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

ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE DETECTION OF HORSE THIEVES By WILLIAM FREDERIC WARNER A MEETING of inhabitants of Strasburg, Leacock and Lam- peter townships was held on Saturday, November 9th, 1811, at the house of David Witmer, for the purpose of taking into con- sideration the wisdom of forming an

communications to Raystown. In the middle of June three companies of highlanders de- parted from Lancaster, where they had presumably been stationed for some time, for Carlisle, under orders from Colonel Bouquet." It appears that it was during the Forbes expedition that the billeting of troops in the borough

Books for the Backcountry: Patrick Orr's Inventory, Lancaster, 1754 by Alan Tully Because of the longstanding interest of historians in the intellec- tual and cultural life of colonial Philadelphia we now have a clear idea of what the reading interests of that city's elite were during the mid-eight

. Bohring. April 21, 1866. Agreed to that the Hospital be 125 feet in length instead of 140 feet 6 inches, as was designated in the original resolution. May 5, 1866. Moved by Mr. Gast, that the County Commissioners be notified that the Directors of the Poor expect to draw on them for $5,000.00 in the month

The Camerons of Donegal BY HERBERT H. BECK In the Government of the United States no family of Penn- sylvania has played so prominent a part as the Camerons. For a father, Simon Cameron, and son, James Donald Cameron, were both Senators of Congress, with a total of forty years of service in the

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of Lancaster has increased and still daily increases in extent and population, and ought to be able to provide for the order, safety and happiness of its citizens. But the administration of government therein, under its present charter, is inadequate to the advancement of public health and order, to

Collections for the Poor in 1795 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of the "Association for the Relief of the Poor," of the borough of Lancaster, was held at the house of Chris- topher Brenner on Monday, November 2nd, 1795. John Joseph Henry occupied the chair. The committees appointed to collect

Poor By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Wednesday, September 10th, 1823, a meeting was held in the court house for the purpose of adopting measures for the relief of the sick and the afflicted poor of the city of Lancas- ter. William Kirkpatrick was appointed chairman, and John R. Montgomery secretary