was made from a species of grass never before used for that purpose. Soon women, and a great number of children at the public school in the city, mastered the art of plaiting the straw. The grass from which the hat was made grew abundantly, at that time, in Lancaster county. Joel Lightner, Jr., was

attorney from 1839-1845 and negotiated for the loan that enabled Lancaster city to build the “water works” in the 1830s. Sarah Cox, her maternal grandmother, was a known philanthropist and for years helped to manage the Home for Friendless Children in Lancaster. Her sister, Ellen Fordney Franklin, was a

5, Folder 10, June 2014. John Porter son of William Porter deceased by his own free will and the consent of Zacharias Moore and Jacob Eversole overseers of the poor of Donegal Twp. Apprenticed himself to John Brant as a house carpenter and joiner, 20 November 1793. Transferred from Document

James Gibbons for 1,000 acres of land situated on the Conestoga Creek in Chester County. 20 September 1727. Signed 20 September 1727. Original seal still on document. Folder 21 Deed from Joseph Steer of Lampeter Twp. to James Gibbons of Lampeter Twp. for land near Mill Creek and alongside William

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