contents — self-government under the law — and because it has become the rallying point for the united effort of the whole city and county of Lancaster in meeting the great emer- gency of 1942, and in helping us to win the eighth war — as we have won the other seven wars — since the days when the charter

author to Lafayette, on his visit here in 1825. THOMAS BAUMGARDNER was born in York, Pa., of German parentage, December 20, 1816. Besides his interest in railroad work, his business activi- ties were wide and varied. He was a director of the Philadelphia and Sunbury, and the Reading and Columbia

listed in the following year.21 An observer in 1766 notes that this "county town contains at least 600 houses, many of which are extremely neat and make a good appearance, being built of brick and cut stone. It contains . . . . about 3000 souls. The lowness and unevenness of its situation are amply

postal service: "Nothing in the government of the United States is calculated to excite more admiration, nothing in itself is more stupendous, than the immense machinery of the Post Office establishment, and its widespread branches. Over this prodigious space, the post routes extend, diverge and traverse

enterprises. Finally, the Post Office reduced its rates and effected needed reforms in the service, and legislated the private posts out of business. Some of the "Local Posts" appeared prior to 1847 and the method of operation, developed by these pioneer mail carriers, was followed when the Government

, 111. 17 History of Chester County, Cope, 1881, p. 670. 18 Rupp's History of Lancaster and York Counties, p. 551. 19 Ellis and Evans' History, p. 363. �58 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOHN CHRISTOPHER DRAENKEL (TRINGLE) #38, 51 was a member of Trinity Church, and presented to the congregation in

blessing of God, it has been built, designed, and is to be used. Then the choir will sing the second verse of the foregoing hymn. 5. After these one after the other of the pastors present will repeat a passage of Holy Scripture, appropriate to the consecration of the whole and its parts. After these

Life of William, Penn. Philadelphia, 1852. Mombert's Authentic History of Lancaster County. Description of the Prov- ince, pp. 59-71; Frames of Government, pp. 16-45 Appendix. Pound, Arthur. The Penns of Pennsylvania and England. New York, 1932. Rupp's History of Lancaster and Y ork Counties. Lancaster