Wise in English. 3 A large Republican meeting at the Wigwam. Eloquent addresses were delivered by W. W. Brown and George Eichelberger. 4 A Wide Awake parade in Lancaster followed by meetings in various wards and a return parade to the Wigwam. 4 Friends of Lincoln, Hamlin and Curtin raised a pole in

activity, whose exploits were set down in the annals of their time. Among the famous women of Lancaster County one notes the name of Ann Scott Galbraith, wife of Andrew Gal- braith. She was the first woman political worker in the history of Lan- caster County. In the year 1731 she actually made possible

ANN LETORT The second in a series on noteworthy women in Lancaster County history, this article on Ann Letort by Marian Wallace Reninger brings new attention to the courage and versatility of pio- neer women. Ann Letort was a French Huguenot who came to America with her husband James in 1686. They

ANN WOOD HENRY, 1732-1798 Another sketch of a noteworthy pioneer woman in Lancaster is included in her series by Marian W. Reninger. Setting aside her own story on Ann Henry, Mrs. Reninger presents as fitting tribute to her friend and compatriot, the late Adelaide Hall, the unpublished last work of

Whittlesey of Ro- chester] activity in sending Antimasonic documents and papers into Penn- sylvania as the chief cause of the movement there."15 After attempting to answer how Antimasonry spread to Pennsylvania, one next encounters the everpresent "why"; why was Pennsylvania, and particularly Lancaster

Preservation&Razingss FORMER HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING "MODERNIZED" Members of the Lancaster County Historical Society were shocked recently when the owner of its former home at 307 North Duke Street decided to •set a large "picture" window into the front wall in place of the two white-shuttered