historian appreciated the value of newspapers more than Macaulay, whose use of them in the preparation of his history os England was con- tinuous and effective. The first newspaper published in Lancaster that lived beyond what might be termed the experimental stage was the "Neue Unpartheyishe Lancaster

F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Roads--Pennsylvania--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: [145]-156 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v

productions secures for him the patronage which his genius so richly merits. Mr. Armstrong is an emi- nent artist indeed." But little is known of Mr. Arm- strong's earlier years. It is not known who his preceptors were, but it is known to his family that for a time he was under instructions from a Phil

-filibusters. The Government, however, got early knowl- edge of what he was after and took ef- fectual measures to thwart him. His latter years were passed in Canada. Of his family very little appears to be known. He alludes neither to wife nor children in his narrative. But I have as ascertained that he was

"Zionitischer Rosen Garten" and "Paradisisches Wunder- Spiel " made there are fine examples of this art. Nor were the Stiegel stove plates the first time these adornments ap- peared in such a connection- Durham �stove plates, made as early as 1750, years before Stiegel cast his, were illustrated by similar

Pennsylvania. Among these newcomers were the Galbraith brothers, John and James. �The former tarried in Philadelphia, but James sought the inviting lands beyond the Conestoga. As soon as he had sheltered his family under a home roof he organized a church. In less than two years, it is said, a meeting house

. Governor Pennypacker's collec- tion of Ephrata imprints is the largest known. He has told me within a year that it numbers 150 different exam- ples. However interesting the story of the Ephrata press may be—and its �history is of exceeding value to the student of our early German litera- ture—it forms no

it was on the inside I do not know, for I cannot recall to mind that I was ever on the inside, although I lived within one hundred feet of it for a period of six years. About 1848, what was known as "Me- chanics' Hall," or, "Mechanics' Insti- tute," on the first square of South Queen street, east

were that united in this scheme to es- tablish a new county. With a single exception, they are unknown to the average reader of our history. It is only when the story of Pennsylvania as it was recorded 200 years ago is d r a g g e d i n t o l i g h t t h a t w e h e a r o f the m. E ach one of them pl