reproduced. All have been enlarged about one-third. �history, derived from Dr. Seidenstick- er's "First Century of German Print- ing," may not be amiss. It was the third German newspaper published in Pennsylvania. The first number was issued on August 7, 1787. The pub- lishers were Steiner, Albrecht and Lahn

F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Roads--Pennsylvania--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: [145]-156 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v

born in Manor township, in the year 1798. His fath- er's name was James Armstrong, and the family was related to General Armstrong, who was Secretary of War during President Madison's adminis- tration. Unfortunately,few facts concerning his early life have come down to us, which seems all the more

' History of Lancaster County that he had probably become addicted to a roving life in consequence of having accompanied the well-known trader and soldier, Colonel George Cro- gan, who, the same authority states, was his uncle, while on the latter's trading excursions into the regions be- yond Ohio. On this

region al- ready mentioned- Most of the more pretentious houses of the period, be- ginning, say, about 1'i50, and running down into the nineteenth century, are constructed of the beautiful sand- stone found in the South Mountain ranges, abd in the minor spurs of that elevation. In fact, there are few