our society's proceedings. At the time Mr. Samuel Evans wrote his history of our county, the assessments of several townships prior to 1750 were here, because he has copies of some of them in his book. But it is very probable that some of these lists were taken out for the printer of that work and

, vol. 3, pp. 171- 175. �thirty miles up from hence" (Phila- delphia).' December 2, 1701, James Logan wrote to William Penn: "The Sus- quehanna subscriptions go not briskly on, as at first, chiefly through the un- dertakers' want of time, because or the fair, eto., but it is intended to be pressed

took Penn back to England that year, where he remained until 1699. Mary- land contended that the Susquehanna river was the southwestern boundary of Pennsylvania, and our people in- sisted that the fortieth degree of north latitude was the southern boundary. Twice temporary lines were agreed upon, and

marches and campaigns were made by our Indians upon their enemies along the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes. The end came in 1675 when the Five Nations, put under the effective leadership of the Senecas, swooped down on the Susquehannocks in Sep- tember, 1675, and demolished them. Then came Penn to

Early Items of Lancaster County History A great deal of interest naturally attaches to the primitive affairs in our county and that is at present very rare—that is, because items have al- ready been written up. It is only by gathering up certain items that we can eventually expect to put together

value of local history. They must not forget that it was the historical tradition and honor and the age-long implanted ideals living in patriots' hearts which inspired the great and brave souls of the past, even to wage war for our land and its blessings— it was this that enabled us to conquer—this

child following them, wan- dered among the woods, and being surrounded by fire, the flames seized its clothes and it was burned to death." In the issue of February 8, 1732, there is an account of the dangers and horrors some of our Conestoga Palatines went through in reaching their new home. The article

, because hemp culture was important in our Susquehanna and its tributaries' valleys. January 31, 1721: "A lot of 92 malefactors, including Wm. Wrigglesden, who robbed the King's Chapel at Whitehall, are sent to America." February 14, 1721: "One hundred and, eighty malefac- tors reached Maryland from

�Bucks Countians lodged as follows: Isaac Van Horne at Nauman's and Ralph Stone and James Erwin at John Musser's corner of East Orange and Lime Streets and Gerardus Wynkoch at Judge Henry's. The Chester County legislators divided: Jos. Hemphill lodged at A Scott's on Orange Street; Jas. Hannum at

THE FIRST WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN LANCASTER CITY: A COM- PARISON WITH THE MALE VOTE; YOUTHFUL AND AGED VOTERS COMPARED By H. Frank Eshleman The local history which I present to you, herein, is only six years old. It is valuable, however, because of what it records generally, and also because it