The Camerons of Donegal BY HERBERT H. BECK In the Government of the United States no family of Penn- sylvania has played so prominent a part as the Camerons. For a father, Simon Cameron, and son, James Donald Cameron, were both Senators of Congress, with a total of forty years of service in the

matter before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court �and hire a good lawyer. With Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Penrose, both new members of the Lancaster Bar, presenting their case, the oppon- ents were able to have the Lancaster County Court overruled. The higher Court was of the opinion the county Court

his "Travels through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters" (London, 1789), left interesting and valuable observations on Lancaster and Lancaster County ; but Ensign Hughes lived in the town for eighteen months, during which time he noted his life and the life about him. There is no

, daughter of the Quaker, Joshua Davies of Ellicott Mills, Maryland. To obtain permission to marry Ruth, George became a Quaker. They were married on October 31, 1787, at Elkridge Meeting House. She was born in 1771 and died in 1860. Prior to 1800, George and his family moved to Fayette County, Pa. Their

and a companion established themselves in a cabin along Mill Creek, about eight miles above its junction with the Conestoga, near Bird- in-Hand, Lancaster County. For some time Beissel acted in the self-appointed capacity as spiritual leader of the numerous German sectarians, including the Mennonites

per ton in December, 1879: one month later it sold for $33.50 per ton. Rolling Mills Operation Eight rolling mills were in operation in Lancaster County between 1837 and 1883. A brief description of the machinery �and processes will aid in understanding the functions of the roll- ing mills. The

as "aid" if our traditional barrier between church and state is to remain unchallenged. City and School Districts: In counties Where an urban center or city profits cul- turally from the county historical society appropriations from the city government are made occasionally, and, in a few instances

president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, read a brief paper before the Lancaster County Historical Society on his great-great-grandfather, William Henry. In 1910 John W. Jordan's brother, Francis Jordan, Jr., published "The Life of William Henry," 1 which is the most comprehensive and the best