reported a constitution for the government of the 'American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry', which was read, approved and unanimously adopted. Every inhabitant of the county of Lancaster who feels an individual interest in the encouragement of

as the guests of The Lancaster County Historical Society, under the guidance of Dr. Frederick Willson, chairman of the Pilgrimage �committee. The tourists traveled in automobiles and were met at Grand View Heights, a suburb north of the city, by two policemen on motorcycles, who escorted the visitors

Journal, Friday, October 8th, 1819. 2 Lancaster Journal, Friday, November 5th, 1819. �"PREAMBLE. "The wealth of a nation is derived from the labor of the people who com- pose it; and as the general revenue will be great or small according to the quantity of productive industry that is set in motion, it is

unanimously adopted : "Resolved, That the officers now convened, in connection with the whole American people, cannot but express their great regret at the loss which the nation has sustained in the death of Charles Carroll, the last of that glorious band who gave the first impulse to our efforts for

, it is supposed, were present, of whom at least eight hundred were ladies, who, on this, as on every other occasion, manifested that patriotic ardor for which the American fair sex has ever been distinguished, and greatly contributed to the splendor and beauty of the scene." The ceremonies in the

and America; and "Whereas, it would illy comport with these humane and Christian efforts to be silent spectators when this great cause of humanity is about to be agitated in Congress, by fixing the destiny of the new domains of the United States: Therefore, "Resolved, That the representatives in

your cause. The torrent certain ran most rude, When you your hands in blood imbru'd. T'were needless to point out the time, As sacred record is Divine. The guilt is great, the cry is loud, And justice comes when comes a shroud." PETITION OF INHABITANTS OF LANCAS- TER TO HON. JOHN PENN NOT TO GRANT

ORIG- INAL BUILDING OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Rev. Richard Locke, a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, with headquar- ters in London, England, came to Lancaster early in October, 1744. Episcopalians living in this vicinity, held a

for the purpose, reported a constitution, which was read and unanimously adopted. A committee, consist- ing of the Rev. Joseph Clarkson, George Musser, George L. Mayer, Alexander Miller, Benjamin Ober, John F. Voight, Robert Eliot, Jacob Sherer and John Mathiot, was appointed to receive sub- scribers