weather was cool and cloudy. The event was delightful to everyone and a success in every respect. The chairmen presiding at the rendition of the program were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Professor Herbert H. Beck, president of the Lancaster County

Street. Jacob Folmer of Northumberland lodged at Henry Slaymaker's Spread Eagle Tavern on E. King Street, and Simon Snyder his only associate lodged at Peter Gonter's. The Westmoreland County men lodged at George Fisher's that is Jacob Powler and Michael Pugh did and Geo. Smith at Mr. Baily's on West

11th, Congress decided to leave Independence Hall in Philadelphia and move westward. The records of this decision appear in the journal of Continental Congress (now in the Library of Congress) as follows: "Sunday, Sept. 14th, 1777, Philadelphia, Pa. Resolved: That if Congress shall be obliged to remove

a chasm ex- isted between the two segments of the black community. I The twenty Negro barbers of Lancaster City and Columbia borough2 who clipped the hair and shaved the beards of the white community in 1850 shared common economic and social back- grounds. They were all members of six well-to-do

a source of strength and unity which brought on a revival of Federalism un- matched throughout the State of Pennsylvania. The immediate purpose of this paper is to study the politics of the war period in Lancaster County from 1811 to 1815, emphasizing the developments which occurred within the

, to meet in Lancaster, Pa. To prevent them from being captured by the British, the governmental documents and the small amount of money then in the treasury, were sent to Bethlehem in wagons, carefully guarded by troops. Shortly after midnight, September 18th, or, more correctly, very early on morning

- monwealth against the continuance of the speaking of German which threat- ened to make of the settlement a German colony? In 1741 the German and Swiss Mennonites of Lancaster County were represented to the provincial government of Pennsylvania as being " determined not to obey the lawful authority of

County Antimasonic Party in national and state affairs. Secondly, I shall disclose how the Anti- masonic Party completely dominated local politics in Lancaster County for more than a decade, and why this particular county was so receptive to this "peculiar movement." Lastly, I shall point out many of the

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON IN LANCASTER: OBSERVANCE OF HIS DEATH By William Frederic Worner The county and city of Lancaster, Pa., were honored by a visit from General William Henry Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe, on Friday, October 7, 1836. He was a candidate, for the first time for thc Presidency