James Duffy, June. George B. Roberts, May. E. P. Wilbur, November. John R. Fell, April. "Marietta, June 18.—There is a current popular delusion that the Farmers' Club of Pennsylvania, which had its origin

The Courts of Lancaster County: 1729-1791 By John Ward Willson Loose When Pennsylvania's Constitution of 1790 became effective in 1791, Lan- caster County, along with other counties of the Commonwealth, was provided with a new judicial system. An enabling Act of 13 April 1791 required among other

1814, Stevens moved to Pennsyl- vania where he taught school and taught himself law at York. When he thought himself ready to take the bar examination, the York County Bar hastily passed a resolution which disqualified Stevens. Undaunted, Stevens went to Bel Air, Maryland, about 40 miles south of York

York people, then, we were not the United States of America until 1781. But let us refer back to the Journalsof Congress. On 4 June 1777, a resolution of the Board of War stated "Whereas Congress did on the 16th day of September in the year 1776 resolve, that the legislative powers of each of the