address was as follows: TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, PA. At this alarming crisis in our political existence, we approach you, Sir, to express our cordial approbation of the measures adopted by the Executive for the preservation of the

states in which the subscribers resided. Among those accredited to Pennsylvania we find the following citizens of old Lancaster: Simon Snyder, Robert Coleman, William Hamilton, Adam Reigart, Charles Smith and Jasper Yeates. William Henry, Jr., who was born in Lancaster, Pa., on March 12, 1757, also

The following description of the Dunkard Monastery indicates that Mit- telberger is mistaken in stating that the third road "runs to the left hand toward Lancaster and Bethlehem." Obviously, he meant Ephrata. At the latter place there was "a monastery and nunnery of Dunkers," described by

AN OLD CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPER. By William Frederic Worner. Mr. Herbert W. Hartman, president of Follmer, Clogg & Company, man- ufacturers of fine umbrellas, has presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society an old newspaper, published in New London, Conn., on Friday, April 10th, 1778. It

." General Wayne died at Presque Isle (Erie) Pa., December 15th, 1796, at the age of 51, within less than six months after his last visit to Lancaster. He is buried in the rear of famous Old St. David's Protestant Episcopal churchyard, Radnor, near Philadelphia. It was of this church that the poet Longfellow

built Wheatland in 1828 and later sold the property to President James Buchanan. Colonel William Bush Fordney, her �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org paternal grandfather, was a prominent lawyer in Lancaster. He served as district

resistance. Moores Memorial Library (Christiana, Pa.) owns some of the most significant manuscript material relating to the Christiana Resistance. The staff of Moores Memorial Library, part of the Library System of Lancaster County, and the Lancaster County Historical Society worked together to arrange and

Fisher, David Fleetwood, Robert W. Groezinger, John W. Lansinger, Eliphalet O. Lyte, 1901 Folder 3 Mary R. Lyte A receipt from the Lancaster Co. recorder of deeds for mortgage to West End Building and Loan, 1929 A mortgage for Mary R. Lyte on property 111 N. Lime St. Lancaster, PA to West End Building