church, Philadel- phia, contain a number of entries of mar- riages relating to Acadian, among them being such names as Landry, Le Blanc, de la Beaume, David, Boudrat, Blanchat. On the London lands, of which there were 47,800 acres in this county and Berks, an Acadia; named Brazier, had squatted on that

AMERICAN INDIANS. The Who, What and Whence of the Pre- Columbian Dwellers, or the Misno- mered Peoples, Indians, of Lancaster County. The treatment of a pre-historic sub- ject which seemingly is wrapped in such impenetrable mystery and veiled in the blackest night of obscurity may possibly be

buried at the Old Octoraro meeting house, Chester county. William Henry, in the fifteenth year of his age, was sent to Lancaster to learn the trade of a gunsmith with Matthew Roeser. He made Lancaster his home and soon became the head of a large es- tablishment for the manufacture of guns. His residence

AN OLD OIL MILL. At the foot of the western end of the "Mine Ridge," thereabouts better known as "Stony Hill," and in the northwest corner of Eden township, near the old Conowingo ore mines, and about half a mile east of Camargo, on a branch of Beaver creek, stands a large, quaint old stone

government, one more in accordance with the spirit of liberty and independence. The officers who then controlled the colonies gener- ally sympathized with the Crown, and really had a majority of the citizens at thcir back. The patriots were in a mi- nority ; but what they lacked in numbers they made up in

- idated, there are few buildings in our county a century or more old that do not excite the interest and command the attention which should attach to all venerable objects, human or inani- mate. Then, again, these ancient structures have an architectural interest, indicat- ing by their outside plan and

-half interest in Charming forge, near Womelsdorf, on the Tulpehocken creek, Berks county. The Baron knew that it was �copious showers. Ho wooed and wedded the noble Elizabeth Holtz, of Philadel- phia, in the autumn of 1759, after being a widower one and a-half years, who bore him one son, Jacob, in

HISTORICAL PAPER. THE FIRST FURNACE USING COAL. Prior to 1840 no pig iron was success. fully produced in this county, or, in fact, in any other portion of the world, except with charcoal as a fuel. Attempts had been made to use charcoal and anthracite mixed, and the latter alone, but they were

promoted and served during the war. Captain Josiah Crawford, of Frank- lin county, Pa., was his brother. The brief notices of the officers in Crawford's battalion locates them in his own neighborhood, along or near �Pequea Creek. James Crawford, of Donegal, and Lancaster, and Lampeter townships, I think

confirm army officers. In December, 1777, General Anthony Wayne's troops were in camp at Mount Joy, Lancaster county, Pa., and were suffering severely from want of clothing. Col. James Crawford was designated by Congress as one of a committee to procure blankets and clothing for the perishing patriots