- film: Roll 1, Public Records Office, London. C.O. 5/1233 (Pa. Material, 1689-1707) F.O. 353/59, 353/60, in the Division of Archives, Pennsyl- vania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg. �Accessions to L. C.H.S. Library By Salinda M. Matt The following accessions to our Library have been

County records is a mandatory rite of passage for historical research- ers. Newspapers of the 18th and 19th Century present a no lesser challenge. Comparison with various legal records helped fix "Clendenin" not "Clendening" and "Bular" instead of "Bulaw" as the correct surnames for two of this committee

, Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1942 edition (Lebanon, Pa.), p. 256. About The Contributor Stephen R. Herr wrote this brief history of his church when he was a member of the Buchanan Chapter of Student Historians in April 1981. Mr. Herr presently is a student at Gettysburg College. The

ten Pennsylvania counties founded before the Revolution, and in the city of Philadelphia between 1763 and 1790, for instance, sheds light on 18th century Pennsylvania women, including those living in Lan- caster County. Eighteenth century courts functioned as schools as well as legal institu- tions

admitted. The Mechanics Society took upon itself the responsibility of the forma- tion of an apprentices' library which would consist of books of instruction upon the arts and sciences, civil government, moral and natural philosophy, history and biography and from which should not be excluded works of

keep proper records. At this point in our history, we pause to narrate THE FANNY JOHNSTON STORY, for the results of Miss Johnston's actions continue to play a large part in the life of our church. Frances J. Johnston, born in 1841, became acquainted with Maytown �Reformed Church through the marriage of

- sons from the lower strata of society, even if superbly educated, such was �90/2, 1986 103 James Wilson not true in the British Colonies, especially for bright young men of promis- ing intellect. Here Wilson"s career could only advance, primarily as a result of his legal apprenticeship to one of the

for this undertaking remains a matter of historical conject- ure. Some 15 years earlier, James Hamilton had provided the Borough with lots numbering 534 through 537 at Duke and Walnut Streets for the erection of barracks and stables, to be used by local militia during the French and Indian Wars.' With

Franklin who in 1811 had to defend himself not once but three times against politically motivated charges. A young lawyer by the name of James Buchanan successfully defended Franklin each time. What was the heinous crime Franklin had committed? One of the charges alleged that he had been reversed in a case

Judge Wil- liam Augustus Atlee, while doing some research among Revolutionary War documents. Mr. Overton·kindly sent us a photostatic copy of the plan which has been retraced to make reproduction possible. �lwoon I ~ARD I I I ~I I ~I I 1-1 _J en.___ UARD HOUSE NORTH CHRISTIAN STREET 342 feet WEST GATE