not enter into the purposes of this article. Nowhere does the author give credit to any other man in surveying or design- ing the Capital City of the United States. While half a dozen handsome illustrations accompany it, the plot or survey of this French engineer, if he ever made one, is nowhere in

maintained under the auspices os the Chicago University, and Henry Clay acknowledged that in his efforts to organize a United States bank he drew largely on Merrill's ideas. It was this Samuel Merrill to whom Thaddeus Stevens, besore he had de- termined to locate in Pennsylvania, wrote the sollowing letter

historian appreciated the value of newspapers more than Macaulay, whose use of them in the preparation of his history os England was con- tinuous and effective. The first newspaper published in Lancaster that lived beyond what might be termed the experimental stage was the "Neue Unpartheyishe Lancaster

tract granted November 1, 1719, os 300 acres, by Peter Chartiere to James Logan, who, on March 27, 1727, granted the same in see to Stephen Atkinson. This was �confirmed by the late Proprietary Commissioner by patent os June 5, 1727. Patent Book A, vol. 7, p. 38. Re- corded in Lancaster, October 27

- ceive." The remains were interred �in the burial ground of the English Presbyterian Church. John Bradburn, who maintained a circulating library, about December, 1803, gave notice that "those who return books safe have double chances for a second reading," and that "the subscriber having lent the

. Lebanon County (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1904/1905 Description: [386]-389 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 12 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.9 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading