reproduced. All have been enlarged about one-third. �history, derived from Dr. Seidenstick- er's "First Century of German Print- ing," may not be amiss. It was the third German newspaper published in Pennsylvania. The first number was issued on August 7, 1787. The pub- lishers were Steiner, Albrecht and Lahn

thought it of sufficient interest to have a copy made of it for presentation to our society, which was done by Mr. Kelker, he having refused all compensation for the work. About one-third of the names to the petition were written in German, and these were also Englished that they might be intelligible to

; stoves of greatly increased efficiency; and mechanized materials and stock handling." The use of Connellsville coke about 1865 in western Pennsylvania promoted the growth of the coke pig iron industry in that region after many years of latency, owing to the inferior quality of iron produced in furnaces

Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1949), p. 65. 13. Robert D. Billinger, Pennsylvania's Coal Industry (Pennsylvania History Studies No. 6. Gettysburg, Pa.: The Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1954), p. 37. 14. Pearce, op. cit., p. 227; Reeves, Abbott and Company also owned the Phoenix Iron Works. 15. Temin