fishing and wildfowl shooting. And always when I come here I visualize Columbia as the capital of the United States. Picking up one of the mysterious "ifs" of history (and the history of the individual as well as of the nation is deeply indented with "ifs") I visualize this river incline, and more

. • THOMAS DICKEY was a clockmaker in Marietta, and later in Harris- burg. He is listed among the taxables in 1812-1814 (see Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, p. 625). One of his clocks ran far afield; it was taken by wagon from Marietta to the Niagara frontier, New York State, in 1828, by

GRAVEYARD OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AT LITITZ* By HERBERT H. BECK OR nearly a century the burial place of the 110 Revolutionary soldiers who had been interred in Lititz was a mystery. At least Abraham R. Beck, former archivist of the Lititz Moravian Congregation, who was born in 1833 and who

the United States. This lot was sent to St. Louis for the Indian trade. This order brought many others, for the rifles were found to be of such excellent quality that their fame soon spread, and orders began to pour in from almost every state and territory in the Union, especially from those of the

throughout the states,—the turf being removed and the ground made as level as possible. After the Revolutionary War, the importation of thoroughbred horses from England became quite common, and selections were made from the best stock in the United Kingdom. This continued and even increased as late as 1840

complete "History of New Sweden" has been referred to several times. Acrelius's History was published in Stockholm, 1758, and ranks as one of the first, if not the first, historical writings relating to the United States, and written by one who lived here. For seven years, from 1749 to 1756 he was pastor

Robert Morris in Manheim By GEORGE L. HEIGES R OBERT MORRIS is best known as "The Great Financier," of the American Revolution and the first head of the Treasury of the United States. However, Robert Morris has other claims to fame. He was a signer of the immortal Declaration of Independence. To