A CENTURY OF PROGRESS ALONG LIME STREET, LANCASTER, PA. By M. LUTHER HEISEY The logical starting point of our sketch of Lime street, from its begin- nings, and of some of those who at one time had, or now have, their homes on this thoroughfare, is East King street. There, on the northwest corner

Brethren's Church or Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) . He came to Pennsylvania in 1741, preached at Germantown for some time, established congregations at Beth- lehem, Nazareth and Lititz, promoted Christian communistic set- tlements, and preached at different points in Lancaster County, Pa. Zinzendorf

in Lancaster County, where on the 13th day of May I preached the first sermon. On June 3rd, 1779 I was married to Maria Agnes Man. The birthplace of my wife was Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Her father's name was Samuel Man and her mother's name Anna Catharina. "November 12th, 1784, I removed to Manheim

, and then move to the west, destroying the railroads and the canals, and returning back again to a place of safety." THE ROLL OF REGIMENTS Lancaster County men served in the following regiments, which partici- pated in the Gettysburg Campaign: 23rd Regiment. 30th Regiment (1st Reserves); making a

Never before has the Lancaster County Historical Society been called upon to enter into a dual ceremony such as commemorated today—at Lititz, Pennsylvania, and simultaneously at Sacramento, California; communities separated by the breadth of our country. At Lititz, in the town center, before the General

, that he spent the prime of his life in Lancaster County and that he gave Pennsylvania two sons who followed closely in his footsteps. While he is also well known as an educator and a clergyman, I am concerned chiefly in his career as a scientist. We must admit that Frederick Valentine Melsheimer was

Penn's Manors Their Origin, Location and Number By M. LUTHER HEISEY A grant given to William Penn on March 4, 1681, contained several powers to erect manors. The following July 11, he agreed with the "adven- turers and purchasers" in England, who were interested in his grant and the settlement of

family owned land in the vicinity, it is reasonable to assume that ilie corner where these roads crossed became known as Cross' Corner. In those days East Orange Street extended in a southeastward direction and joined the old Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike. �6 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY