, Samuel Brown and Abra- ham De Normandie ; for Chester county, Nathaniel Pennock, Nathaniel Grubb and John Hannum ; for Lancaster county, Calvin Cooper, James Webb and Samuel LeFevre. The act required them within twenty days after its passage to order and ap- point the Acadians as to them appeared most

writer's possession. The Columbian was also issued at this booming period, from Elizabeth- town, the first number being dated March 29, 1878, and edited by Seitz and Lewis; and the Literary Review had a short existence at Lancaster, Pa. The second volume of the Literary Ledger, a monthly, was printed at

, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1897-98 Description: [89]-103 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 4 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.2 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

pieces. Evolution of the Rifle in America. "At first the Swiss at Lancaster made rifles on the model of their own rather clumsy weapons and carried ounce balls. Their barrels were thir- ty to thirty-two inches long, and were rifled to a twist of about one-half revolution in the length of the bore. The