government in the 1730s was quite primitive. The only officials were constables, overseers of the poor, and supervisors of highways. In practice, Lancaster County's magistrates (or lay justices) were the only local government. With Lancaster being chosen for the county seat as anticipated by James Hamilton

Continental Congress to the present time, there have been nine places that have hosted the government of the newly-indepen- dent states under the Continental Congress, the Articles of Confederation, and the present Constitution. They are: Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Philadelphia, Pa

Catharine Sheridan and the young couple emigrated to the United States, settling in Lancaster among the likes of the Malones, McGoverns, McGranns and Reillys—all highly successful contractors. Young James knew a few things other than contracting and becom- ing wealthy—things such as social behavior and

destroyed. With his entrance into politics the absentee ownership of his properties nearly drove him into bankruptcy. Stevens was a poor businessman and he detested the details of finance. In 1833 Stevens was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Repre- sentatives on the Anti-masonic ticket. His hatred of

of Edwin Bamford II, son of Edwin Bamford. APPENDIX B In the United States, the first zinc was produced in 1835 at the Arsenal in Washington, D-C. The United States Government, seeking to establish def- inite standards of weights and measures, imported workmen from Belgium and built a small spelter

was enlarged to 56 x 12. The Henry Clay Furnace was located one mile above Columbia on the Penn- sylvania Canal and railroad. In 1857 the furnace was purchased by a Mr. Grubb, of New Jersey, and James McCormick of Har- risburg, who never operated it. Finally, in 1863, it was taken over by Henry

furnaces and the Safe Harbor rolling mill." Despite a mild depression which occurred in the United States in 1854," Lancaster County anthracite furnaces operated at 70.2 per cent of capacity in 1854, 64.8 per cent in 1855, and 79.7 per cent in 1856. The aggregate number of weeks in operation were 434 in

The Lancaster Crematorium: First in the USA By John W. W. Loose in the spring of 1884 a group of Lancastrians met at the Intelligencer newspaper office to discuss the feasibility of organizing an association for the reform of funerals. On 27 May 1884 the Lancaster Cremation and Funeral Reform

. Spotts, the Rev. Robert Turner, James E.F. Heider, the Rev. Robert C. Batchelder, Russell B. Hershey, and the Rev. J. William Arnold. The Society's complete files were turned over to the Lancaster County Council of Churches, and then to the Lancaster County Historical Society archives, which is the