had established a record of failure at the Shawnee Furnace in Columbia; soon George Ford's money was not sufficient to keep the works in operation.'" �On 7 November 1850 a deed of trust was executed to Henry Reed, a banker, and Thomas Baumgardner, a prosperous coal merchant of Lancaster.138 Mathias

were not in operation. 1° Puddling furnaces in eastern Pennsylvania tended to use anthracite coal, according to Temin, the proximity of the mines and the earlier development of canal and rail transportation in the East being advantageous. The Safe Harbor Rolling Mill was cited by Temin as using

, THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA: Learning that your Honorable bodies contemplate passing an Act of Assembly to provide for the erection of a penitentiary for the confinement of criminals convicted in the central part of the State, we, the undersigned Com

, where he passed the examination by answering a few questions on Coke and Blackstone. He also expressed his appreciation to the examining judge by presenting him with several bottles of Madeira. �80 JOURNAL Having thus thwarted the York County lawyers, he opened an office in Gettysburg. Before his first

Society was formed, officers elected, committees ap- pointed, and plans made to obtain stock subscriptions. David G. Eshelman, an attorney, was elected president of the Society. Other officers were the Rev. Dr. J. Max Hark, minister of the Moravian Church, vice president; Dr. Henry Carpenter, physician

84/3, 1981 131 An Unusual Discovery Prisoner-of-War Barracks in Lancaster Used During the Revolutionary War By Albert G. Overton and J. W.W. Loose Although historians have known for a long time barracks to house British and Hessian prisoners-of-war during the American Revolution were located at the

, 1850. 47. Smith and Cole, op. cit., p. 137. 48. Lancaster Daily Express, 2 April, 1858; refer to Appendix B. 49. Paul R. Peel, "History of the Lancaster Bank: 1814-1856," Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, LXVI (Spring, 1962), 76-81. 50. Ellis and Evans, op. cit., p. 513. 51. Ibid., p

mechanical genius in Lancaster County was William Henry. Henry's abilities in gunsmithing and his outstanding contributions to winning the American Revolution have been described well by Samuel Dyke and others of the gunsmithing fraternity. The manufacture of guns obviously presented numerous challenges to