Society, marking the site of the residence of Thaddeus Stevens. John Ehlers, sheriff, sold the property, which belonged to George Kleiss, to Thaddeus Stevens, for $4000.00, on April 17th, 1843. (Recorded in Sheriff Deed Book No. 1, page 817). It is described, briefly, as follows: Lot of ground, fronting

until the society con- sisted of thirty-five members, a meeting was to be held each Wednesday evening at the house of Christian Smith. The book of the organization was to be kept open for subscriptions at the store of Messrs. J. and P. Long, North Queen street. Joseph Ehrenfried was the secretary. The

, April 19th, 1798. General Edward Hand occupied the chair, and John Hubley, Esq., acted as secretary. An address declaring confidence in the President of the United States, and the determination of the gathering to support the government, was agreed to and submitted to the people for signature. The

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

statement, made January 25, 1831, when he filed an application for a soldier's pension, as fol- lows: "That he had enlisted in 1776 for the war and continued in service un- til the end of the war," and there is a settlement record between the United States and soldier Andrew Snyder for the balance of the

surmise. According to Rupp, it was built at great expense in the same year that the town wa s laid out, 1730, and the earliest mention os the sulling mill in any deed I have seen is in Record Book L, p. 62, when sor the sum os £40 and for his natural affec- tion, Stephen Atkinson, under date of March 30

first entry of the book are known to all, it stating that J. Yeates had received for William Hamilton, Esq., on June 26, 1786, "Eleven Pounds and five shillings Currency for one year's rent of Pasture M, due 1st May 1785, ten shillings and six pence Sterling for one Year's Rent of % parts of Lot No. 25

person of no little influence and im- portance in that locality in his day and generation, and is credited with having amassed a large estate for that period, much of it in lands in other localities, even so far away as Maryland and Virginia. I saw some of his deeds, in the possession of a direct

July 1861. Insert 7 Original letter from J. C. Woodruff to John Wise requesting a bill for expense of balloon and services. 2 October 1861. Folder 13 Correspondence of John Andrews Insert 1 Letter from Florence Taylor to Mr. Andrews referencing a reprint of a 1941 edition of a book published by the