men's shoulders and all men have an equal chance; that such is the meaning of the Constitution of the United States as he understands it; and that he would rather be assassin- ated on that spot than give up any of those principles. Lancastrians on Train. At the time of starting from Phil- adelphia the

. Two-thirds of our Lancaster County people, and millions of people living in other parts of the United States can trace the beginning of their line in America to this list; and can fix Lancaster County as their first American ancestors' homes. Volume 18 is made up of the Pennsylvania Company's Claim to

weavers from the Palatine, and Andrew Strayer came to Skip- pack. Mr. Pennypacker also states that (p. 169) Gottschalk, in his ac- count of the growth of Germantown, says: "In 1709 some brethren and sis- �ters came to us from the Palatinate, so that by 1712 our community at Germantown, extending to

preserves, in our archives and publications, woman's first efforts locally, in political self-government. The year 1920 was the first year the ballot was given to the women in all parts of our country and at that date women began voting in this county. The registry assessors' returns, for that year, in

defeated Gal- braith. Wright had his friends use a "short ballot;" and this, instead of helping him, was his undoing. Those tickets under the law could not be counted. This is the first use of a short ballot in Pennsylvania. �law required each voter to vote for four members of Assembly. Wright had a number

Statutes at Large. These items are as follows: 1727 Great election irregularities in parts of Chester County and the citizens petition for strengthening the law — 3 Votes of Ass. 6. Much violence in the back parts and irregular taking up of land. In Donegal Township, John Scott and his wife had peaceable

United States service. The remnant of the Lancaster County Com- pany went with the battalion. Thos. Boude was a Lieutenant and Dan. Broad- head a Lt. Colonel in the Regiment. Adam Hubley was also connected with it some time. The Third State Battalion on its return from Fort Washington was the nucleus of

, Hon. Jacob Hibshman, and also give some account of his public, political and patriotic career on other questions aside from those arising in his Congressional career. Our county was opposed to compro- mises of any kind on the subject of slavery, in any section of the United States, and at any time. In

THE ORIGINAL "TURTLE TAUBE" OF THE EPHRATA CLOISTERS The original manuscript of the "Turtle Taube" one of the most treasured documents in the world, written by the brethren in the Ephrata Cloisters more than a century and a half ago, has been turned over to the Congressional Library in Washington

- tablishing complete title records of real estate. When we consider that for one hundred years Philadelphia was the only port of el try of the United States, through which the Ger- man-Swiss population swept into this country; and that from the valleys of the Susquehanna and the Schuylkill, these sturdy

frontier point in eastern Pennsylvania. Some of the roughest and hardest American life occurred there. Wright established his ferry at this point on the river, and as soon as civilization opened west of the river this became the most famous ferry in America west of Philadelphia and New York. Nearly all the

religious." (3 V. 45). They originated the religious exemption from bearing arms in the United States, together with the Quakers, and at least to as great an extent as the latter did. (3 V. 46). In latter day wars those who cannot for conscience sake bear arms can be made as efficient in war as those who

matters were in the utmost danger, that Governor Hamilton proposed to go instantly to Lancaster town to do all in his power to help raise troops and give them military commissions. Sundry petitions from the most respect- able persons of the counties of Lancaster, York, Chester and Cum- berland setting