, whither his people had fled srom persecution. He was a min- ister, as well as a doctor. He located at Lancaster, and became a prominent citizen. He was born in 1748 and died in 1823.—Stapleton's Memorials os the Huguenots, p. 56. �in the eastern end of the county, would come to our house early in the

building in this county, and the country et large. A New Highway Called For. The foregoing brief account of the early road making has been prepared as introductory to an attempt made by the people of this city and county in 1770 to have a new King's highway built between Lancaster and Philadel- phia, by a

city is left to conjecture. How long he remained in the river town and when he came to Lancaster is unknown. The first contemporary notice we have of Mr. Armstrong dates back to December, 1849, which reads as fol- lows: "We were very much gratified with a recent visit we paid to the gal- lery of Mr

' History of Lancaster County that he had probably become addicted to a roving life in consequence of having accompanied the well-known trader and soldier, Colonel George Cro- gan, who, the same authority states, was his uncle, while on the latter's trading excursions into the regions be- yond Ohio. On this

Martin and Ann Meylin built that "palace of sand- stone" in West Lampeter township, in 1740, one of the stateliest of all the early houses erected in Lancaster county, with its gambrel roof and shingled cornices around the differ- �entstories,theMennoniteBishopof that d- y, Hans Tschantz, with the eld

separation from Great Britain, may be with- drawn." Early in 1774 meetings were held in Lancaster county for the purpose of organizing for the struggle for inde- pendence. These meetings all set forth the duty of opposition to the op- pressive measures of Parliament; advo- cating a union of the colonies and

- phia in its early days along the same lines. There a period of forty-eight years intervened between the found- ing of the city and the publication of Franklin's German newspaper, the Philadelphia Gazette (Philadelphische Zeitung), in 1730. Besides, we must not forget that Lancaster, in 1751, was a

at an early period. A reference to Ellis & Evans' His- tory of Lancaster County alludes to the early theatres here in this wise: "Dur- ing the town and borough existence of Lancaster, and for years even after it was incorporated as a city—in 1818— dramatic exhibitions and concerts were usually held

entire story forms an interesting episode in the early history of Lan- caster count y theatres. �Actor Murdoch's Story. "While yet a mere youth I was acting in the old city of Lancaster, Pa., during the vacation of the regular theatrical season, with a portion of the company attached to the Arch street