1810 reveals that Lancaster County voters were perhaps more zealous in their exercise of the franchise than was normal in early nineteenth-century Pennsylvania. �1799 1800 F=Federalist majority R-Republican majority Each election district shows the letter F if a Federalist won or R if a Republican won

: Archives South, Side 8 Scope and Content Note: The Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital Collection is comprised of accounts, registers, minutes, and other records kept by this county department. There are birth and death records, lists of inmates, supply and payroll books, and auditors’ reports. Also, a

County Antimasonic Party in national and state affairs. Secondly, I shall disclose how the Anti- masonic Party completely dominated local politics in Lancaster County for more than a decade, and why this particular county was so receptive to this "peculiar movement." Lastly, I shall point out many of the

for elderly women. Hensel was also on the Board of Directors of the Lancaster Charity Society and was one of its main donors. He was an outspoken ad- vocate of better roads for Lancaster City and County and supported the cause as an editor and later through a series of speeches.32 A book entitled

occupational advancement were severely circumscribed by the 1850's in Lancaster County. �The seventy-five Negroes in the occupational elite were fortun- ate in having secured their occupations during the 1850's. One- eighth of all Negroes were employed in skilled or non-manual labor in 1850, but only

a source of strength and unity which brought on a revival of Federalism un- matched throughout the State of Pennsylvania. The immediate purpose of this paper is to study the politics of the war period in Lancaster County from 1811 to 1815, emphasizing the developments which occurred within the

City to Directors of the Poor of Lancaster County for broken stone. 12 August 1878. Invoice from Lancaster & Williams Town Pike Co. for hauling gravel. 13 August 1878. Invoice from John F. Stauffer for paving stone. 15 August 1878. Invoice from John Wetzel for paving materials. 19 August 1878. Invoice