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, Philadelphia, on June 18, 1776, and in a few days passed a reso- lution requesting the members of Congress from Pennsylvania to vote for an independent government. This was ten days before the Declaration of Indepen- dence was declared by Congress. But for the energy and patriotism of that man of iron, Colonel

Society, viz., the relative social, political and commercial importance of Lancaster and Lancaster county in the Colonial and Revolutionary periods of our country's history. When there was no "Harrisburg, Altoona, Pittsburg and the West," our good city and our excellent county were "there!" Hence it is

rapidly going on. Those letters are mounted in folios entitied "Lancaster County Miscellany" and "Taylor Pa- pers", etc., rstn the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia; but that does not stop the fading out of the ink. It is with the greatest diffi- culty even now that some of them may be

Lancaster county, about 1526. About that time, John Fiske tells us, Lucas Vasquez d'Ayllon came from Hispaniola, and "tried the Chesapeake Bay" in search of the northwest passage, and "ob- tained a grant and began to build a town."' But that town was likely south of the Pennsylvania line. Then next, about

Pennsylvania, usually to Canada, was most likely to be seized and sold. Nearly five hundred Pennsylvanias were accused of treason, but records reveal that one hundred and thirteen appeared on time before justices to explain their actions. Sales of confiscated land provided funds to operate the state government

also regarding the sale of certain lands. In this connection it is interesting to note that the lands of Michael Whit- man, "an Attainted Traitor," who, on May 8, 1778, "was convicted and at- tainted of High Treason by Proclama- tion," were put up for sale on August 25, 1779. They were sold "to Michael

death he resided upon a farm inherited by his wife from her father. Here he died in 1804. Some of his descendants reside in New York, Ohio and New Or- leans. Private Henry Slaymaker resided near where Williamstown now is, and about two miles south of Colonel Crawford. He was appointed one of the

different districts and appoint members of the committee to superintend each district." A Mr. Francis was cited to appear before their court. He was in- formed that dancing was contrary to the spirit of the eighth article of asso- ciation of the Continental Congress, and his dancing school must be dis

, has been deemed of sufficient importance by the Executive Committee to take its place in this connection.] Samuel John Atlee was not a native of Pennsylvania. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in the year 1739. * James Clemson's grandfather, Jacob Clem- son, came from Sweden to America in 1656 and