. If so, look on pages 418-426 of Faith and Works (Madison McElwain) and you will be thrilled with the response of our congregation. Many will remember our 225th anniversary in 1952. It can be found in the same book, pages 426-447. Many of you took part in the pageant's twelve parts. You will be

Street As I Knew It. (Typescript) n.d. Di Ninni, Ronald V. comp. History of Rutherford, Pennsylvania. (Book) 1979. Drake, Mrs. Wm. Preston and Others. Kentucky in Retrospect, 1792-1942. (Book) 1942. Dructor, Robert M. A Guide to Genealogical Sources at the Pa. State Archives. (Book) 1980. Dyke, Mary Hull

GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

inimitable, both in style and aesthetic criticism, Walter Pater! �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Demuth, C. B. Title: Aaron Eshleman / by C. B. Demuth. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Eshleman, Aaron, 1827- Artists--Pennsylvania

fast-thinning ranks of the Blue and the Gray to Gettysburg in final reunion. H. G. Wells, noted authority, classes Abraham Lincoln, the central figure of that great drama, among the first six men of the world's history. If that be true, no excuse need be offered to record in the annals of this Society

Chester county, Pa., with some additional facts rela- tive to Mr. Lincoln's political history and it became the basis of well written articles which practically all of the Pennsylvania papers published in January 1860. When the convention convened, among the names presented for the Presidency, was that of

Transactions. 6. For a detailed account of the Lititz Academy and an evaluation of John Beck. as a teacher see Simon P. Eby, "John Beck : The Eminent Teacher." Lancaster County Historical Society Papers, II, 1898, 111-139. 7. A. R. Beck, "The Moravian Graveyards of Lititz, Pa., 1744-1905," loc. cit., 295-296

. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Witmer, Abraham. Bridges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Conestoga Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.) Witmer's Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1916 Description: 155-174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster

! " �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Sener, Samuel Miller, 1855-1911. Title: The Acadians in Lancaster County / by S. M. Sener, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Acadians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa

not until 1753, rights were granted for Harris's Ferry. That Wright's Ferry was the first important crossing point of the Sus- quehanna, is an established historical fact. We, of Lancaster county, recognize John Wright as a leading figure in the county's history. He was a fitting, resourceful pioneer