The 250th Anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyterian Church by Hiram G. Troop, Sr. Mr. Madison E. McElwain's Faith and Works at Middle Octorara Since 1727 was published in 1956, and there is a copy in the LCHS col- lection. "The 250th Anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyter- ian

name of George Washington. The greatest of them all is WASHINGTON — DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The capital of the United States. The Cornerstone of the capital building was laid in 1793 and built in the Renaissance style. Extensive additions have been made to both wings since 1850. The material used was

) 1980. Harkins, Elizabeth. James Holliday, Sr. 1780-1980. (Photocopy) 1980. Harris, William and Others. Readers (Second, Third and Fourth.) (Books) 1877-1878. Hawbaker. Gary T. and Groff, Clyde L. A new Index: Lancaster County, Pa. before the �Federal Census: Vol. 1: Index to the 1780 Tax Records. (Book

of Ohio, who had been a member of the United States Supreme Court since 1839, although seventy- five years of age in 1860, still had a very definite ambition to reach the White House and in fact was the choice of Thaddeus Stevens, a delegate at large from Pennsylvania to the convention. Enroute to

--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1912 Description: 247-250 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 8 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.16 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

-watery utterances of the man who has to be pointed out to intelligent foreigners as the President of the United States." The "Daily Evening Express," Lancaster, in an editorial, November 20, 1863, states "that the National Cemetery was dedicated at Gettysburg yester- day, with appropriate ceremonies. The

Lincoln, eldest son of Mordecai and Hannah Salter Lin- coln, was born May 3, 1711. With his parents he came to Cov- entry, Chester county, Pa., about 1720, either from Middlesex or Monmouth county, New Jersey. Following his marriage, evidently he located in Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, Pa. In

Harford in Susque- hanna County could produce, within the confines of a group of contem- porary classmates, three or four United States representatives, a like num- ber of United States district judges, a speaker of the House of Representa- tives, a United States Senator and a governor of Iowa was not as

. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Witmer, Abraham. Bridges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Conestoga Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.) Witmer's Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1916 Description: 155-174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster

portion allotted to a man named Slaymaker. A peculiar fact may be mentioned in connection with this, that a township of this county, which was laid out about the time of the �Acadian dispersion into Lancaster county, is named Bart. Reese, in an early edi- tion of his cyclopaedia, states that Bart is the