• Men Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capital BY GEORGE L. HEIGES Continued from Vol. LV, No. 1 New Year's Day in 1802 was obviously not observed as a holiday, for on that day both houses of the Pennsylvania State Assembly were in session at Lancaster, the seat of government. Reading the legislative

"Pennsylvania's State Houses" by Hubertis Cum- mings, "Pennsylvania History," October, 1953. 16 Governor Snyder was married three times. His first wife was Elizabeth Michael of Lancaster. His second wife was Catherine Antes, daughter of Col. Frederick Antes of Northumberland. His third wife was Mary Slough Scott

. When Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capital By GEORGE L. HEIGES Philadelphia's Loss — Lancaster's Gain The frame of government for William Penn's colony in the new world was published in 1681. At the same time the colony was fittingly named "PENNSYLVANIA" by King Charles II. In October, 1682, the