Historical papers and addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society . ds of the Henchlinn family:old newspapers, from A. K. Hostetter; proceedings of the MassachusettsHistorical Society, Volume 51. The paper of the evening was read by Mrs. >rary N. Robinson, on Curi-osities of Some Old Wilts. It was a very interesting paper, dealing with thequeer disposition of interests in the olden times and the odd expressions con-tained in the old wills. It was very greatly appreciated by the society. It wa^discussed by .Tudge Landis. F. T!. DitrcMulcrtVer. Miss Martha B. Clark, MissLottie Bausma
Historical papers and addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society . ds of the Henchlinn family:old newspapers, from A. K. Hostetter; proceedings of the MassachusettsHistorical Society, Volume 51. The paper of the evening was read by Mrs. >rary N. Robinson, on Curi-osities of Some Old Wilts. It was a very interesting paper, dealing with thequeer disposition of interests in the olden times and the odd expressions con-tained in the old wills. It was very greatly appreciated by the society. It wa^discussed by .Tudge Landis. F. T!. DitrcMulcrtVer. Miss Martha B. Clark, MissLottie Bausman. A. K. Hostetter aiul I. C. Arnold. No meeting of the Society was held in October of the prohibitionplaced on public gatherings by the Board of Health owing to an epidemic ofinfluenza. (136) PAPERS READ DKFOKE THK laiaster mm mm^ societ! KRIUAY, JJECEMBER e., lyiiS. li)istoii.) l)ftsrlt, as Sffii in 1)fi olim luoikslioy. FUI^TON HALL AND ITS GRAVEN I^L\ OF THE DECEMBER IMEETING. VOL. XXII. NO. 9. PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER COPY LANCASTER, „. CHRISTOPHER HAGER, 1800-1868PROJECTOR AND PROPRIETOR OF FULTON HAl Fulton Hall and its Graven Image. -------- 141 By Walter C. Eager. Minutes of the December Meeting. -------- HO r- FDLTON HALL AND ITS GRAVEN IMAGE. The erection of Fulton nail,- in i8J?, o,i the site of the old lanrnstcrCounty Prison, -was oue of the many constructive developments ii> Lancaster,Pa., -whieli were a part of tlie largei- prosperity throughout the the period following the discovery of gold in California. Fulton Hall majbe regarded as an integral part of the group of municipaland semi-public structures built at that time, including our present CourtHouse, the Prison at the east end of the cit}-, the three extensive ConestogaCotton Mills, Franklin and Marshall College, Oddfellows Hall and three ofthe larger churches. At this period, too, it is said that over a thousand resi-dences were erected. Dame Tradition
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