A CENTURY OF PROGRESS ALONG LIME STREET, LANCASTER, PA. By M. LUTHER HEISEY The logical starting point of our sketch of Lime street, from its begin- nings, and of some of those who at one time had, or now have, their homes on this thoroughfare, is East King street. There, on the northwest corner

unveiling of the tablet to the memory of Count Zinzendorf, at the home of D. Paul Hershey, located on the old Newport Road, one mile north of Lititz, Pa., on Sunday, Oc- tober 11th, 1936. The actual unveiling was done by Mary Jane Hershey, the ten- year-old daughter of Mrs. Sue Snyder Hershey, whose family

, where I took charge of four congregations. �"October 25th (*), I removed to New Holland, where I served four congregations. "July 25th, 1787, I removed to Lancaster and on the 19th of August, 1789, to McAllister},† where I served five congregations." What a modest recital for a man of such great

later paper will deal with the history of many individual clocks, and the story of the famililes that have had them for generations, as I have uncovered many very interesting facts along these lines that would make good material for an historical paper. HOFFS—Among the clockmakers of Lancaster City who

Lancaster In The Gettysburg C ampaign By M. LUTHER HEISEY THE ALARM At no time in the long history of Lancaster County did consternation and excitement reign among its citizens as in the closing days of June, 1863, when the gray ranks of the Confederacy approached to its very gateways. For days

expression of her high appreciation and deep gratitude to the Lancaster County Historical Society and the Borough of Lititz for all they have done for General Sutter. I salute the 'Grand Old Man of California' and the fine town of Lititz where he found hospitality and friendship during his last years. May

of the earliest and most ardent collectors and observers of nature, a resident of Darby, then Chester County, Pa., contributed many papers on entomology which appeared between the years 1746 and 1751. Timothy Mattlock, born in New Jersey but a resident of standing in Lancaster, presented in 1780 an

, the following of local interest are described: Chart Name of Surveyed Y ear No. of County No. Manor for of Acres of Hempfield Proprietaries 1720 2,816 Lancaster 11 Conestoga William Penn 1717 16,000 Lancaster 23 Freame Thomas Freame 1741 10,000 Lancaster (On the Swatara Creek.) (now Dauphin or Lebanon

source of water supply, before the introduction of piped water, came from the numerous wells and pumps about the city. These were vital to the welfare of the city, and were pro-· tected by city ordinances. We can learn the location of thirty-one such pumps from an old history.* City councils on October 5