, who is entitled to equal honor in surveying and plotting the National capital, and that man was Andrew Ellicott. He was born in Bucks county, this State, on January 24, 1754, and died at West Point, New York. on August 29, 1820. I shall present briefly the most salient points in his career, and show

Lancaster borough in 1778-79, 1780-81- 82 and 1783. When Baron Heinrich Wilhelm Stiegel feli into financial diffi- culties and his estate of 729 acres os ground in and around Manheim was sold by the Sherisf, on March 30, 1779, Dissenderffer bought the property, which he later sold to William Haus- man. In

Nauman and Arthur Armstrong lived was destroyed also. The property belonged to Mr. Arm- strong. This was the third fire with- in three weeks—none accidental. January 23-6:30 a. m.—The citi- zens were again called to action by the cry of fire. The stable of Mrs. Hall, property of James Evans, was set on

), mentions his wise, Ann, remem- bers his daughters-in-law, Ann Boyers and Mary Byers, but leaves his real estate to his son, Henry, and his daughter, Ann Biging. He mentioned his son, John, and his grandson, Mi- chael, to whom, "if my son Henry dye or be slain," his share shall go. Part os the property of

, immediately west of what was then the banking house .of The Farmers' Bank of Lancaster,now Far- mers' Trust Company. In fact, it was the property lately purchased by Albert Hupper, confectioner. The dimen- sions of the lot were then as they are now, thirty-two feet two and one- quarter inches on East King

was the property of William Bausman, Regis- ter and Recorder for the county of Lancaster from the year 1809 to 1818,1 and contains receipts to him from people of early Lancaster. Some of the names of those attached to these receipts are old and familiar, others are new, but the names contained in the

717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 34 Hager Family Deeds Item 1 Indenture between Margaret H. Hager and William H. Hager, empowering his wife Margaret to be the sole Executrix of his estate, also give property to William H. Hager partly in the city and Township Lancaster on the east side of West