not enter into the purposes of this article. Nowhere does the author give credit to any other man in surveying or design- ing the Capital City of the United States. While half a dozen handsome illustrations accompany it, the plot or survey of this French engineer, if he ever made one, is nowhere in

maintained under the auspices os the Chicago University, and Henry Clay acknowledged that in his efforts to organize a United States bank he drew largely on Merrill's ideas. It was this Samuel Merrill to whom Thaddeus Stevens, besore he had de- termined to locate in Pennsylvania, wrote the sollowing letter

- posals for the issue of a Douay edi- tion of the Bible, to be printed in a large quarto volume of 984 pages, the price to the subscribers to be "six Spanish milled dollars." The edition was to be 800 copies. This was the first edition of the Douay Bible issued in the United States. On October 26, 1789

- dent. The number of votes was 2,000. This was the first Presidential election held on the same day throughout the United States. November 22—City meeting at the Court House in reference to lighting the city with gas. December 23—The tavern at the northwest corner of North Queen and �Orange streets sold

, that "those who write to the editor by mail must pay the postage of their letters, otnerwise they will not be at- tended to, as he is determined not to release them." In another issue, it Is stated that "the young gentleman who withdrew his name from The Hive subscription list last week on the plea of

/ 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