of the Lancaster County Historical Society: We, the undersigned commit- tee appointed to make arrange- ments for and hold the recent Robert Fulton Celebration in this County, respectfully report : Nothing which the Lancaster County Historical Society has ever done will reflect more credit upon it nor

home in Pennsylvania, largely in Lancaster county. 2. Who These Pioneers of Lancas- ter County Settlement Were; and Where They Came From. 3. When They Began the Settle- ment of Lancaster County; and, 4. With Exactness, Where They First Settled in This County. PART ONE. The European Historical

Levi K. Brown, and grandson of Jeremiah Brown, who represented Lancaster County in Congress from 1840 to 1844 (see Vol. 34, p. 55). At the age of twenty-five years, "Billy" Brown, as he was called then, engaged in his first work on railroads—trial surveys on the Lancaster, Ox- ford and Southern Road

Companion in Arms of General Washing- ton. Captain of Troop of Light Horse of Lancaster County. Com- missioned by the Governor, March 25, 1793. In 1798, he was ap- pointed Major-General in Provisional Army. Harris' Biog. Hist. of Lancaster Co., p. 268. Ellis and Evans' Hist. of Lancaster Co., p. 45. Pa

Susquehanna, and because of the im- portance of this trade, in the history of Pennsylvania itself. For decades before the founding of Pennsylvania, Maryland had been in more or less loose communication with the Indians along the Iower reaches of the river. Traders from the head of the Chesapeake Bay, from the

, Philadelphia, Pa. RATIFIERS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY Five men who ratified the Constitution of the United States, and one who was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, who are buried in Lancaster, were honored at a memorial service held Sunday afternoon, December 12, 1937, in the churchyard of St. James's

Material: Book Subject(s): Music--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Landisville (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: [3]-27 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

. Frank Eshleman, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Edwards, Thomas, 1673-1764. Judges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1909 Description: [111]-127 p

bill on Febru- ary 21, 1822. Samuel Gorgas and Joseph Gorgas (third generation) were subscrib- ers to the "History of Lancaster County," published in 1844. According to Mrs. W. C. Frankfort of 229 West Main Street, Ephrata, the Gorgas family were also fine cabinet makers. Mrs. Frankfort has in her