Early Fire Companies Of Lancaster City And County by (MRS. D. B.) BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS Old records of Lancaster borough reveal the existence of fire fighting implements as early as 1742 and 1744. There were lad- ders, hooks, bags and buckets, but little is known of where they were kept, probably

Pensioners' List up to 1867. Pvt. under Capt. Jonathan Jones, 1st Regt., Pa. Militia, Caernarvon, 1814. Pa. Arch., S6 viii 1139. Buried in Old Pequea Presbyterian Churchyard. BARTON (Barten), David Rittenhouse: b. Aug. 2, 1768; d. Jan. 27, 1818. Son of Rev. Thomas Barton. Wife: Catherine Graeff: b. July 16

ORIGIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL SYSTEM By (MRS. D. B.) BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS W HILE perusing the diary of my great-uncle, Alexander H. Hood, Esq., which is in my possession, I was greatly in- terested in the following entry : "March 19th, 1867. This day I published in the 'Express' my

his age. Wife, Hannah. Served from Philadelphia in Co. of Infantry, "Independent Blues," 1st Regt., Pa. Volunteers, under Capt. Peter A. Brown and Col. Clement C. Biddle. Beers' Biog. Annals, p. 420; Pa. Arch., 6th Series, Vol. 8, p. 315. Buried in Old Leacock Presbyterian Churchyard. BITNER (Bidner

"The Lancaster Union" of 1839 An Anti-Masonic Newspaper By (MRS. D. B.) BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS April 16, 1839, marks the transition of the ownership and editorship of "The Lancaster Union" from the former editor, Carpenter McCleery to Alex- ander H. Hood, who purchased the paper at that time. Volume