Bicentennial of the First Settlement in Lancaster County, 1710-1910

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Collection: The Scrapbook Collection

Call No.: MG-434, Box 027

Title:    The Bicentennial of the First Settlement in Lancaster County, 1710-1910

Date: 1910

Creator: William Uhler Hensel, compiler.

Repository:  LancasterHistory (Organiztion)

Description:   The scrapbook is composed of William Uhler Hensel’s correspondence from 1910.  These letters are responses to Hensel’s invitation to the celebration of the 200th birthday of the first settlement in Lancaster County, near present-day Willow Street.  The majority of the letters are handwritten.  The book also contains programs describing the events of the celebration and an historical description of the first settlement in 1710.