offered by him, "a daguerreotype apparatus, and materials of the best kind, for sale." 5 If he used 4 Ellis and Evans' History o f Lancaster County, p. 593. 5 Advertisement appearing in the Columbia Spy from September 18 to �the outfit, he follows Fahnestock and Damant as the next oldest photographer in

Baron " Stiegel and the Muhlenbergs By M. LUTHER HEISEY In February, 1762, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg visited Heidelberg, Tulpe- hocken, Lebanon (in dreadfully cold weather), Ephrata and Canestoge; all points within the early bounds of Lancaster County. He was engaged in visiting and consoling the

in 1704, of Huguenot descent, and in 1727 married Catharina Brecht. He was an elder of First Reformed Church, but later joined the Moravian congregation, in whose cemetery he was buried in 1751. �50 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY His remains were reinterred in the Greenwood Cemetery, by the side

the Post Office in King's Street." (See fac-simile on page 4.) In 1756, the Pennsylvania Gazette advertised a list of unclaimed letters for Lancaster County folks held "at the post office in Lancaster." Previously, 1738 and 1741, the lists of letters were held at Philadelphia. Post roads were few in

Lancaster was founded this year. 2 Henry Slay- 1 Because of the tree, the early Indians located here were known as the Hickory Tribe; the town became known as Hickory Town. Other names for it were Gibson's Pasture, Indian Town, Spring Town and Waving Hills. See Rupp's History of Lancaster County, p. 135. 2

side, much as the second courthouse appeared, and from this we would infer that they were substantially of the same dimensions, the second possibly built on the very foundations of the one destroyed by fire on June 9, 1784. 2 An Authentic History of Lancaster County, by J. I. Mombert, 1869, app. p. 58

) in the Congressional Library, in a special philatelic display in June, 1940. The exact dimensions of the stamp are 21 x 14 mm. The United States Stamp Catalogue lists among the "locals": Barr's Penny Dispatch Lancaster, Pa. Established by Elias Barr for local collection and delivery, as well as to

Locomotives—Made in Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY As stated in the constitution of this Society, its object is, among other ramifications, to mark the growth and progress of population, wealth, educa- tion, agriculture, arts, manufactures and commerce in the city and county. "Peace hath her

." Jeremiah 18:6, "Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, 0 house of Israel." 2 Job 2:8, "And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal." 3 Burial records of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. 4 Ibid. �in the pottery business throughout the whole life of the county