and Geo. Strickler. In the issue of November 8 there is the item that Benjamin Franklin was appointed agent of Pennsylvania at the Court of Great Britain, and had set out for Chester to set sail. A great number of people accompanied him to Chester. (Our growing difficulties with mother England now

Philadelphia was south of where the turnpike is—the first mile- stone was about 40 rods north of the Friends Meeting House—it was marked "76 miles to Phil; 10 to Lanc." V. 9 p. 145. Susanna Wright was a very accomplished person, even as early as 1728. "She was born in Great .Britain where she had received a

8 Scope and Content Note: The Adam Reigart Jr., John S. Murphy Collection contains correspondence between Adam Reigart, Jr. in Lancaster and Philip Wager in Philadelphia and their families. The letters are primarily from the early nineteenth century and provide information about family illness

exhibitions of gladness. They have no objection against the Sovereignty of Great Britain, except her taxation. This is found in the issue of February 21. Coming down to local matters in the same issue, we find an item to the effect that Philip Baker, the innkeeper, has moved from the house he lived in, at the

- ful God (together with courteous greeting from us all) and remain your true friends. "London, the 27th of June, 1710." "MARTIN OBERHOLTZER, "MARTIN KUNDIG, "CHRISTIAN HERR, "JACOB MULLER "MARTIN MEILI "HANS HERR." Let us look into the type of man Hans Herr was. Surely one establishing a home in

events, both here in America and in Great Britain, recovering his estate are read in full, one finds that the pages abound in material, which only the most imaginative minds could invent, if they did not have the real facts to furnish their scenes and situations. Then, too, a very complete description of

.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1925 Description: 23-32 p. 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 3 Notes: Books entitled Statutes at Large, Colonial Records, First Series of Pennsylvania Archives, and Votes of

, Mrs. Charles Bohm and Barbara DeHuff, whose names appear on the list, have by their subscription shown their patriotism and have added a little part to that history still largely unwritten, namely the part the women played in the early life of our county and its history. It is worthy also of note that

(d) FOUR GREAT SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Among the Taylor Papers in the Manuscript Department of the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania, are found (with a great number of others) four great surveys of lands in Lancaster County, which may well challenge our interest and which are of great value

Dutrich Jacob Long John Gonter Peter Schindle Christopher Gumph Peter Brunner EARL David Diffenderfer Jacob Diffenderfer CAERNARVON Adam Northamer BRECKNOCK Barbara Sweigan age not given Jesse Stover LITTLE BRITAIN Robert Dugless aged 76 MARTICK John Bain 103 William Henzell 90 89 81 aged 82 82 80 80 77

and Barbara DeHuff, whose names appear on the list, have by their subscription shown their patriotism and have added a little part to that history still largely unwritten, namely the part the women played in the early life of our county and its history. It is worthy also of note that the subscriptions

quarter of the century and toward the middle thereof, will give us another view of the intensive agriculture of this great county in the early times. I will there- fore give a few of them. In 1800 an authority replying to a list of questions as to where the place of greatest fertility in the United States

. From this it will be seen that the years 1751 and 1752 were fruitful in wheat and other grains in Lancaster County and that much of this great blessing was turned into strong drihk which gave rise to much disorder. �Distilleries were erected everywhere. I make note of this to show at what early date

, eastward to Martic Forge. "February ye 17th, 1721-22 Isaac Taylor: Esteemed friends These inform thee yt there is come into this Province from New England a gentleman named Jno. McNeall and hath been with me and have viewed the iron oar (ore) and matter yt wee laid out (dug out). I suppose yt he will apply

right. The officer took his leave, having behaved throughout the whole interview with the great- est politeness and good manners. Five minutes had not elapsed when one of the companies marched towards the Court House. When they had arrived thither, the command- ing officer ordered them to halt, but the