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

. and Mrs. Lincoln lived at a hotel in Springfield, kept by a Mrs. Beck, formerly of Lititz, Lancaster county, Pa. Mr. Lincoln was elected to congress in 1846 as a representa- tive of the 7th Congressional District of Illinois. Many members of congress at that time lived in boarding houses, and formed

bar in 1743. (His name appears in the list of members of the Lancaster bar, with year of admission, as found under the subject of "Bench and Bar," in Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, Page �245). He continued to reside in Lancaster until his untimely death by drowning in the Susquehanna

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

Early Coin and Private Scrip of Lancaster County By C. H. MARTIN In introducing the subject of this paper I wish to call your attention to the large variety of coin which circulated or was referred to in early Lan- caster County, and follow with brief reference to the origin and extent of issues of

Subject(s): Internal revenue--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Taxation--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1922 Description: 25-32 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 26, no. 2 Call Number: 974.9

fellow-citizens to vote for Thomas Jefferson who freed all his slaves, which is sure proof he will not enslave his country. This statement had great appeal in Lancaster County. The first protest of slavery on the American continent was announced by a Committee of the Mennonite Church, Germantown, Pa

FEDERAL REVENUES OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PA., FROM ABOUT 1850 to DATE By C. H. Martin, June 1, 1923 The critical period in American History about 1835 to 1840 has been com- memorated in a rather lasting manner by striking coins, known as 'Hard Times Tokens' bearing inscriptions of reference to the

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

September 27, 1928. It is a bronze tablet, twenty by thirty inches, made by James H. Matthews and Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa. The inscription is WHEATLAND THE HOME OF JAMES BUCHANAN FROM 1847 TO 1868 15TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MARKED BY GEO. B. WILLSON THE OWNER SINCE 1884 AND THE LANCASTER COUNTY