Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A NUMBER of citizens of Lancaster met at the house of Wil- liam Cooper on Wednesday evening, February 6th, 1822. Dr. Samuel Fahnestock was appointed chairman, and Nathaniel Lightner secretary. The

the county seat and the site upon which Lancaster city later was to be built) was formally unveiled and presented to the people of Lancaster by Milton Thomas Garvin, prominent merchant, philanthropist and civic leader, in recognition of the sixtieth anniversary of his entrance into business. At a

collectively, as members of the Mechanics' Society of the City and County of Lancaster, to use their endeavors to promote the objects of the said institution." After Mr. Maxwell had presented the report, he delivered an admirable address, a part of which was as follows : "Our city has long been celebrated for

of Pennsylvania, by one of the visitors,—J. Bennett Nolan, Esq., member of the Reading bar and author of numerous books and pamphlets relating to the history of Berks county, and of Reading, its county seat. Thomas Mifflin was an extensive land- owner in the adjoining county of Berks and is regarded

country, call loudly for counter exertions on our part. "Policy, patriotism and self-interest demand effort. The ex- ample set by our fellow-citizens of New York, Philadelphia, Balti- more, Pittsburgh, Washington and other places, ought to be fol- lowed ; and it is anxiously hoped that in the county of

East King street and Penn square. 2 George M. Kline was admitted to the Lancaster bar in 1842. See Mom- bert's "Authentic History of Lancaster county," published in 1869, p. 432. �peace, as reflecting honor on your city, they know and feel, should occasion ever require you to leave your peaceful

took part in the Revo- lutionary struggle, was a member of the 'Flying Camp' from this county, and was in the battle of White Plains. 'Peace to his ashes'." 22. FREY, JACOB LANCASTER JOURNAL, Friday, May 29th, 1829. "Died, on the 8th inst., in this city, [Lancaster], Mr. Jacob Frey, in the 85th year of

BRONZE TABLET TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN WRIGHT, PIONEER FERRYMAN* By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The fine service rendered by John Wright, pioneer ferryman, and one of the foremost builders of a transportation link that opened the great West to early settlers, was fittingly recognized on Tuesday morning

Standard Presented to The Republican Blues By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE twenty-fifth anniversary of American Independence was celebrated on Saturday, July 4th, 1801, by the inhabitants of Lancaster. The dawn was ushered in by the firing of a gun. At ten o'clock, The Republican. Blues, a