Scotch Irish slowly acquired strength until they became a great power in that body. "The presumption is," to quote from Ellis and Evans History of Lancaster County, "that the apparent differences between these Scotch Irish settlers and the Quakers led to irreconcilable conflicts, but such is not the fact

both sides of the Susquehanna river, which was considered their territory up to this time. From the annals of the Susquehannocks and other Lancaster, Pa. In- dians, by H. Frank Eshleman, 1909, in the Lancaster County Historical So- ciety Papers, we read: "Prior to 1600—but how long before is not known

Lancaster Post Office which was located in various homes and buildings during the period. When Robert Jenkins was a Congressman from Lancaster County he secured the appointment of Dr. George Moore as Postmaster of Lancaster, on April 1, 1797. It is said that Dr. Moore kept the Post Office in his drug store

Lancaster County had several stations most of them established by Quakers. Hannah Gibbons was the wife of the Quaker Daniel Gibbons. Their granddaughter, MARIANNA GIBBONS BRUBAKER, wrote this about the family, in a paper she presented on the subject, "The Underground Railroad," in the Lancaster County

, Martin Luther. "The Lanes of Lancaster," Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 66 (1962), 176-186. Hostetter, Ida L. "Harriet Lane," Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Histori- cal Society, XXXIII (1929), 97-112. Klein, Philip S. President James Buchanan: A Biography. University Park

MARION WALLACE RENINGER MADAME FERREE Another biography of an outstanding pioneer woman in the history of Lan- caster County. The story of Mary Warenbauer Ferree recounts the wanderings of a woman of spirit and perseverance. Pursuing her object in life to find a place of freedom and opportunity