Hamilton, proprietor of Lancaster, "made the ball, and opened it by dancing two minuets with two of the ladies here, which last danced wilder time than any Indians," to the music of harp and fiddle. "The females were in general very disagreeable. The dancers con- sisted of Germans and Scotch-Irish; but

Taylor. Records kept by Henry Pierce, treasurer of Chester County; book preserved by a descendant, Alfred Cope Garrett, 1940 LANDS ON THE RIVER PEQUEA Buyer James Logan Rebeka Shaw Rich. Cloudnow Danl. Cookson Robt. Way James Clemson Joseph Jarvis Thomas Clark William Clark Elizabeth Pace John Marlow

Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania regiments, marched through the streets of Pittsburg, and embarked upon a fleet of steamers bound for Louisville, Kentucky. Here they learned that all hazards were not met only upon the battlefields, for through the collapsing of the overcrowded deck a number of men from the

record. At Buck 1 degree below, Lancaster 9 above, City Water Works 5 above, Fahrenheit. December 20. Armstrong Cork Company and its employees con- tributed $221,662.59 to the United Campaign Fund. December 28. Lancaster was selected as the "liberty" town for the enlisted women stationed at Bainbridge

houses on East King Street, it brings to mind the names of those once actively engaged at these places. In imagination we can see the spirits of William L. Peiper (cashier of the Lancaster County National Bank) and John N. Lane, merchant, in ani- mated conversation on the work of the wrecking crews