LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Newly rediscovered artifacts belonging to Thaddeus Stevens were recently found by The Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County.
These artifacts include the statesman's wallet, a Bible and law book.
Members of the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County say they found the items at their headquarters while doing the archival inventory portion of their digitization process.
They concluded they would donate the personal items to the Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for History and Democracy in Lancaster.
The donation took place on Tuesday at 9 a.m. at LancasterHistory.