Amos Slaymaker News Today

This is a column of selected reader responses to columns that have appeared in this space from two weeks to two years ago.

At least two men who represented Lancaster County in Congress enslaved African Americans. This may surprise you. It surprised the Scribbler.

In amazement of her home’s expansion, Hannah Slaymaker called out to her mother, remarking how beautiful the bright, newly painted “white chimneys” of her house were glistening in the sunlight. That was in the early 1800s, but little did she know that the name, White Chimneys, would stick over 200 years later. The White Chimneys Estate, located at 5117 Lincoln Highway in Gap, is now owned by father and daughter duo Jack and Jessica Meyer, and will host a 300th anniversary gala Sa...