ones passed on to their reward. But joy also came with the birth of many babies who through the years have grown up with the church and have given their lives to the service of God. �I wish we had space to name and to talk about the great numbers, both men and women, who were pillars of the church and

team in the Keystone state. Among the sprink- ling from other states, Chase, Lincoln, etc. have their advocates. I am yet too remote from the seat of war to indicate who is the most popular man with the outsiders. Gen. Cameron however will have many friends-" It may be mentioned here that John McLean

lived sank so deeply into the hearts of the people of many lands as Abraham Lincoln did. In his life he was a great American. He is an American no longer. He is one of those giant figures of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. They are no longer Greek or Hebrew, or

American political, economic and social life, one important fact cannot be ignored. The small private school of the nineteenth century was the great training ground for American leadership — religious, professional, political and industrial. The fact that a small private school such as Franklin Academy at

, Shubenacadie, Chicabenadie, Benacadie, Shunacadie, etc. By the capitulation of Port Royal the Acadians were permitted to sell their lands and remove from English territory or remain as British subjects. Queen Anne, by letter of June 22, 1713, confirm- ing the agreement. The authorities in England as early as

conceived and well planned inter-county event. And as the official representative of The Lancaster County Historical Society, I cannot too strongly commend the Lancaster and York County Branches of the Colonial Dames of America for erecting this fine bronze tablet to commemorate the first important ferry

with prudence, moderation and wisdom,—beg leave to assure you, Sir, that should the insolence and rapacity of the French Republic, or any other foreign power, render an appeal to arms the dernier resort, they will be always ready to support, to the utmost of their ability, the rights of the American

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

, treasurer of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Relief fund, received the following letter : 2 The total is incorrectly stated to be $2,116.30 in the Lancaster Examiner and Herald of Wednesday, November 21st, 1855. �"Portsmouth, Va., "November 16th, 1855. "Dear Sir: "Your esteemed favor of the 12th inst. came to me

believe them. Still, those of us who were born after the Depression or those of us who come from other parts of the country, may find these oral histories contradictory to what we have heard and read. The Darmstaetter Collection from the Lancaster County Historical Society allows us to see for ourselves