News of Jackson's Victory at New Orleans in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Saturday, January 8th, 1815, General Andrew Jackson won his famous victory at New Orleans. It was the last great land battle of the War of 1812, which some historians insist on call- ing "The Second War for

Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in States "in a state of rebellion." From 1817 to 1825 he was the Vice-President of the United States, under President James Monroe. While Mr. Tompkins was Governor of New York, he passed through Lancaster borough, according to an article that appeared in the

1929 A. K. HOSTETTER, C. H. MARTIN, H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, HERBERT H. BECK. Collections in Aid of Sufferers from the Fire in Lancaster in 1811 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER L ATE in the night of Friday, March 1st, 1811, or very early in the morning of the 2nd, the citizens of Lancaster borough were awakened

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

News of Jackson's Victory at New Orleans in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Saturday, January 8th, 1815, General Andrew Jackson won his famous victory at New Orleans. It was the last great land battle of the War of 1812, which some historians insist on call- ing "The Second War for

ever. If there had been so much excitement in Lancaster, and if the Germans believed that the borough and county of Lancaster were to be presented to General Riedesel, surely Marshall, with his intimate knowledge of conditions, would have heard of it and noted the fact in his diary. To believe such

GEORGE WASHINGTON IN LANCASTER. By William Frederic Worner. In the "Proceedings" of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. XXVI, No. 10, for December, 1922, is a description of George Washington's visit to Lancaster borough in 1791, at which time he witnessed the celebra- tion of the

Ricketts' Circus in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER J OHN BILL RICKETTS, a Scotch equestrian, who had learned many of his astounding acts when he was associated with the Blackfriars' Bridge circus, London, came to Philadelphia in 1792, and erected a building for a riding school at the south

Captain Wiederholdt in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MONG the books in the increasingly valuable library of the Lancaster County Historical Society is a complete set of a publication entitled, "Americana Germanica," in volume 5 of which appears the "Tagebuch des Capt. Wiederholdt"—Diary of

Governor Clinton in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER E WITT CLINTON, statesman, was born in Orange county, New York, March 2nd, 1769; and died in Albany, New York, on February 11th, 1828. He served his native state in sev- eral offices throughout his life, having been a member of the state