interested in finding what part you had. The author of this paper really enjoyed reading about these anni- versaries, and you will also enjoy them. Now we are in the midst of our 250th anniversary (1727-1977). Al- most all of those who took part in the 200th anniversary and many who took part in the 225th

) 1981. Heiges, George L., comp. 125th Anniversary of Hope Fire Engine and Hose Company Man- heim, Pa. and 17th Annual Convention of Lancaster Co. Firemen's Assoc. (Booklet) 1937. Hess, Larry E. Martic Township 1705-1980; 275 Y ears of History. (Book) 1980. Hinke, William J. and Frederick S. Weiser

there in a big barn of a structure dubbed the "Wigwam," Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was nominated for the office of President and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for the office of Vice-president. From Lancaster newspaper items of 1860 we have attempted in this paper to piece together the campaign of that year

early life was spent in Lancaster. His father was proprietor of "The Fountain Inn." Aaron was born in the year 1827, and, after his remaining canvases, one landscape learned of his early life—he kept an inn of his own, called "The Cross Keys." His wife's name was Sarah Demuth. These few facts and three

a brief account of the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most decisive battles, the dedication of a cemetery on that field, and reference to the few remaining who participated therein, nor for any information or reference to Lincoln whenever his shadow may have fallen across old Lancaster. The

Lincoln, eldest son of Mordecai and Hannah Salter Lin- coln, was born May 3, 1711. With his parents he came to Cov- entry, Chester county, Pa., about 1720, either from Middlesex or Monmouth county, New Jersey. Following his marriage, evidently he located in Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, Pa. In

. 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

Abraham Witmer' s Bridge At the period immediately succeed- ing the RevolutionaryWar, there was no bridge along the King's Highway over the Conestoga River. There was, how- ever, a public fording. A fording still exists, though now partly cover- ed over by the tracks of the Lancaster and Eastern

THE ACADIANS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. There is no history in which can be chronologically traced the struggles and changes within that small region known as Acadia, the confines of which were ex- pressly named by Henry IV. of France in his letters patent of November 3, 1603, over the country, territory

ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE UNVEILING OF A BRONZE TABLET TO JOHN WRIGHT, PIONEER FERRYMAN By PROF. HERBERT H. BECK MADAME PRESIDENT, MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA: I consider it a distinct privilege to represent the older of the two coun- ties, Lancaster and York, at this well