of Ohio, who had been a member of the United States Supreme Court since 1839, although seventy- five years of age in 1860, still had a very definite ambition to reach the White House and in fact was the choice of Thaddeus Stevens, a delegate at large from Pennsylvania to the convention. Enroute to

of himself should, if he has the courage, after realizing his state, become an artisan, or an idler. He does for art far more by laying aside his tools than he will ever do for it in the imitation of others. Imitation not only spoils the general appreciation of the best in art, but, in the end, does

Harford in Susque- hanna County could produce, within the confines of a group of contem- porary classmates, three or four United States representatives, a like num- ber of United States district judges, a speaker of the House of Representa- tives, a United States Senator and a governor of Iowa was not as

minutes, to obtain their assistance in the premises." The Gen- eral Assembly evidently refused the petition, and no further action was taken by the county authorities as such. A little later, an attempt appears to have been made to accomplish the object by means of a lottery; but this effort must also

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: Aftermath supplementary to Christiana Riot, 1851 / by W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana. Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society

%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: An artistic aftermath / by W. U. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842. Society of Artists of the United States--Exhibitions. Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Publisher

mention about the eagle. They had two children, Jacob and Susan. Mrs. Fessler was burnt to death. She was an Astor, or, as she pronounced it in Pennsylvania- German 'Ashton' She was proud of her dignity and would assert it by saying: `Ich will dich wisse' lasse das ich ein Ashtor bin!' (I will let you

, now the Iris Club house. About the same time his brother, David Rit- tenhouse Porter, was Governor of Pennsylvania from January 15, 1839, to January 21, 1845. Meantime an- other brother, James Madison Porter, �of Easton, Pa., was Secretary of War under President Tyler. A son of Gov. Porter is the

Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg. Wissler, Clark 1940 Indians of the United States. Revised Doubleday-Anchor Edition, 1967. Garden City, N.Y. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR Lawrence Van Horn, a previous contributor, has been a lecturer in anthropology at Hunter College in the City University of New York

An Interesting Relic Discovery of Part of One of Baron Stiegle's Stoves. The late Mr. John F. Sehner, who resided at No. 120 North Prince street, this city, a number of years ago un- earthed a very interesting relic, prob- ably the oldest-known or well-authen- ticated piece of iron casting made in