there in a big barn of a structure dubbed the "Wigwam," Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was nominated for the office of President and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for the office of Vice-president. From Lancaster newspaper items of 1860 we have attempted in this paper to piece together the campaign of that year

Store. But Marshall was writing his Remembrancer during stirring times, and public affairs had first place in his mind. He mentions his close Lancaster friend and neighbor, Dr. Abraham Neff, frequently, and on one occasion wrote that, in his judgment, "Dr. Neff and his son were quite ignoramuses in

the year 1799 Bishop Asbury sojourned for a full week in Lancaster County, during which period he visited Martin Boehm and again preached in Boehm's Church. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1799—We rode twenty miles to New Holland, and had a sample of bad roads for a sulky. Here some souls were brought to Christ. I

marriage, Pastor Handshue's labors in Lancaster were altogether satisfactory. His labors were incessant. Beside his work in Trinity he preached at New Holland, also at York on occasion and was virtual pastor of the Beaver Creek congregation in Strasburg Township which in time became St. Michael's in

�by Dr. Greenwald. This was the first opportunity for the new pastor to show his grasp of church history and doctrine; and according to contemporary reports his discourses were masterpieces of eloquence and erudition. In connection with the observance a Thank Offering in Trinity congregation amounting

Examiner and Geist became editor of the consolidated papers. With John B. Warfel in 1877 he founded The New Era, of which he was editor until his death in 1905. �Concerning the very eminent gentleman who introduced Miss Dickinson to her Lancaster audience, a few words are in order. Prof. Brooks came to

Cape Hinlopen to the Falls of the Delaware and thence westward to the Great Falls in the Susquehanna, near the mouth of the Conewago Creek." 1 The Lancaster County Historical Society held a meeting on April 1 with a program commemorating the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Found- ing of Pennsylvania

Hospital together with the contributors (who were invited to all annual meetings) met in their 17th annual session to listen to reports and elect new members. We will first therefore consider the proceedings of the board meeting. The Lancaster Morning News reported the meeting as follows: "President