Woolworth Building the Roof Garden entertained patrons with choice vaudeville for a charge of 15 cents. Beyond the streets of Lancaster, at Conestoga Park Pavilion, light opera, such as Pinafore, Mikado, Fra Diavola, Oli- vette, etc., were played. Let us give you a sample of the jokes told by the company's

offered by him, "a daguerreotype apparatus, and materials of the best kind, for sale." 5 If he used 4 Ellis and Evans' History o f Lancaster County, p. 593. 5 Advertisement appearing in the Columbia Spy from September 18 to �the outfit, he follows Fahnestock and Damant as the next oldest photographer in

others. James Hamilton laid out the town of Lancaster at the request of the proprietaries, but there is no record of a petition direct from the citizens for establishing a borough. Perhaps Hamilton's influence shows here. In and about Lancaster, as early as 1730, we find some licensed, at a tax of twenty

1906 1898 68,814.00 1910 1900 74,827.00 1911 1905 113,386.37 1912 For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, the money order department of the Lancaster post office issued 26,165 money orders, amounting to $229,633.64; the number of orders paid was 27,952, amounting to $214,295.95. 1915 $191,473.90 1934

located at the corner of Marion street. On the east side of this block stood Franklin College. This building was erected in 1827 for the use of The Lancaster County Academy, and in 1839 was secured by the trustees of Franklin College, which institution occupied the building until it was merged with

there were some Jewesses who had not long since come from New York, that made a tolerable appear- ance, being well-dressed and of an agreeable behaviour." The dances were concluded about twelve o'clock. In 1797 Mr. Baconais advertised in the Lancaster Journal that he has opened a school for dancing, and

Brethren's Church or Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) . He came to Pennsylvania in 1741, preached at Germantown for some time, established congregations at Beth- lehem, Nazareth and Lititz, promoted Christian communistic set- tlements, and preached at different points in Lancaster County, Pa. Zinzendorf

1807, before the use of steam, another Lancaster County inventive genius was working on the problem of better navigation. One Daniel Keller, of Hemp- field Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, took out a patent as early as 1795 for a design of boat, operating with paddle wheels, whose motive power

M. LUTHER HEISEY EARLY SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Recently-purchased copies of Taylor's surveys provide a mine of data for the research worker in the Society's library. The extent of lands is listed in this article. In Manuscript Book No. 76213, Chester County Historical Society, made by Isaac