individual in Pennsylvania from the time William Penr returned to England in 1701 until the Treaty of Lancaster 1744 was James Logan left by Penn as Secretary of the colony and supervisor of any lieutenant-governor whom Penn might send to America. Pennsylvania history during the first half of the eighteenth

with the success of the explorations. In 1804 a distinguished scientist visited Lancaster. Returning from a five-year intensive study of Natural History in South America, Baron Alexander Von Humboldt found a congenial spot in Lancaster, as he shared his time with such notel local scientists and

Baron " Stiegel and the Muhlenbergs By M. LUTHER HEISEY In February, 1762, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg visited Heidelberg, Tulpe- hocken, Lebanon (in dreadfully cold weather), Ephrata and Canestoge; all points within the early bounds of Lancaster County. He was engaged in visiting and consoling the

of Paul Zantzinger are C. C. Zantzinger, architect of Philadelphia, Pa., and a great-great-grandson - Major William Paul Zantzinger, librarian in the Post Office Departmental Building, Wash- ington, D. C. * Baptismal record found in Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. �

PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3 By M. LUTHER HEISEY The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter

May 21, 1738, advertised a list of unclaimed letters for people in Donegal, Pequea, Octoraro, Salisbury, etc. A longer list follows in the issue of November 2, 1738. About three years later, January 15, 1741, the paper continues to advertise unclaimed letters for Lancaster County folks, located at

), A. Herr Smith, Emlen Franklin and James Black. Later, came George M. Kline, Charles G. Baker, John A. Nauman and William Uhler Hensel, the latter being one of the most distinguished and able of all Lancaster county lawyers. He was an attorney-general of the State, an editor, and a solicitor of the

Cotillions of the Lancaster Assembly M. Luther Heisey Long before the Cotillions of the Lancaster Assembly became famous the art of dancing is mentioned in the early archives of Lancaster County. When Witham Marche attended the Commissioers Treaty gathering in Lancaster he kept an interesting diary

religious awakening, and Klein spent a night of restless remorse. The next day he followed Zinzendorf to Lancaster to hear him preach in the courthouse there. Klein was now deeply impressed and moved. Zinzendorf's powerful influence upon Klein determined the destiny of this part of Warwick Township. When in