papers of this Society, it will be noticed that there is a gap in the chronology for the months following September, 1777. This was due to a break in the publication while Howe was in Philadelphia. In order that the Chronology shall not be broken Mr. W. F. Worner has copied from the Pennsylvania Packet

and government--1775-1783. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 101-103 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.31 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal

LETTERS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner It was shortly after the defeat of the American army at Brandywine, in September, 1777, that the Continental Congress, as noble a legislative body as the world had ever seen, adjourned from Independence Hall in Philadelphia

, 1706-1790. American Philosophical Society. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 38-40 p. ; 23 cm

were commissioned Dec. 4, 1776, and it immediately took the field and fought at the battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, and Bound Brook, N. J.. April 13, 1777, and afterwards at Brandywine, Paoli and Germantown. It also wintered at Valley Forge and recruited.39 Lancaster County had a considerable quota of men

Horse in Market Street." In September, 1776, Cresswell was in New York city, where he tried to join the British army. He was, however, unsuccessful, and returned to Virginia. In the spring of 1777 he decided to return to his native land. On April 30th he was received by the governor at Yorktown

letters, autographs, etc., by his uncle, the later George M. Steinman, president of the Lancaster County Historical Society for twenty years,—from the time of its re-organization in 1896, until the end of 1916. In this history is an interesting letter, written, by William Augustus Atlee, in June, 1781

(Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 6-7 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; c. 31, no. 1 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.31 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

AN OLD CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPER. By William Frederic Worner. Mr. Herbert W. Hartman, president of Follmer, Clogg & Company, man- ufacturers of fine umbrellas, has presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society an old newspaper, published in New London, Conn., on Friday, April 10th, 1778. It