. English and Pennsylvania German. H.F.S. 1958. “The Proposed New Prison,” questioning the need for a new jail and the right of the commissioners to make the decision without first obtaining approval from two grand juries and the Court of Quarter Sessions. ca.1850. Transferred from museum flat files, Drawer

business, date of purchase, and date of payment. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) System of Arrangement: Arranged by subject. Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research

Note: This collection contains daybooks for Rosenthal & Co., tobacco merchants. Creator: Rosenthal & Co. (Lancaster, Pa.) Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research

the Hager family papers are deeds, land patents, and probate records. Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization) Conditions for Access: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit

Items of Local Interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette, 4750 to 1760 Inclusive. COPIED BY H. FRANK ESHLEMAN. In our February pamphlet of 1918 appears the last installment of a series of items of local interest, and historical importance, found in the Pennsylvania Gazette, bringing those items down to

had escaped the first massacre and been removed to the work-house in Lan- caster, where all, men, women and children, were indiscriminately slain. This notorious event created a fierce discussion in the Province, and newspaper articles and a number of pamphlets were published on both sides of the