Government. A replica of Mount Vernon was reproduced at an exposition held in France during 1932 and was the United States' contribution celebrating the 200th Anniversary of a man the whole world honors. The two-cent stamp is printed and embossed on the envelope. It was the only denomination available to

, William Scott Myers History. (Book) 1909. Neff, Larry M. and Weiser, Frederick S. Friedrich Henrich Gelwicks, Shoemaker and Distiller accounts, 1760-1783. (Book) 1979. Norton, Thomas, ed. Homage to Charles Demuth Still life painter of Lancaster. (Book) 1978. Noyes, William. Armstrong in Aircraft World War

GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

-watery utterances of the man who has to be pointed out to intelligent foreigners as the President of the United States." The "Daily Evening Express," Lancaster, in an editorial, November 20, 1863, states "that the National Cemetery was dedicated at Gettysburg yester- day, with appropriate ceremonies. The

, 1860: "Springfield, Illinois, "December 31, 1860. "Hon. Simon Cameron. "My Dear Sir: "I think fit to notify you now, that by your permis- sion, I shall at the proper time nominate you to the United States Senate for confirmation as Secretary of the Treasury, or as Secretary of War—which of the two I

fishing and wildfowl shooting. And always when I come here I visualize Columbia as the capital of the United States. Picking up one of the mysterious "ifs" of history (and the history of the individual as well as of the nation is deeply indented with "ifs") I visualize this river incline, and more

unanimously approved. It was signed by John Light and the other one hundred and forty-nine officers : "TO JOHN ADAMS, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES : "At a period so momentous as the present, when it but too plainly appears that we must either submit to be dictated to by a �foreign power or resort to

, April 19th, 1798. General Edward Hand occupied the chair, and John Hubley, Esq., acted as secretary. An address declaring confidence in the President of the United States, and the determination of the gathering to support the government, was agreed to and submitted to the people for signature. The

fled from the justice of this State, and has taken refuge within the State of Pennsylvania. Now, Therefore, Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and Laws of the United States in such case made and provided, I do here- by request that the said Abraham Johnson (colored) be apprehended and

ground assumed of defense or exculpation is, that the charter of the church does not permit English preaching, and that as the in- troduction of a clergyman to deliver an English sermon was a viola- tion of the provisions of that instrument, the preventive proceed- ings resorted to were justifiable." A