summing up would say that a more detailed description of the half lots with their respective width, length, abutting owners, prices paid for each, makes it very apparent that the Annie Hurford House was not built on the ground when Marshall bought and moved to Lancaster into a "House and lived there with

not even limited within the boundaries of our own nation. It is not my purpose to detail either the history or lives of these most prom- inent of her men, but, rather, to put into the records of our Society some facts less prominent in the history of this territory, for abler pens and tongues than

, then to his son Henry when it was a tract of 121 acres, then from Henry II to his son Henry the third, who was likewise a doctor by will in 1772 and the graveyard was sold off of it before that date. It then passed through John Graybill, 1835, Lewis Diller 1846, Abram Lefevre 1847, John K. Horst 1873

Dunkards of East- ern Pennsylvania, who came to this country about 1708. Jacob Gorgas like his ancestors was an ingenious clockmaker and worker in metals, and while that was his business he was also a landowner and did not neglect the cultivation of the soil. He led a quiet, industrious life, and trained

second John who, un- doubtedly, did make a good many of these clocks. First John had three sons, who all followed the business. John, 1776-1846; Jacob, 1773-1837; Joseph, 1780-1844. Jacob made but few clocks under his name. The Johns, both senior and junior, made quite a number, but Joseph seems to have

Philadelphia Press, some twenty years ago, stated to the writer hereof was one of the grandest views he had ever looked upon either in this country or Europe. The engineering work of the whole scheme and plans is considered as the nearest to perfection known up to this date, and this applies to the means

THE LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE MARTIN CHARTIER TRACT, TOGETHER WITH THE SITE OF THE ORIGINAL RESIDENCE OF MARTIN CHARTIER. By D. F. Magee, Esq. The part assigned me is to locate on the ground, partly in Manor Town- ship and a small part in Washington Borough, (originally Charleston) the early

was born and spent the most of his life within sight of the East branch and loved to tell the story of its romantic past. But all of these passed away several generations ago, as the building of railroads made all such industries seek ready transportation of their products to purchasers all over the

. Rogers, and David A. Wiley of the State of Maryland. The said Railway Company was duly authorized and empowered to have and exercise all the powers then granted under the laws of Pennsylvania to construct and operate a railroad from any point on the Northern Central railroad, (York county) between the