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

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

subscribed for this valuable work, though at the time he was living, I think, in Northampton county, where he had been commissioned in 1788 a justice of the peace, and judge of the courts of common pleas and quarter sessions. The name of Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D., who was a son of the Rev. Thomas Barton

The following description of the Dunkard Monastery indicates that Mit- telberger is mistaken in stating that the third road "runs to the left hand toward Lancaster and Bethlehem." Obviously, he meant Ephrata. At the latter place there was "a monastery and nunnery of Dunkers," described by

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 Reninger presents as fitting tribute to her friend and compatriot, the late Adelaide Hall, the unpublished last work of

AN OLD CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPER. By William Frederic Worner. Mr. Herbert W. Hartman, president of Follmer, Clogg & Company, man- ufacturers of fine umbrellas, has presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society an old newspaper, published in New London, Conn., on Friday, April 10th, 1778. It

ANTHONY WAYNE IN LANCASTER. By William Frederic Worner. General Anthony Wayne, who had won distinction in several battles of the Revolution and had displayed remarkable skill and courage in the capture of Stony Point on the Hudson, was ordered to command the first detachment of Pennsylvania troops

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