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

portion of the town area. Several of the other proprietors followed his exam- I I ple in dividing their holdings into town lots, which they sold on easy ground-rent terms to purchasers. Dr. Simon I I Adam Kuhn laid out forty-six lots along East King and Middle Streets. Hans Musser also laid out a portion

reservation made by the congregation was that "every German School Mas- ter shall at all Times, by virtue of his office, be obliged to attend the said Congregation upon every one of their Divine Services and shall then and there serve to them in the Capacity of a Precentor and organist, and that no other

Penn to let them live here. H e consented, the Susquehannocks becom- ing their sureties. They were next to the Susquehannocks in numbers. They lived on the Pequea thirty-four years. They had a town of 500 souls about two miles from Christiana. Other of their towns were in Sadsbury township and on

1839. His family must have been well-to-do, for he was sent to London, where he re- ceived a classical education. Like many other enterprising Irishmen, both before and since his time,a desire to push his fortunes in the world made him cast his eyes beyond the confines of his island home. Failing to

entertainment of our agri- cultural population : the Lancaster County Farmer, in 1845 ; the Farm Jour- nal, in 1851, and the Lancaster Farmer, in 1869. All were first-class publications. To-day not one of them is here. All died the death. Does not this seem something �of a reflection upon the farmers of our