, Junr., and John Penn, Esquires. "Philadelphia, May 15, 1790." �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: An early newspaper / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s

AN EARLY ROAD PETITION. It is hardly necessary for me to say to this audience that the earliest roads used by the first settlers in this country were probably the paths trav- ersed by the Indians in going to and fro over the country, and that when real wagon roads were "laid out," as it was called

AN OLD DIARY (INTRODUCTORY.) The brief paper which is to follow this introduction consists of a series of extracts selected from a diary kept by Matthias Zahm, beginning in 1835, and ending in 1849. Although Mr. Zahm died thirty-two years ago, there are, no doubt, a number of persons present who

tract granted November 1, 1719, os 300 acres, by Peter Chartiere to James Logan, who, on March 27, 1727, granted the same in see to Stephen Atkinson. This was �confirmed by the late Proprietary Commissioner by patent os June 5, 1727. Patent Book A, vol. 7, p. 38. Re- corded in Lancaster, October 27

execute all kinds of printing in a superior style of elegance on the shortest notice and on most moderate terms." An interesting sketch of this William Greear, by Samuel Evans, Esq., will be found in Vol. 9, p. 327, of the reports of this Society. After two years' existence proposals were issued for the

the name of one of our jewelers, Peter Getz. 4 With a 4Ellis and Evans. p. 371. �plain signature he testifies to the fact of having received five pounds for les- sons given by his wife to the daugh- ter of an early resident of that per- iod "in Mantua making," but he does not state if he kept the

AN OLD TILE AND ITS OWNER. The old-fashioned, baked, clay-tile, which I take pleasure in presenting to our Society, was taken from an old bake house in Heidelberg township, Lebanon county, several weeks ago, on property once owned by Leonard Holstoner. The house to which it was attached is a very

appellation which Buchanan made memorable in Court circles, when he was Minister to St. James, By the way, in 1785, on Mar- ket street, above Fourth, in Philadel- phia, Samuel Nicholas kept a tavern called "The Conestoga Wagon." On June 25, 1783, when Hiltzheimer returned home from his ride, with his wife and

[father's estate]. A Mr. Shank is making an inquiry on behalf of another family member. 2. Letter, copy. A. L. Hayes to Wm Conyngham, September 22, 1870, from Lancaster. Describes the dispute of amount of the estate and the handling of it by family members, especially one David Conyngham. 3. Letter. William

• www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 5 Correspondence with Armstrong Cork Company. Letterhead of Armstrong Cork Company. 12 March 1941. (2 items, 2 pages) Letter from Hazel Dell Brown of Armstrong Cork Company to Alice P. Fordney, sending Fordney a reprint of an interior design featuring two rugs made by Fordney, saying, “It