Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse

will report the same direct to the officer commanding defenses. As the honor and safety of Lancaster County depends upon a prompt obedience to this order, the commanding officer trusts that it may be forth- with respected. By command of EMLEN FRANKLIN, Colonel Commanding Defenses of Lancaster County

the Delaware Division of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company at Clayton, Delaware. In December, 1892, he entered the construction department of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with offices at Mifflin, Pa. In September, 1893, he returned to Lancaster, and on the following February

1807, before the use of steam, another Lancaster County inventive genius was working on the problem of better navigation. One Daniel Keller, of Hemp- field Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, took out a patent as early as 1795 for a design of boat, operating with paddle wheels, whose motive power

all Public Monies by me re- ceived or expended, and in all other Respects discharge the Trust reposed in me with Justice and Integrity, so help me God. EBEN HAZARD Sworn before me, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania, this twenty-second Day of

this site in 1787 / The Lancaster County / Historical Society / 1937." The three phases of this active preacher's life were dealt with by men prominent in each field. Dr. John Ahlum Schaeffer, president of Franklin and Marshall College, reviewed the achievements of Rev. Melsheimer as an educator

M. LUTHER HEISEY EARLY SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Recently-purchased copies of Taylor's surveys provide a mine of data for the research worker in the Society's library. The extent of lands is listed in this article. In Manuscript Book No. 76213, Chester County Historical Society, made by Isaac