Cooper's Hotel on many occasions. The late Alfred Sanderson some few years since stated in an article on �"Theatres in Lancaster," that he had witnessed the erection of the first building actually devoted to theatrical performances in this city. It was the Landis Theatre and Museum, on West Chestnut street

LANCASTER IN 1777-1780. In the recently published paper by W. U. Hensel on Major John Andre's Residence in Lancaster, 1775-76, refer- ence was made to the social life in Lancaster during the period of the American Revolution, It was pretty plainly intimated, and easily to be in- ferred, that during

life in Lancaster, suggested by the passing of one of the most notable landmarks of house- hold life in our fair town. Notwithstanding the stability or Lancaster's population and the per- sistence in its citizenship of many families who have been of it for generations, there is a notable ab- sence of