12.30 Christiana 2.32 The speed of the train can be judged by the fact that it took 2 hours and 36 minutes to run the approximate forty miles across Lancaster County, in- cluding a 5-minute stop at the old depot at North Queen and Chestnut Streets. The funeral train was preceded by 10 minutes by a

now between the Lancaster-Berks county line �and the Schuylkill river, in Berks county. The third son, Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of the President, was born July 16, 1739. In 1767 or 1768, John Lincoln moved to the Shenandoah Valley settling near the present site of Harrisonburg, Va. Thence- forward

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

by the United States, when counterfeited, naturally brought the defendant to trial in the County and State Courts. With fluctuating value of notes issued by privately-owned banks with no security to guarantee such circulation, and coin of various nations passing current, both note and coin

. of such estates. claiming no plea could be offered against the title, and aimed to take advantage of persons in these unfortunate circumstances. Publication of the activities of �these swindlers was made and the residents of Lancaster county were warn- ed and cautioned accordingly. Thursday, Sept. 13

some study to a number of national campaigns, and made rather intensive study of a few, interested in their controversies, the cam- paign oratory, the colorful pole raisings, glamour of parades, variety of cam- paign insignia, such as badges, medals, buttons, broadsides, handkerchiefs, Salt-River

, Hess's, Funks, Oberholtzers, Martins and Landis' and many others whose names are prominent in our County were residents of these Cantons, and per se neighbors. As an example of such persecutions and sufferings let me call your attention to the experience of Hans Meyli without doubt of the Meyli family

Mexican war like that of 1812 was not gnerally supported. Even Grant who took part in it, in his Memoirs says "it was a political war and the administration conducting it desired to make party capital out of it." (Grant's Memoirs, Page 119.) Fears were expressed in our county that as a result of this

Consideration, and grant such Relief as you in your Wisdom shall judge expedient. Signed: ,41 �The Petition bears the following endorsement: "Petition from the County of Lancaster for an emission of paper money for a public loan presented to the House and read January 5th, 1769." The original of this Petition