, pursuant to an order of the Board, was read in these words: "To the Honourable Patrick Gordon, Esqr., Lieut. Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, in Council. "Whereas, upon the Petition of the Magistrates, Grand Jury and other In- habitants of the County of Lancaster, presented to the Governour in

THE SUN FIRE COMPANY, The following interesting compila- tion from the minutes of the Sun Fire Company of Lancaster was written by the late Ferdinand A. Demuth, who was a member of the Historical Society: In compiling these extracts from the minutes of the Sun Fire Company, the writer has taken

of the Juliana Library. He finally re- moved to Mifflin county, and settled in Long Hollow, Wayne township. Tradition says that he purchased his homestead for a horse and $10. He died and was buried there on October 6, 1802. Samuel Postlethwaite was born in 1738. On October 11, 1760, he mar- ried

Lancaster subscribers to the original company. I sought earnestly for it, but at that time in vain. I knew that a report had been made to the Governor of the State by the Commissioners ap- pointed to take the subscriptions, and, therefore, even after the publication of that article, I continued the search