, Franklin, Pa.; The Yankee, Lafayette, N. J.; The Censor, Philadelphia; The Chatter-Box,Charles City, Iowa; Wise and Otherwise, Mari- etta, Ohio; The Dart, Providence, R. I.; The Spry, Richland, Lebanon county, Pa.; The Rolling Billow, Nor- folk, Va.; The Will o' the Wisp, Ap- pleton, Wis.; Sense and

knowledge. He was born of Quaker parentage, in Bucks county, on January 24, 1754. ln 1770 his father bought a large tract of land on the Patapsco river, in Mary- land, where, a few years later, he founded the town of "Ellicott's Mills." Young Ellicott was married in 1775 to a Miss Sarah Brown, and removed

in 1719. He was an Indlan trader, and had sons, John, Thomas, William and Peter, all of whom were also Indian traders. He gave the farm at the river to his son William. In the summer of 1726, the Rev. James Anderson received a call from old Donegal Church, which he accepted, and located in the

Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Capitals (Cities) Washington (D.C.) United States--Capital and capitol. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1900-1901. Description: [57]-67 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 3 and 4 Call Number: 974.9

the convention. The purpose was to con- sider making the Susquehanna river navigable from the mouth of the Jun- iata to Wright's Ferry. Committees were appointed to receive subscrip tions and use their best endeavors to advance the cause. The delegates present at the convention srom Lan- caster county

parts of the said County, especially, from the Borough of Lancaster, to Philadelphia, is by the constant use of it with heavy Loaded Carriages, and by its being laid in many places on very bad ground, now rendered al- most impassable, and is attended in many parts of it with such Danger and Difficulty

—John Wise made a grand balloon ascension with his new bal- loon. The balloon was burned in Harford county. �May 12—A large meteor was seen between 8 and 9 o'clock. It passed from south to north, then northwest, with a rumbling noise like thunder. May 14—Frost, killing the plants. May 31 and June 5—Fire

owners / by Mrs. Mary L. Robinson. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Atkins family. Mills and mill-work--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1907 Description: [24]-29 p. ; 23 cm. Series

talent, and (here and there) by some acknowledged genius, such as Burns; a few communica- tions to the editors, and notices of marriages and deaths. Occasionally only a news item. We find that, "on the 7th inst. (of September, 1804), as Mr. James Coch- ran of this county was driving his team (the

/ by Miss Lottie L. Bausman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Bausman, William. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Lancaster (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1909 Description: 38-44 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County