How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster. The casual purchase of a basketful of old books at a recent public sale threw into my possession three small manuscript volumes of rare local in- terest. They relate to an incident in the history of Lancaster city and os the public works of the

%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: An old time worthy / by Hon. W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Hiltzheimer, Jacob, 1729?-1798. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Biography. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa

): Capitals (Cities) Lancaster (Pa.)--Capital and capitol. United States--Capital and capitol. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [111]-113 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 4 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.1

by the proud memorial raised within those venerable walls to a boy, who, for a brief period of our Revolutionary history, was a resident, if pot a citizen, of Lancaster and dwelt across the street from my own home. In an Illustrious Group. I forgot for a time the monarchs and statesmen, soldiers and

that rather gloomy period of our national history there were two very distinct elements in Lancaster society—the one pro-Eng- lish, sympathizing rather with the British cause, and the other, less notable socially, in accord with the Revolutionary movement (scarcely then more than a rebellion). While it

century. The obliter- ation of the Court House of 1784 in Penn Square was vandalism, whicn we may hope will never be paralleled by the destruction of the present City Hall. Old Trinity stands conspicuous among all Lancaster edifices as a rare specimen of untouched archi- tectural grace and beauty. May the