observed on Jan. 28, 1965, in the evening with the Presbytery of Donegal and the Synod of Pennsylvania bringing greetings. The Good Lord blessed him in many ways. On Sept. 6, 1965, God decided to take him to his home in Glory, and it was time for another to take his mantle. Rev. Richard Dunham of Chestnut

. Record of Chi Chapter (Lancaster County) of Delta Kappa Gamma since organization, February 14, 1948.(Book) 1981. King, Gene D. From England to Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (The Charlestons of Lancaster County). (Typescript) 1981. Klein, H.M.J. Two Hundred Y ears of Advertising in Lancaster County. (Book) 1929

president and Emlen Franklin, district attorney of the county (later, colonel of the 122 Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers) as captain. The uniform adopted which was practically identical with other clubs consisted of a black cape, with the letters L.W.A. (Lincoln Wide Awakes) on the back, a glazed cap

--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1912 Description: 247-250 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 8 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.16 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

large crowd, which he addressed from the balcony of the Cadwell House, Lancaster, February 22, 1861, have all answered the final call, with possibly only two exceptions, of which later mention will be made, as have nearly all of the many thousands who saw the funeral train pass through Lancaster County

, H. Frank Eshle- man, Esq., a former president of this Society, presented a very able essay on Mr. Lincoln's visit to Lancaster, February 22, 1861, and the passing of the funeral train in April, 1865, 2 wherein were 1 The original of this letter is preserved in the archives of The Lancaster County

selected letters would never have materialized had it not been for the kindness of George Swan of Lititz, Pennsylvania, who brought Beck's Letter Book to the author's attention and granted permis- sion to publish a portion of it. Part I. A Portrait of a Schoolmaster On June 25, 1895, Abraham Reincke Beck

of Philadelphia crosses the same," praying that a law, entitled "An Act establishing a ferry and building a bridge across Conestogoe Creek, in the county of Lancaster" might be passed. Abraham Witmer at that time must have resided on the east side of the Conestogoe. As shown by the records, he owned

exiles were brought into Lancaster county through the passage of an Act of the Provincial Assembly. On February 20, 1756, a bill entitled " An Act for dis- persing the inhabitants of Nova Scotia imported into this Province into the sev- eral counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester and Lancaster, and the

into Penn's domain, as potentially, at least, an empire builder. We like to think of John Wright as the Cecil Rhodes of Lancaster county. It is most fitting that his name should be placed in bronze on the Columbia-Wrightsville bridge. More than any man in history, John Wright opened up, virtually