Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
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Includes index.
Summary
This issue contains the transcription of the 1869 diary of Clay Township resident Samuel R. Hess, and provides a day-to-day look at the life of a typical Mennonite farmer and businessman. The diary has been indexed by name and provides a list of local residents with whom Hess had contact with.
"A first addendum to Frederick S. Weiser's "A congregation named Saint John's," a history of Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Maytown, Pennsylvania, published in 1967."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 117 #3.
Book number 123 of 650. Published in cooperation with The Donegal Society.
Summary
Donegal Presbyterian Church was started by Scots-Irish settlers in Lancaster Co, PA, in 1724. This church history tells about the early families, the famed Witness Tree, and the many elders, preachers, and members of a congregation facing its third century.
"Only a minority of 19th century Irish landlords were benevolent, and few treated their tenants with such consideration as did John Hamilton of Donegal, who almost bankrupted himself in the process. His tenants had good reason to value this humane and progressive proprietor who was well-traveled and spoke six languages.He kept a journal -- upon which this book is based -- recording events on his estate and during his travels around Ireland and on the continent." [from Google Books]
