; Robert Smedley, History - of the Underground Railroad in Chester and Neighboring Counties. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Of- fice of the Journal, 1883; Thomas Whitson, "The Early Abolitionists of Lan- caster County". Lancaster County Historical Society Papers, XV, No. 3 (March, 1911). William Frederick

A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

the state and national levels. The purpose of my study is to make a microscopic investigation of political Antimasonry on the local level, namely in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In writing this paper, I have had three major objectives in mind. First, I shall show the role played by the Lancaster

that of present day Lancaster County, estimating from the none-too-exact early references which places included in the Chester County of early Pennsylvania fall within this limit. Conversely, one must eliminate those portions of the original Lancaster County which subsequently fell within the bounds of

Old Testament Place Names in Lancaster County Rabbi Samson A. Shain Hebrew Scripture appeals as no other piece of literature to the better nature of man. It speaks to him of his deep and unquenchable passion for justice, his dream of human brotherhood and peace, his need for faith in the Power or

of oral, facial and speech defects. Dr. Cooper was born in Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pa., Janu- ary 2, 1899. He received his early undergraduate training at Franklin and Marshall College and his professional education at the Dental School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., graduating

, 1888. "Baptized In A Blizzard," The Daily New Era, Tuesday, March 14, 1888. "Blizzard Aftermath," The Daily New Era, Wednesday, March 15, 1888. "Ground Hog Weather," The Lancaster Intelligencer, Monday, March 12, 1888. Loose, John W. W., Editor, Journal Of The Lancaster County Historical Society

election of 1936. The proportion of enfranchised voters casting ballots then declined steadily through the late Depression, war, and early post-war years, only to turn up again in 1952. In 1960, 66.3 per cent in Lancaster County and 64.6 per cent in York County voted. The complete data for the period under

Lancaster County Politics:1799 - 1810 Alan Kreider The preeminent fact of the political history of America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is the decline of the Federalist Party and the ascendancy of Jeffersonian Republicanism. Pennsylvania in many ways epitomized this trend