StudyofTwo Distinct Periods Perio Ephrata (.,Coiner BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE I. Mills of the Cloister The Ephrata Cloisters owed its founding, if not its raison d'etre to Johann Conrad Beissel, who was born in April, 1690, at Eberbach in the German Palatinate. Beissel's father was an intemperate

. Simon Cameron's correspondence with his partner, Thomas McNair, revealed that in October, 1837, pig iron sold for $35 per ton in Pittsburgh. 2 Despite the market conditions, prudent ironmasters kept large inventories of pig iron on hand for rapid movement whenever the price became proper. The following

. HARER William H. Lee Associates, Architects HON. JOSEPH B. WISSLER Chairman, Board of Trustees Mary W. Rettew Estate HON. JOSEPH B. WISSLER GEORGE L. HEIGES President �THE DEDICATORY PRAYER THE REV. ROBERT C. BATCHELDER Rector, St. James' Episcopal Church O God, who as ruler of the Universe, art above

children were:7 A. Colonel Jacob Davies Mathiot, 1789-1865, ironmaster.8 B. Eliza, 1791-1874, married Col. Robert Davidson, who re- fused to take part in the infamous surrender of General Hull in the War of 1812. C. Catherine, 1793-1839, married General Lucius Smith, New- ark, Ohio. He was a canal