and Mr. Blanch- ard." Some accounts of Stevens' en- try into Pennsylvania narrate that he came here with James Merrill and John Blanchard. This letter proves that they preceded him; they were un- doubtedly his forerunners. Both these Vermonters achieved local fame. John Blanchard became �a noted

Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States / by W. U. Hensel, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Views on slavery. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History

A CENTENNIAL EVENT One of the oldest families and widest connections in Eastern Lan- caster county are the Slaymakers Their ancestors bought of and settled on the famous "London lands," along the old Strasburg and Gap roads, and they have illustrated the tenacity of the Lancaster county land-owner

. After a few years Stock sold out to Hiram Young, who had been a clerk for some years in the store and Stock went to Oshkosh, Wis. Hiram Young later became the owner and publisher of the York Dispatch . He died some years ago and his sons have been running the paper since. James Black, lawyer and

A Reminiscence of Langdon Chews In an examination of the many curi- ous legal questions growing out of the rights and liabilities of slaves from another State venturing upon the free soil of Pennsylvania, there is a re- ported case in 1814 which has a pecu- liar local interest because the slave

it that An- derson had already become what was then called a "bachelor," when he heard of James Clark's curly-haired daughter, Peggy, rode down to her sather's house, stayed all night there, 'and sell in love with the object of his visit. The record os the marriage os these two loyal Leacock

in a convention composed largely of lawyers and assembled to make laws; but he was no inconspicuous figure in a body which embraced in its member- ship, beside Mr. Meredith, such dis- tinguished and able men as Daniel Agnew, Wm. Darlington, S. A. Pur- viance, James Pollock, George W. Woodward, John

���file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: Was there ever a serious idea of locating the capital of the country on the Susquehanna? / by Hon. W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s

A WILLIAM PENN DEED. In answer to a referred question as to what is a " William Penn Deed," Mr. Hensel exhibited an original deed from William Penn for three hundred and seventy-five acres of land situated in that portion of the "Chester Valley" which runs through Lancaster county beginning at

, biog- rapher of Robert Fulton; the Nix dorfs, Stormfeltzs, Rotes and McCul- lys, Elias Barr and A. N. Breneman, Solomon Sprecher, J. T. Springer, The- ophilus Fehn, William Kirkpatrick, George B. Markley, David Killinger, Garret Evarts, Abraham W. Russell, J. M. W. Geist, Emanuel C. Reigart, James