. In 1860 he was a Republican leader in Lancaster County and eventually he succeeded Stevens as a member of Congress. He also served in the 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. The stop of the Lancaster group at St. Louis provided an opportun- ity to present a gold headed cane to General Shaeffer

. The "Circular of Terms" for the Beck Family School for Boys is a case in point. �Moravian Family School for a Limited number of Boys, Abraham R. Beck, Principal. Litiz [sic], Lancaster County, Pa. Terms. "For tuition and all domestic expenses, $300 a year, to be paid half-yearly in advance, in

.) English Scholar's Library, Birming- ham, England, 1884. Talbot, George 1684 "Conference Between Col. George Talbot of Maryland and William Penn," in Narratives of Early Maryland. Clayton C. Hall (ed). Scribner's N. Y. 1910, pip. 437-448. Wallace, Paul A. W. 1961 Indians in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania

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

the state and national levels. The purpose of my study is to make a microscopic investigation of political Antimasonry on the local level, namely in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In writing this paper, I have had three major objectives in mind. First, I shall show the role played by the 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

: LancasterHistory will continue to add items to this collection. Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Linden Hall Seminary Collection (MG0010), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. People: Beverly, Jane B. Kepler, Mary �230 North President Avenue · Lancaster, PA

to as the “Christiana Riot” occurred in September of 1851 in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a borough in Lancaster County. The events known as the Christiana Resistance include an attack from slaveholders in Maryland on the inhabitants and home of William Parker (1822), a free black living in Christiana