properties, the Fiere family simply had to take flight into Germany. On leaving France, they were accompanied by a youth named Isaac Lefevre, all of whose family being Protestants, had been put to death. He carried with him one heirloom, the family Bible, which was preserved by his descendants of Lancaster

ANN LETORT The second in a series on noteworthy women in Lancaster County history, this article on Ann Letort by Marian Wallace Reninger brings new attention to the courage and versatility of pio- neer women. Ann Letort was a French Huguenot who came to America with her husband James in 1686. They

their way to freedom in the northern states and Canada. Paul A. W. Wallace, in his new work, "Pennsylvania, The Seed Of The Nation," refers to the so-called Underground Railroad, which operated from the eastern seaboard as far west as the borders of Ohio. It was par- ticularly active in Pennsylvania and

of Para- dise, Pa., and the widow of Wiliam Dickson, the founder, with his broth- er Robert) of the Lancaster Intelligencer, the only Democratic newspaper in Pennsylvania between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh from 1799 to 1823. They had opened their printing office in Lancaster in 1796. In 1806 Wil

, John Wright, a Quaker, and Thomas Edwards, a Welsh settler, over the court held in Lancaster at Postlewaite's Tavern, in 1730, says Samuel Evans in a paper in Volume IV of the Lancaster Historical Society's Journal. From the time Andrew Galbraith was elected to the General Assembly, the Pres- byterian

, Pa.: Penn- sylvania State University Press, 1962. Moore, John Bassett (ed.). The Works of James Buchanan. 12 vols. New York: An- tiquarian Press, Ltd., reprinted 1960. Shenk, John. "Wheatland Landscape," Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 67 (1963), 93-100. Taylor, Lloyd C., Jr

published in numerous books and articles throughout two hundred years. Mr. John W. W. Loose, secretary of the Lancaster County His- torical Society, has kindly contributed sketches to illustrate the steamboat engine which Fulton invented. For this I am very grate- ful, as it requires a special understanding