. The following statistics of one great collection reflects the interest taken in the life of this noble character. Books and pamphlets-3800 Lincoln volumes. Magazines—more than 3000 separate articles indexed and bound. Newspapers—many thousands of clippings filed according to subject ma- terial

. 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

site along the Susquehanna. Of many marker events in which I have taken part in Lancaster and neighboring counties, there has been none whose purpose appeals to my per- sonal appetite for local historical facts as much as does this one marking Wright's Ferry. All of us interested in history have

known, as subse- quent issues of the local papers contain no references to it. Address to John Adams by Militia of Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a meeting of one hundred and fifty officers of the militia of Lancaster county on June 21st, 1798, the following address was read and

perfected or not is not known, as subsequent issues of local papers do not refer to the subject. Seven years later, citizens of Donegal and Mount Joy town- ships met for much the same purpose at Elizabethtown, Lancas- ter county, Pa. On their recommendation, and public notice hav- ing been given, a largely

County, the Eden Spot of Pennsylvania." This was briefly responded to by a member of the Lancaster com- mittee. It would be interesting to know what became of this pitcher. If it is still preserved, it should have an honored place in Lan- caster's museum, when that fire-proof structure is erected. THE