and charred, the enduring charcoal remains in the soil. �Tenant house near Elizabeth Furnace mansion. Built about 1757. The Colemans Robert Coleman, a man destined to become the Andrew Carnegie of early Pennsylvania, came to Elizabeth in 1776. He was born November 4th, 1748, at Castle Finn, County

Furniture Making by the Slaugh Family of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Albert Fletcher Seitz The purpose of this study was to determine the conception of Slaugh furniture making in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and to discover the unique implication of both the Slaugh family and their furniture. The methods

local ironmaster in the role of political participate, is Robert Coleman, who took �part in the State Convention, which drew up the Constitution of 1790. Thus the men, who ran the small local mills were men of much foresight and were capable in other fields besides the manufacturing of iron and other

of machinery few possess. Boyhood and Youth In the Pennsylvania Historical Association's quarterly journal, Pennsylvania History, Vol. XXXII, January, 1965, we learn: The birthplace of Robert Fulton, six miles south of Quarryville in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was designated a National His

A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

A case in point is offered in the pamphlet entitle 1 List of 104 Maga- zines Against the Distribution and Sale of Which the District At- �torneys of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania have issued Warning which quotes two letters from District Attorney, Charles W. Eaby, dated June 24, 1936 and December 8

Lancaster County and almost every town and village had a brass band. It was the Local Union No. 294 of the American Federation of Musicians that adopted the following resolution proposed by C. C. Donnelly on Jan- uary 22, 1905: Resolved, that hereafter there shall be one day in the year set apart for the

Historical Society. Vol. 64, 1960. p. 10. 2. Ibid. p. 10. 3. R. J. Houston. The Gap Copper Mines" in Lancaster County Historical Society in The New Era!. Pennsylvania: 1897. p. 283-90. 4. Locher. p. 11. 5. H. Luther Willig. "Two Notable Mining Industries of Lancaster County" in Historical Papers and Address

date of sev- eral on our list. �We are especially indebted to the editor of the Lancaster County Historical Society Journal and to the officers of the Society for accepting this material for publication. It is not of the common grist of the mill in historic research and some may think it gruesome and

-five miles west of Lancaster. In its early days, that part of the Conewago Valley with which we are concerned, was claimed by Maryland as part of her colony. Pennsylvania also claimed it, and back in the 1730's and 1740's, it was a part of Lancaster County. Not until after the Mason-Dixon survey was

County", L.C.H.S.P., XV, No. 3 (March, 1911) 203-207; and Robert C. Smedley, History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and Neighboring Counties (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Office of the Journal, 1883), Chapters 1 & 2. 6In this study, I employed several ambiguous terms for the sake of brev- ity. The

land as the original settler and it has been known ever since as the Mary Fiere tract, she, in fact, really never owned any land in Lancaster County. It is clear, however, that it was intended by the Penn commissioners for her, but with her consent was conveyed to her oldest son and son-in-law. On