earliest record of his artistic life that I have found dates back to about the year 1820, when, at the age of twenty-two years, he opened a studio in the bor- ough of Marietta, where the late Judge John J. Liebhart became one of his students, acquiring no little pro- ficiency in portrait painting, and one

The First White Man In Pennsylvania and in Lancaster County. There are probably not a half-dozen persons in this audience who can name the first white man who set his feet on the soil that to-day constitutes the great State of Pennsylvania, And yet that comparatively unknown man had one of the most

), noted for his efforts in behalf of escaping slaves on their way to Canada. 8. A portrait of Hannah W. Gib- bons, wife of the foregoing Daniel Gibbons. This picture 'was only par- tially painted by Mr. Warfel. having been completed in later years by Isaac L. Williams. Both Nos. 7 and 8 are owned by Mrs

burned; her daughter and a companion wandered about the woods for hours in their night clothes. Rev. John Stuart, D.D., born at Harrisburg, Pa., was the last Episcopal Missionary to the Mohawk Indians, sent out by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. He was educated at the

patience. Lord Townsend said it was a circumstance of such cruelty as had never been heard of. Lord Stormond asserted that Britain was bound by justice, honor, affection and gratitude to provide for and protect them. Lord Loughborough believed that neither in ancient nor modern history had there been such

- tle book published by Noah Webster, the lexicographer, in 1815, tells us of the course pursued toward that endr He says: "But the scarcity of money finally called for a remedy, and some of the colonies attempted to remove the difficulty by passing laws to raise the nominal value of foreign coinsr This

a tunefu' line; But Willie, set your fit to mine And cock your crest, We'll gar our streams and burnies shine Up wi' the best!"¹ One of the most beautiful streams in the world flows quietly through the green meadows and along the sunny braes of Lancaster county for a dis- tance of more than sixty

materials relating to the history of Lancaster county, and that the time has come for the organization of a County Historical Soci- ety, herewith take the liberty of inviting you, as one known to be interested in the subject, to meet with them on Tuesday, November 16th, 1886, at 10 o'clock, a. m. in the