this paper. Every member of this Society knows that the first permanent settlement in Lancaster county was made in 1709, perhaps a year earlier, and that the population thereafter grew so rapidly that in 1729 enough people had come here to warrant a county organization with all the requisite county

- versity of Cambridge. He became the rector of Christ Church, Philadelphia, in 1775. He adhered to the cause of the Colonies at the breaking out of the Revolution, and made the opening prayer at the First Congress, Septem- ber 7, 1774. After reading a Psalm, he concluded with an extempore invoca- tion of

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HISTORICAL MEMORANDA, An Act of Vandalism. The following is an excerpt read by S. M. Sener, Esq., from "The Oracle of Dauphin," Harrisburg, Pa., under date of 6th of January, 1820: "The Lancaster Free Press contains an advertisement of the Trustees and Elders of the German Reformed Church in the

more fortunate than their fellow-citizens here in Lancaster, who scored a partial success only. But I return to the first page of the record book,on which I find the follow- ing: "ANNO DOMINI 1786. "The Revd. Mr. Melsheimer, Minis- ter of the German Lutheran Congrega- tion at New Holland, after

. Diffenderffer. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Names, Geographical--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Indians of North America--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Names, Indian--North America. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [85]-88 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal

. Diffenderffer. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1898-99 Description: 22 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.3 Location: LCHSJL

: "I went into town (Lancaster must have been a very small place when the corner of Lime and Orange streets was consid- ered out of town), an alarm being spread that some of Howe's Light Horse had been seen at Pequea church." It was a false alarm. Such rumors were everyday occurrences, and gene- rally

:. Mechanics' Coun- cillor. The Scott Bugle. The Daily Free Press, (Liquor organ.) 1856. The Daily Express. The Pathfinder. 1858. Lancaster Union. The Temperance Advocate. 1859. The Church Advocate. The Morn- ing Herald. (Daily). 1860. The Educational Record. The Con- . stitution. 1862. The Daily inquirer