themselves had attacked the Delawares in order to gain access to trading stations at the head of Delaware Bay. Later in the century, the Susquehannocks in turn were attacked by the Seneca, motivated in part, at least, by their desire for a better trade outlet. The second point concerns Captain Cock's

Township / by Samuel Evans, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Martic (Pa. : Township)--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [160]-166 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical

jury in- dicted (and among fifteen persons brought to justice for aiding in this escape) four persons were convicted in the Lancaster County Court—Jacob *He was, of course, Captain Andrew Lee, of Colonel Hazen's Regiment, "Congress' Own," that stout Paxtang sol- dier, who rose from the ranks, was

to be attained will require certain comments upon, and explanations of the contents of the letters, for otherwise, persons, not careful studens of local history, could not fix the locality of the lands and places referred to, nor determine to whom at the present day such letters would have special or

of civilized life among the several small tribes of savages who held what is now Lancaster county;° (5)Lyle's History of Lancaster County, p. 20; Colonial Records, vol. 1, p. 114. (6)Lyle's History of Lancaster County, p. 6S. �these prospectings of white men the first signs of a new order of things

A Bit of Local History Estates of Lancaster Countians Confiscated During the American Revolution During the American Revolution owners of property (real estate) had to be careful what they said or did, because any remark or action that might be construed as disloyal to the American cause or that

and Evans' History of Lancaster County, page 374). He was also in charge of the fire engine, for, on May 22, 1776, he was paid "for tak- ing care of and repairing the fire en- gine in this borough for two years and six months, the sum of £7 10s." (Same, page 381.) �.ge/siwir, , /, 49,„„_4 e/t716 „Ze