Met in Philadelphia on the 30th of December, 1849 (Philadelphia, Pa.: The General Committee, 1850), pp. 1-8. 3. Louis Hartz, Economic Policy and Democratic Thought: Pennsylvania, 1776-1860 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948), p. 15; Victor S. Clark, History of Manufactures in the United

"bursting at the seams," and there would be no lodgings or places to conduct the business of government. The Pennsylvania state government had arrived earlier from Philadelphia, and had established its various offices in Lancaster. The county courthouse had been appropriated for the state legislature, and

the history of African-American Lancaster Countians have received attention. Articles on economic, political, social, in- tellectual, and technological history have been included. The old notion that historical societies should take note only of the "nicer aspects" of life in the community has been

A SURVEY OF COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN PENNSYLVANIA Few problems cause more concern among county historical society officers than those of finance, and particularly, the matter of sufficient income. This is not surprising in view of the emphasis placed on the virtue of the fatted treasury. A

A History of Sin and Vice: Lancaster—The Fallen Angel By John W. W. Loose, FLCHS in a community remarkable for its many churches and the reputed piety of its citizenry, the very thought of sin and vice is improbable. In this time of social disintegration and family dysfunction, it is not uncommon

reputation of the Journalamong serious scholars and historians in the civilized world is pleasing to those of us who have tried to uphold a tradition of sound research and historiography. When we fulfill all of our objectives, the Journalmeets with general approval among those who prefer their local history

did entertain the Pennsylvania Association of College Presidents and Professors in the hall dedicated to Diogenes. In 1887 Dr. E. V. Gerhart and the "German Mafia" planned their strategy with the skill of Field Marshal von Moltke. After all the defeats of prior years Clio finally adopted "Modern

tavern that the commissioners of Maryland and the chiefs of the Native American tribes met in 1744. He was a member of St. James's, and is buried in its churchyard. Alexander Giblony was Lancaster's first high constable. He, too, was a member of St. James's. Public safety and regulation of the market

of the Pequea valley. At one time Beissel visited the Labadists in Maryland from which he doubtless received many ideas in the establishment and maintenance of a religious community. By 1723 Beissel was acknowledged a man of great potentialities in leading the German religionists. His reputation

Lancaster County's Literary Tastes Of The Eighteenth And Early Nineteenth Centuries By John Ward Willson Loose Modern historians have focused much of their attention on intellectual history, that is to say, what did our progenitors think about, what influenced their thoughts, and how did they

shared in the promotion of the Crematorium. Virtually every at- torney in Lancaster held stock in the institution. In the Janaury 1886 issue of The Modern Crematist, the local effort was described in these glowing terms: The cremation interest in Lancaster, Pa., where the first crematorium for general