were that united in this scheme to es- tablish a new county. With a single exception, they are unknown to the average reader of our history. It is only when the story of Pennsylvania as it was recorded 200 years ago is d r a g g e d i n t o l i g h t t h a t w e h e a r o f the m. E ach one of them pl

such fervency and patriotism that Congress gave him a vote of thanks. He became Chaplain to Con- gress and served three months. As the war progressed, and when the British occupied Philadelphia, he lost his cour- age and hope of the patriot cause. In October, 1777,he wrote his famous letter to General

when he was Secretary of War. It has interest as having been written by one of the most illustrious soldiers of the Revolutionary period, and a special interest in that it was written to General Edward Hand, an- other illustrious soldier of that war, a resident of this county, whose coun- try-seat

at the Camp at the very time the Rupp letters located him in Lan- caster county. In all the letters of the time, and the histories, we find Valley Forge spoken of as the "Camp," the words Valley Forge being not frequently used. In a letter from Wayne to Mr. Richards Peters, Secretary of War, dated at

became the second place in the Province in popu- 1 lation and importance. In fact, up to the year 1800, it was accounted the largest inland_town in the United States, Iii\� and, in proportion to its population, one of the wealthiest. Iii\� I As has elsewhere been stated, the county was organized in 1729

with him and started homeward rode 2 tavers fed then to Hollis fed then to Doe run fed took supper then home at bed time." Evidences of Masonic Activity in This City One Hundred and Sixty-Four Years Ago. At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of F. and A. M., of Pennsylvania, on St. John's day (last Tuesday

German Master shall be admit- ted and appointed, other than such a person as shall be adjudged Capable to perform the duties and functions of a precentor or person that is capable to lead the Choir upon Divine Services, and that can act as organist afore- said." The fourth article declares that as the

a vassal tribe, as did all the rest, to the Five Nations. In 1680 the Cayugas and Senecas almost exterminated them. The last remnant of them, known as the Conestogos, were slain in 1763 by the Paxtang boys, six at Conestogo Town and the remaining four- teen within a few yards of this spot. All these

Philadelphia, in 1816. It is found on page 47: "In the town of Lancaster, a place at that time (circa A. D., 1750) remark- able for its wealth, and which had the reputation of possessing the best and most intelligent Society to be then found in America. It was chiefly in- habited by Germans, who, of all people