BENJAMIN WEST AND HIS VISIT TO LANCASTER. By Hon. Charles I. Landis. How history is falsified by careless writers is proverbial. An illustration of this well-known fact will be seen in the recent History of Lancaster County, wherein it is stated that the first Court House built in Lancaster in

., without exception, go to Philada., and whoever would not obey might expect it would not fare well with them. 1777 DIARY III. Jan'y 4 In the evening 900 Hessian prisoners of war were brought here and quartered in the Barracks. Jan'y 12 This week several thousand soldiers passed through the town to join the

data concerning it. It has also, through him, been mentioned in Ellis & Evans' History of Lan- caster County. But the magazine has long since been discontinued, and rare copies are only to be found in the hands of a few col- lectors. Then, too, additional information has since come to light, which

data concerning it. It has also, through him, been mentioned in Ellis & Evans' History of Lan- caster County. But the magazine has long since been discontinued, and rare copies are only to be found in the hands of a few col- lectors. Then, too, additional information has since come to light, which

in St. James' Cemetery, in this city. He was one of the most prominent citi- zens of the old town prior to and covering the War of the Revolution, and his intimate relations, not only with his fellow citizens, but with distlnguished Alen and officials residing in the Commonwealth, would, it seems to

, Stevens made his home at the place stated. In the third paragraph after the third sentence the following lines should appear: "About the spring of 1844, the late Emanuel C. Reigart erected on the west side of .South Queen street, between Centre Square and Vine streets, three three-story brick dwellings

Huffnagle, the first United States Consul to Calcutta, India. Dr. Huffnagle had secured many rare curios concerning the Indies and the Orient, and these were deposited in a large mansion built by him at New Hope, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. The Huffnagles had married into the family of Colonel Isaac Franks

confronted the statesman. Mr. Stevens advocated this measure because he deemed it necssary for their protection, and the action, after the war, of the Legislatures elected during the Presidency of Andrew Johnson in some of the Southern States well warranted this con- clusion. For many years Mr. Stevens ably