Buchanan Made a Mason in Lodge No. 43 December 11, 1816 Worshipful Master 1822-1823 President of the United States 1857-1861 Born, Stony Batter, Franklin Co., Pa. April 23, 1791 Died, Wheatland, Lancaster Co., Pa. June 1, 1868. In the winter of 1816-17, Hon. James Buchanan, then but twenty-five years of

Lancaster County in Province, State and Nation (A Bi-Centennial Review) By H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, Esq. L ANCASTER County has had a remarkable influence in prov- ince, state and nation, throughout our entire colonial and national life as a people. Since 1929 is the bi-centennal anni- versary of the

Manor Townships Address Letter to Governor McKean By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N March 11th, 1800, a number of Mennonites who resided in Donegal and Manor townships, Lancaster county, Pa., ad- dressed a communication to Thomas McKean, governor of Pennsylvania, which was as follows : "It is not our custom

THE EARLIEST KNOWN ADVERTISEMENT OF A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner In Vol. 7, No. 2, of the Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society, appears a very illuminating paper on the subject of "Early Lancas- ter Playbills and Playhouses." In this monograph

. Neff, Jr., C. H. Lefever; Warwick township, Peter Felies, Col. George P. Geyer; Washing- ton borough, Dr. A. Bitner, D. Urban. In the Lancaster Intelligencer of Tuesday, August 22nd, 1848, appeared a partial list of contributions, as follows : Collected in North-west Ward, Lancaster city, " " Southwest

revenue from the lots; no lots therefore were sold of any large amount; but settlers were encouraged to build and receive a lot, paying an annual sum as ground rent—hence the large number of poor or persons in indigent circumstances who were induced to settle in Lancaster. The Lancas- ter town was

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

, "Maud S.," 2.08%, "Nancy Hanks," 2.04, "Lou Dillon," 1.58% and "Peter Manning," 1.56% (1922). The much honored gelding, "Peter Manning," the fastest trotter the world ever knew, is now in a stable within the original boundaries of Lancaster county, at Hanover, Pa. What a curious coincidence in the

expedition of 1758, died March 11, 1759, and was buried with military honors in Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa., on the 14th. A full account of the procession appears in the Pennsylvania Gazette of March 15, 1759. (3 A. 579). IV. Lancaster County in the Pre-Revolutionary "Inter-Bellum" In this, the fourth

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank, 1869-1953. Title: James Annesly's (Lord Altamontis) traditional residence in Lancaster County : from 1728 to 1741--not a fact--only unfounded tradition / by H. Frank Eshleman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Annesley, James, 1715-1760. Lancaster County (Pa