observed on Jan. 28, 1965, in the evening with the Presbytery of Donegal and the Synod of Pennsylvania bringing greetings. The Good Lord blessed him in many ways. On Sept. 6, 1965, God decided to take him to his home in Glory, and it was time for another to take his mantle. Rev. Richard Dunham of Chestnut

a brief account of the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most decisive battles, the dedication of a cemetery on that field, and reference to the few remaining who participated therein, nor for any information or reference to Lincoln whenever his shadow may have fallen across old Lancaster. The

anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, nothing could be more fitting nor of more local interest than a review of his connections with Lancaster and its citizens. Prefacing this, I wish to present evidence that Abra- ham Lincoln's ancestral family was represented in colonial Lan- caster county. John

Greene, than that he had two foxhounds, Music and Vulcan. To me, personally, this part of Hempfield township is the most picturesque and colorful, and, in many ways, the most important historical region in Lancaster county. It is that, chiefly, because it was the home of John Wright and his ferry

known, as subse- quent issues of the local papers contain no references to it. Address to John Adams by Militia of Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a meeting of one hundred and fifty officers of the militia of Lancaster county on June 21st, 1798, the following address was read and

general, that he has removed to the corner of South Duke and Vine streets, in the city of Lancaster, opposite Mr. Luke Brown's coach manu- factory and near the German Lutheran school house, where he has prepared suitable bathing rooms, on his newly-invented plan of using cold or warm baths, whereby the

nurses, and many inhab- itants died. Subscriptions for the relief of sufferers were solicited in the principal cities of the country. Lancaster city and county, never behind in deeds of mercy and charity, responded to the call for assistance from the afflicted inhabitants of the two Virginia towns. A

Humboldt, accompanied by two Spanish gentle- men, his fellow travelers, arrived in Lancaster from the Federal City on Friday, the 15th instant, and proceeded to Philadelphia on Monday [the 18th instant]." Public Dinner Tendered to James Buchanan on the Eve of his Departure for Europe By WILLIAM FREDERIC

Episcopal Church. After the Reverend Mr. Appenzeller's second furlough in America, he had left his family to stay for a year or so with friends in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and had returned to Korea. He had sailed from the port of Chemulpo, on a Japanese steamer, on a trip to consult other missionaries

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