, Democratic contender. In 1860, it was owned by "Hiestand, Huber and Hecker-" It continued to be a Republican paper until its de- mise about 1920. The Express, published from 1843 until 1876 was originally neutral politically, strongly supporting the temperance cause. Begun as a weekly, it had developed into

- counts of private schools usually contain the important dates associated with the history of the institutions, statements about the courses of study and certain statistical information concerning the more illustrious alumni, very little is said about the schoolmaster beyond the mere mention of his name

Airplanes, Automobiles and Commercial Photography: The Darmstaetter Collection, 1905-1941 By Robert Lowing when I moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, it surprised me to hear people say the American Depression was not bad here. Some people who had lived through the Depression said it was true, and I

Susquehannocks asked him for aid in fighting the Massawomekes, "their mortall enemies," (Smith, 1612:53, 422). The identity of the Massawomekes is important to anthropology and history as part of the analysis of the culture and history of the Susquehannocks. The Susquehannocks were defeated circa 1675 no doubt

the election of her husband, Andrew Galbraith, as a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. The Galbraith family was an ancient and honorable one, rooted in the famous Lenox clan of Scotland, and James and John Galbraith, like many of the other early settlers in Donegal township in the

other Frenchmen traded. Before 1609 these Susquehannock Indians were very powerful and the Algonquins — Virginia Indians who knew Capt. John Smith — were afraid of them. These Susquehannocks, according to Jenkins" "History of Pennsylvania," were in trade with the French before Penn"s settlement of

, inspired by a woodcut he saw in Rollin's Ancient History in William Henry's library. John Galt, in his life of Benjamin West, writes "that among those most helpful to West in his early career was William Henry of Lancaster, Pennsylvania" and I think it is quite probably that Ann Wood Henry, with her own

the state and national levels. The purpose of my study is to make a microscopic investigation of political Antimasonry on the local level, namely in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In writing this paper, I have had three major objectives in mind. First, I shall show the role played by the Lancaster

94/3, 1992 77 Appendix SELECT AND COMMON COUNCILS OF LANCASTER (Presidents are denoted by capital letters) Compiled by John W. W. Loose April 1891 - April 1892 Select Council 1st Ward: 2nd Ward: 3rd Ward: 4th Ward: 5th Ward: 6th Ward: 7th Ward: 8th Ward: 9th Ward: William McComsey Adam J. Auxer

Lightner Mansion, more recently the Sheetz Funeral Home, was to be demolished (Clio, vol. 65, page 151), some research has been undertaken to ascertain the age of the handsome woodwork and architectural detail. Built about 1857, the Lightner man- sion according to tradition, incorporated many of the