GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

. The "Circular of Terms" for the Beck Family School for Boys is a case in point. �Moravian Family School for a Limited number of Boys, Abraham R. Beck, Principal. Litiz [sic], Lancaster County, Pa. Terms. "For tuition and all domestic expenses, $300 a year, to be paid half-yearly in advance, in

and County supporting the government in its attitude toward France / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Adams, John, 1735-1826. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928

states in which the subscribers resided. Among those accredited to Pennsylvania we find the following citizens of old Lancaster: Simon Snyder, Robert Coleman, William Hamilton, Adam Reigart, Charles Smith and Jasper Yeates. William Henry, Jr., who was born in Lancaster, Pa., on March 12, 1757, also

The following description of the Dunkard Monastery indicates that Mit- telberger is mistaken in stating that the third road "runs to the left hand toward Lancaster and Bethlehem." Obviously, he meant Ephrata. At the latter place there was "a monastery and nunnery of Dunkers," described by

Gibbons. Their daughter was the wife of Dr. Thomas H. Burrows, who figured prominently in the history of our county as the " Father of our Pennsylvania Free School System," also as the original editor of that well-known publication, " The Pennsylvania School Journal" and the author of numerous other

Susquehannocks asked him for aid in fighting the Massawomekes, "their mortall enemies," (Smith, 1612:53, 422). The identity of the Massawomekes is important to anthropology and history as part of the analysis of the culture and history of the Susquehannocks. The Susquehannocks were defeated circa 1675 no doubt

Scotch Irish slowly acquired strength until they became a great power in that body. "The presumption is," to quote from Ellis and Evans History of Lancaster County, "that the apparent differences between these Scotch Irish settlers and the Quakers led to irreconcilable conflicts, but such is not the fact

ANN LETORT The second in a series on noteworthy women in Lancaster County history, this article on Ann Letort by Marian Wallace Reninger brings new attention to the courage and versatility of pio- neer women. Ann Letort was a French Huguenot who came to America with her husband James in 1686. They

. Probably no woman in Lancaster's history has been more truly "a Colonial Dame." Lancaster, Pennsylvania ADELAIDE BROOKS HALL 1954 SOURCES "The Life of William Henry" by Francis Jordan, Jr. 1910. Lancaster County Historical Society Papers Vol. 54, #4, 29, #5 and others. Records of the Moravian Church of