Lancaster, February 22, 1861.) Lancaster County has particular interest in the 75th anniversary of the now famous Gettysburg address. Among the estimated 15,000, who heard Edward Everett use about two hours in time to deliver a scholarly address, was one young man, now approaching his 97th birthday, Mr

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S CONNECTIONS WITH LANCASTER AND ITS CITIZENS AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HELD ON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9TH, 1934, TO COMMEMORATE THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF LINCOLN'S BIRTH BY C. H. MARTIN O N the recognition of the 125th

succeeding issue of the Lancaster Journal, dated Friday, March 1st, 1822, contained an announcement that a meeting of the society would be held on Wednesday, March 6th, at the house of Christian Smith. How long the society continued to exist and who were the officers and members of it is not now definitely

and Weekly Advertiser of Saturday, Novem- ber 18th, 1820, contained an announcement to the effect that the inhabitants of Lancaster inclined to unite in the organiza- tion of an agricultural society, were requested to meet in the court house in Lancaster city, on Saturday morning, December 2nd. A full

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

AN AMISH WEDDING THREE VIRTUES — FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY — EXEMPLIFIED BY SOLEMN CEREMONY High noon neared and a solemn hush fell upon the two hundred and fifty relatives and guests asembled in the home of Benjamin Esh, at Mascot, Lancaster county, Pa., to witness a solemn wedding ceremony. To

to enlist in the Continental Army. On September 8, 1908, Mr. F. R. Diffenderffer read an interesting paper before the Lancaster County Historical Society on the subject of Tories in Lancaster County, which dealt with this man Rinne to some extent. Snyder's further adventures are covered by his own

curiosity. That the machine would serve the farmers in Lancaster county satisfactorily is evident from the following testimonial which ap- peared in The Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser of Tuesday, September 9th, 1806: "Witmer's Tavern, "September 3rd, 1806. "We, the subscribers, having seen the

Ann Moore, Postmistress of Lancaster, First Woman Appointed to Office Under the Federal Government By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XX XIV, pp. 62-3, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled "Post- masters and Postmistresses of Lancaster." In

ORIG- INAL BUILDING OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Rev. Richard Locke, a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, with headquar- ters in London, England, came to Lancaster early in October, 1744. Episcopalians living in this vicinity, held a