Historical Papers And Addresses Of The Lancaster County Historical Society Volume 10 PDF Download

Excerpt from Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 1909, Vol. 13 Ten monthly meetings have been held during the year, the July and August meetings having been omitted in accordance with our usual custom. At these meetings eighteen papers were read and discussed, all of which were published in the pamphlets of Volume 12. The publica tions of our Society represent a great amount of labor and research, and the historic matter that is preserved in them is very valuable, not only to ourselves, but will probably be much more so to our succeeding generations. Some of our publications are becoming quite rare and are much sought after. There is perhaps no better indication of their value than to know that we frequently have inquiries from libraries and sister societies which are endeavoring to procure complete sets of our publications. Lancaster County abounds with so much traditional and historical interest that as a community we are apt to value but lightly the abun dance which has come to us so easily. Had we but a Seventh Day Baptist community at Ephrata, a Moravian settlement at Lititz, or a Witmer's bridge across the Conestoga, I am inclined to think we would know them much better and show for them a much greater appreciation than we now do. We do not have too much, but perhaps so much that we have become neglectful or indifferent in our researches. Our present comfortable quarters and the interesting meetings we hold have drawn a liberal attendance, however not as much so as we would like to see, especially when we consider the small number of gentlemen who attend. What can we do to remedy this matter? Re ferring to the annual meeting of the State Federation of Historical Societies held at Harrisburg on the seventh instant, I will simply state that our librarian, Mr. Sener, has prepared a report of it, which will be submitted to you later. Congratulating the society upon its successful career and hoping for a continuance of the same, I remain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.