years for a return on their investment. All that time it was one steady bee-hive of industry for the employment of our iron workers. They, and through them, the town reaped the profits of the investment which the stockholders had had.69 Prices of Susquehanna Iron Company stock soared in 1883 to $206.50

Continental Congress to the present time, there have been nine places that have hosted the government of the newly-indepen- dent states under the Continental Congress, the Articles of Confederation, and the present Constitution. They are: Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Philadelphia, Pa

that in each line be compressed allusions and nuances that would describe the religious, ethical, social, political and economic milieu of the southern town- ships without having the characters sounding as if they were a gaggle of history professors lecturing to each other. (That was easier than the

investigated "Crises in History." For its 1952-1953 season Clio selected "Varieties of Human Culture: Ways of Life in Past and Present." "Journals of Famous Persons: Their Cause and Effect" was the theme in 1953-1954. Clio observed its 75th anniversary with a gala affair at the Stevens House. Members in period

town. Before 3 P.M. we returned to Marietta. �Colonel James W. Duffy This being the annual meeting of the Club, an election for Pres- ident was held. Mr. S. M. Felton was chosen for the ensuing year, but being absent Mr. W. H. Drayton was requested to act on this occasion. The members present were: Hon

Cookson's near the head of the Pequea Creek. [That would be the present Route 462 from Columbia to Lancaster Township and Route 340 from Lancaster Township to Salisbury Township.] A petition was presented from James Patterson, Edmond Cartlidge, Peter Chartier, John Lawrence, Jonas Davenport, Oliver Walls

Nyberg, a Swedish Lutheran pastor who subsequently adopted Moravian religious views and was deposed from the Lutheran Church, ending the two-year existence of St. James. The above list does not pretend to be all-inclusive and absolutely accu- rate: it is the best compilation the editor could assemble

The Effort to Build a State Penitentiary at Lancaster A Bit of Local History Recently the Lancaster County Historical Society purchased at a public sale several documents for a modest sum. One of the documents was a "memori- al" sent to the Pennsylvania legislature by the Commissioners of Lancaster

confirmed by the court of quarter sessions. In 1730 Andrew Hamilton and his son, James, began proceedings to acquire a large tract of land lying astride Lancaster and Manheim Townships. On a portion of this tract James Hamilton would lay out a town which he called Lancaster. During the following few years

), and Architecture of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 1700-1900 (1992). In addition to writing his many books, and illustrating them with photographs he has taken, Professor Kauffman has written (and continues to write) articles on his favorite subjects. Professor Kauffman graduated from Millersville