The 250th Anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyterian Church by Hiram G. Troop, Sr. Mr. Madison E. McElwain's Faith and Works at Middle Octorara Since 1727 was published in 1956, and there is a copy in the LCHS col- lection. "The 250th Anniversary of Middle Octorara United Presbyter- ian

, Fred. The Henry "English Pattern" Rifle. (Magazine article) 1981. Johnson, Herbert A. Imported Eighteenth-Century Law Treatises in American Libraries, 1700-1799. (Book) 1978. Jolly, James A. Pa.: The Holy Experiment. (Typescript) 1981. Jolly, James A. History of Penn Manor Lanc. Co., Pa. (Typescript

of the man to indicate unusual or even ordinary ability, but he had not spoken three minutes until it was apparent that he had weight �COURTESY DAUPHIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY with the convention and those who set down Old Abe for a bore would be much mistaken." Most impressive among the speakers

--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1912 Description: 247-250 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 8 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.16 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

a few years later. At sharp contrast with a train speeding today across the county, from Conewago to Christiana in about 40 minutes, stands the passing of the funeral train, April 22, 1865, on the following schedule: Conewago siding A M. 11.56 Lancaster 1.19 Elizabethtown P M. 12.07 Gap 2.23 Mt. Joy

. and Mrs. Lincoln lived at a hotel in Springfield, kept by a Mrs. Beck, formerly of Lititz, Lancaster county, Pa. Mr. Lincoln was elected to congress in 1846 as a representa- tive of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois. Many members of congress at that time lived in boarding houses, and formed

. The "Circular of Terms" for the Beck Family School for Boys is a case in point. �Moravian Family School for a Limited number of Boys, Abraham R. Beck, Principal. Litiz [sic], Lancaster County, Pa. Terms. "For tuition and all domestic expenses, $300 a year, to be paid half-yearly in advance, in

Street Railway Company. The earliest move to secure a bridge at this point proved ineffective, as ap- pears by the following minutes of the County Commissioners: "1753—August 9.—The Commission- ers and Assessors met according to adjournment and settled the accounts of the county with Peter Worral

THE ACADIANS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. There is no history in which can be chronologically traced the struggles and changes within that small region known as Acadia, the confines of which were ex- pressly named by Henry IV. of France in his letters patent of November 3, 1603, over the country, territory

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