using high-sulphur content coke." Anthracite and charcoal iron, because they were purer and less brittle, were preferred by foundries. Much of this objection to coke pig iron was removed after 1865; by 1872 more than one- third of the pig iron manufactured in the United States was smelted in coke

, op. cit., p. 110. 16. Supra, pp. 62-67. 17. Convention of Iron Masters, Documents. . . , Appendix Tables. 18. J.P. Lesley, The Iron Manufacturer's Guide to the Furnaces, Forges and Rolling Mills of the United States (New York, N.Y.: John Wiley and Company, 1866), p. 238. 19. Burgess and Kennedy, op

1976. Every civic, social, religious, historical and social organization of southern Lancaster County was requested to prepare some presentation lasting about 10 to 15 minutes. Each was to depict some historic event that occurred in or had an immediate effect upon southern Lancaster County. The