AFTERMATH SUPPLEMEN- TARY TO CHRISTIANA RIOT, 1851 Since the publication, under the auspices of this Society, sixty years after the event, of the History of the Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851, the author has obtain- ed considerable detailed information bearing on those famous

person. Mr. Tolles' biography of James Logan is a much needed introduction to an al- most unknown period of Pennsylvania colonial history, a much needed introduction to the man who, more than any other, directed Pennsylvania politics and policy in that period, the man who fought bitterly throughout his

refugees from religious persecution settled in what was then known as the 'Conestoga country' of Pennsyl- vania, but now Lancaster. It was a singular dispensation that brought this colony of rifle-makers to our soil under the auspices of the peaceful and non-combatant 'Proprietary' of Wil- liam Penn and

abandon that idea, from an opinion unequivocally expressed, that if a general removal was determined on, it was more honorable to be dismissed by governor Snyder, in the present state of things, than to resign, and leave him responsible for the consequences, as it had now became obvious, that with him

House. Another itinerant, George W. Pinkerton, was born in Lan- caster, January 23, 1846, the son of George and Elizabeth Pinker- ton. He served in the Civil War in Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Regiment. He engaged in photography about 1871 to 1877, spending part of the time about Lancaster

period when states- manship was directed toward a com- promise and evasion of the slavery question; while Mr. Stevens forged to the front when a consideration of the issues of abolitionism and universal suffrage irresistibly overwhelmed all other public questions and submerged those who would have

selected as one of the first trustees. He deeded a piece of ground on East High Street, near his home, to the congregation on December 4, 1772. Here they built their first house of worship in the style of the times —of logs, with a brick floor and a gallery extending on three sides. Stiegel required a

it is true, but very reason- able we assume) a vast amount of clothing for the army in 1778. Now. in the following year, we are urged to believe that he had become entirely mer- cenary in his dealings, with little or no regard for the welfare of his country and fellow-countrymen. His early military