description left an undefined territory and a disputed frontier. In reference to the etymology of the word Acadia, it has been written in dif- ferent ways: La Cadie, La Cady, Accadie, Accadia, Arcadie, Arcadia, and Quoddy. The etymology of the word is not certain. It is certainly not from the Greek "Arcadia

. Miners and those skilled in warfare were unneces- sary; barter was the ostensible object of these voyages. If you please, con- sider the products procurable in this wonderful land—gold, silver, ivory, peacocks, apes and rare and beautiful wood, such as was not indigenous to the Orient. En passant, we are

the resolution, 47 yeas to 7 noes. The Petition. MARTICK TOWNSHIP. To the Honorable the Representatives of the freemen of the State of Pennsylvania this Memorial Humbly Sheweth : That your Memorialists are of Opinion that frequent Changes in Government have a tendency to weaken it, and to Create

. Rich and Fanny G. Rich Insert 1 Postcard to Henry from Mother and Dad about the sights of Constantinople and their English-speaking guide. Image of Mosquée du Sultan Ahmed et l’Hippodrome, Constantinople. No date. Postcard to Henry from Mother and Dad regarding their travel plans to London. Image of

Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to

: The Blanche Nevin Papers include manuscripts of Blanche Nevin’s prose and poetry, the 1878 contract for her statue of Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, letters, essays, biographies, and articles about her travels. The collection has not been fully processed—please see the inventory below. Creator: Nevin, Blanche

widely dispersed throughout the entire country. �From all these different points of view, the old structure to which. I ask your brief attention commands inter- est and has the charm of novelty. Situ- ated in the northern end of the borough of Quarryville, perched on a slight hill, stands a large stone

are in a good state of preservation to-day. In 1845 Henry Haldeman built the Chickiswalungo furnace. This furnace and all his other property at Chickies he gave to his sons, Samuel and Edwin, on July 4, 1845. The furnace first went in blast January 15, 1846. It was originally but thirty-two feet high

CONESTOGA. REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD TOWNSHIP When we think of the treatment the Palatinates (from whom most of us have descended) received from their oppressors in their native land, when their homes were destroyed and they were compelled to flee for their lives to such parts of the world as