AARON ESHLEMAN Towards the end of the eighteenth century and at the beginning of the nineteenth, painted, in England, Rey- nolds, Romney, Lawrence. After them, in America, painted Gilbert Stu- art. After Gilbert Stuart painted Eichholtz; after Eichholtz painted Bannade; after Bannade painted Aaron

. and Mrs. Lincoln lived at a hotel in Springfield, kept by a Mrs. Beck, formerly of Lititz, Lancaster county, Pa. Mr. Lincoln was elected to congress in 1846 as a representa- tive of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois. Many members of congress at that time lived in boarding houses, and formed

Ferry. John Greer married a daughter of Hon. John Bayly, and, in connection with James Hopkins and others, laid �out the town of Falmouth, at the mouth of C___o creek,several years prior to the founding of Waterford. At this time he was keeping store, and perhaps a tavern, also, in York, Pa. The lots in

harmony as to give it at once that ease and softness essential to the art. The picture (the one the contemporary describes) is one on rich blue silk, and is intended as a banner for the Washington Fire Company of Louisville, Kentucky. The back of the canvas represents the Washington family, which is not a

the nearby hamlet of Spring- field, Pa., where he was wont to ex- hibit his undeveloped talent in deco- rating the fences and barndoors of the neighborhood with drawings, and by an occasional rude painting for a tavern signboard. "As the first to recognize in these maiden efforts genius of a high

and humorously displayed. N. B.—The above Method is pretty similar to that in England, only alter'd to ye Soil & Climate of Penn- sylvania. Biographical Sketches of the Men Men- tioned in the Preceding Articles; Contributed by Miss Martha B. Clark. Thomas Barton was born in Ireland in the year 1730

and Evans' History of Lancaster County, page 374). He was also in charge of the fire engine, for, on May 22, 1776, he was paid "for tak- ing care of and repairing the fire en- gine in this borough for two years and six months, the sum of £7 10s." (Same, page 381.) �.ge/siwir, , /, 49,„„_4 e/t716 „Ze

he kept a close guard on his tongue, he was told he was sus- pected. Before he could get away let- ters were received, assuring the pa- triots there of his Tory principles and expressing the belief he was on his way to join Lord Dunmore. Reaches Lord Dunmore at Last. Once more luck favored him. A

that one of the Pennsylvania signers, James Smith, had read law in Lancaster and was here admitted to the bar. This encouraged a search for information concerning Mr. Smith's connection with Lancaster, and I take pleasure in present- ing this brief paper to our Lancaster County Historical Society on

the Indiana County Normal School, Indiana, Pa., and remained there a few years, later being elected professor of higher mathematics at Swarthmore College. He Iater was offered the prin- cipalship of the West Chester State Normal School, which offer he declined but did accept the vice-principalship