Bridge over Conestoga Creek. n.d. St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Lancaster. n.d. Wheatland, Home of Pres. Buchanan. n.d. 8. Stock Certificates and Bonds Stock Certificate for the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railroad Co. (Certificate) 1905. Bond coupons for the Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railroad Co

. In 1860 he was a Republican leader in Lancaster County and eventually he succeeded Stevens as a member of Congress. He also served in the 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. The stop of the Lancaster group at St. Louis provided an opportun- ity to present a gold headed cane to General Shaeffer

inimitable, both in style and aesthetic criticism, Walter Pater! �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Demuth, C. B. Title: Aaron Eshleman / by C. B. Demuth. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Eshleman, Aaron, 1827- Artists--Pennsylvania

large crowd, which he addressed from the balcony of the Cadwell House, Lancaster, February 22, 1861, have all answered the final call, with possibly only two exceptions, of which later mention will be made, as have nearly all of the many thousands who saw the funeral train pass through Lancaster County

Chester county, Pa., with some additional facts rela- tive to Mr. Lincoln's political history and it became the basis of well written articles which practically all of the Pennsylvania papers published in January 1860. When the convention convened, among the names presented for the Presidency, was that of

selected letters would never have materialized had it not been for the kindness of George Swan of Lititz, Pennsylvania, who brought Beck's Letter Book to the author's attention and granted permis- sion to publish a portion of it. Part I. A Portrait of a Schoolmaster On June 25, 1895, Abraham Reincke Beck

of Philadelphia crosses the same," praying that a law, entitled "An Act establishing a ferry and building a bridge across Conestogoe Creek, in the county of Lancaster" might be passed. Abraham Witmer at that time must have resided on the east side of the Conestogoe. As shown by the records, he owned

exiles were brought into Lancaster county through the passage of an Act of the Provincial Assembly. On February 20, 1756, a bill entitled " An Act for dis- persing the inhabitants of Nova Scotia imported into this Province into the sev- eral counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester and Lancaster, and the

known, as subse- quent issues of the local papers contain no references to it. Address to John Adams by Militia of Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a meeting of one hundred and fifty officers of the militia of Lancaster county on June 21st, 1798, the following address was read and

Governor of Maryland, con- firms this, and the statement that Governor Johnson, of Pennsylvania, had refused to honor the requisition for the fugitive. It also illustrates �the manner of obtaining requisition. The correspondence runs thus: Baltimore County, November 29, 1849. Philip Francis Thomas, Esq