• 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

1915 MissElizabeth Armstrong donated $1400 to the hospital to purchase a new X-ray machine. JULY 5, 1915—Enroute by rail to the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, the famous Liberty Bell was viewed by thousands of Lancastrians, when the special train made stops at three points in Lancaster

Pennsylvania was made up of just four counties and Lancaster was one of them. From that time until 1788 — a full half century -- when Franklin retired as President of Pennsylvania, he was well acquainted with all of Lancaster County's leaders who had been projected into the larger affairs of the province