Obsequies in Honor of Andrew Jackson Held in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER Andrew Jackson, ex-President of the United States and hero of the battle of New Orleans, died on Sunday, June 8th, 1845. A meeting of citizens of Lancaster was held on Tuesday, June 17th, at the call of Michael

The Jackson Celebration in Lancaster in 1827 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Monday, July 2nd, 1827, a number of General Andrew Jack- son's friends in Lancaster, decided to celebrate the anniver- sary of American Independence, and appointed a committee to effect that purpose.l The committee

harmony, friendship and festivity, as we have spent this day !" The Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser of Tuesday, May 15th, 1804, stated : "The company then separated, in perfect good will to each other." A Jackson Pole at Reamstown By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the autumn of 1828, Andrew Jackson, the

many years, from 1831 to the time of his death, which occurred November 14, 1845, near Intercourse, Lancaster County, Pa., that it was finally granted, January 19, 1850, dating from March 4, 1826—$80 a year, payable twice yearly in the sum of $40. Andrew Snyder, who lived to the age of 112 years, had a

A VISIT TO HISTORICAL SCENES* (Describing a visit to Lancaster, Pa., in July, 1926) By HARRY PRINGLE FORD It was a rare privilege recently to visit the attractive city of Lancaster, Pa., sixty-eight miles west of Philadelphia, with its wealth of historical asso- ciations and its many evidences of

Visit by the Provost Magister, Israel Acrelius' to the Ephrata Cloister, August 20, 1753 Taken from "A History of New Sweden," by Israel Acrelius. Published in Stockholm 1759. Reprinted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1874. Translated from the Swedish by William M. Reynolds, D.D. Ephrata

the meeting, recommended to the citizens the propriety of meeting the Governor, John Andrew Shulze, 1 on his entrance into Lancaster, at Warner's bridge, and forming a procession to escort him, in conjunction with the mili- tary companies, into our city. Dr. Samuel Humes, Dr. Henry Dif- fenbaugh and

Legislature a warm and cordial welcome to make the city of Lancaster the seat of its contemplated removal. "Resolved, That the Senate and House of Representatives be requested, respectfully, to appoint a committee to visit the city of Lancaster, to inspect personally the advantages which it presents, and to

their savage cries. The Heathen, sure, we must destroy,— Else what we steal we can't enjoy. Your breaking doors and breaking laws, Sets forth the merits of 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

for any future period. Andrew Jackson Invited to Visit Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of friends of Andrew Jackson in the city and county of Lancaster met in the court house in Lancaster on Wednesday, April 17th, 1833. Hon. John Lightner was ap- pointed president ; James Jackson, of