bright spot to re- pair to — and that was the "public soup house," maintained by the city government in the Grant Street police station, where pails of hot soup were ladled out to the needy. The ordinary workingman of the earlier days received low wages and as a rule lived near his place of employment

, than Major Ellicott always appeared to me to be in the faithful execution of the public business committed to his charge." Andrew, son of Joseph Ellicott, was born in Bucks County, January 24, 1754, and became famous as a surveyor, astronomer, scientist and mathematician. While yet a young man, he and

230 North President Avenue · Lancaster, PA 17603 717.392.4633 · lancasterhistory.org Linden Hall Seminary Collection, 1817-1996 Object ID: MG0010 2 boxes 21 folders 1 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 1 Scope and Content Note: The

to as the “Christiana Riot” occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker (1822), a free black living in Christiana

, Pa. Folder 3 Handbook: A booklet from the Lancaster County Sunday School Association's annual convention. Contains the convention program and Secretary's Report on Enrollment and Contributions in all districts. 1909, 1910 (4 copies). Insert 1909, copy 4. Convention notes. Folder 4 Compendium: Issued

) Sealed envelope with “Mrs. J.D. Lindenmuth Antique Shop Stouchsburg, PA. Berks County” printed at top left. No date. Advertisement for “a special pattern bath-room rug” for sale(?) by Chas. R. & Grace M. Morris, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ. No date. Flyer for “Colorful muslin tapestry rugs, handwoven at New Hope