Company, of which Major Light was clerks—which office remained in the family for four genera- tions,—was located just across the street from the rear of his residence. Another major—John Andre, widely known in American history as an enemy and a spy—was housed as a prisoner of war in this block in the year

in the states referred to. And what his difficulties were, especially in Ohio and Michigan, may readily be imagined when we remember the thirty years of Indian turmoil in this western region during the period of the French and Indian War, the Pontiac Conspiracy, and the American Revolution. We in the

. • THOMAS DICKEY was a clockmaker in Marietta, and later in Harris- burg. He is listed among the taxables in 1812-1814 (see Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, p. 625). One of his clocks ran far afield; it was taken by wagon from Marietta to the Niagara frontier, New York State, in 1828, by

in war time— The Democracy in 1864—Buchanan's dislike of Douglas unabated—McClellan as a candidate—Buchanan foresees party difficulties in case of victory—New issues for the Old Democracy—Negro Suffrage and States Rights—Buchanan's estimate of Grant—Final advice upon the conduct of the Democratic

Lancaster In The Gettysburg C ampaign By M. LUTHER HEISEY THE ALARM At no time in the long history of Lancaster County did consternation and excitement reign among its citizens as in the closing days of June, 1863, when the gray ranks of the Confederacy approached to its very gateways. For days

, in August, 1846, Sutter took the oath of allegiance to the United States of America. Throughout that year and the following year, he maintained his own troops and kept order in the vast reaches of northern California. He did not receive a cent for his services during the war, nor were his soldiers