there in a big barn of a structure dubbed the "Wigwam," Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was nominated for the office of President and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for the office of Vice-president. From Lancaster newspaper items of 1860 we have attempted in this paper to piece together the campaign of that year

Apothecaries 0/ Lancaster County 1760 to 1900 By GEORGE L. HEIGES The business of mixing and preparing substances for purposes of medi- cation, which we are pleased to call the art of the apothecary, has a definite history of more than four thousand years. However, the art of the apothe- cary has

. Wakeley died and the work was finish- ed by others, although an interesting preface was written by Boehm. Some excerpts from the preface follow. FOR many years, and by many persons, including bishops, editors. and others, I have been importuned to publish the substance of my records and recollections It

: Thank you very much for your letter which has been referred to me. Other paintings by Eichholtz in the collections of the Na. tional Gallery of Art in addition to the three you mentioned are as follows: Mrs. Phoebe Freeman Mr. Kline George Leman Henry Eichholtz Leman Joseph Leman Margaret Adelia Leman

alley and on the east by another fourteen foot alley." Hamilton asked no cash payment for these two choice lots in the very center of the town, only requiring that "the said Society pay �unto the said James Hamilton His Heirs & Assigns at the Town of Lancaster on the first day of May yearly hereafter

Pennsylvania, �Frederick W. Conrad, D.D. 1861 – 1864 representing 26 constituent synods. For seven days deliberations continued in Trinity Church and on the Sunday of the great gathering, clerical delegates oc- cupied pulpits in all of the Protestant churches of Lancaster. Among the justly famous Lutherans in