Arlington's hill would accord most credit to Ellicott. �Although Major L'Enfant held his position until March 6. 1792, as early as November 20, 1791, Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State, writes to President Washington, that as "it has been found impracticable to employ Major L'Enfant, about the federal

• 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

the debt is interesting, and involves William Henry, the famous Lancaster gunsmith, as well as holder of important state offices. He was Armourer in the Braddock Expedition, member of the Pennsylvania As- sembly and member of Congress. From 1777 to the year of his death, 1786, he was Treasurer of the

Butcher received as payment, five dollars a day, plus 35c �a mile for the use of their horses. William Boyd rode 245 miles in the discharge of his duty and Thomas Butcher rode 317 miles.2 Twenty-ninth Session of Pennsylvania Assembly Opens The following newspaper items record the opening of the 1804-05

be the seat of government as planned. In 1732 a dignified red brick State House was built on Chestnut Street in the capital city. Some years later the greatest single event in the history of the American colonies occurred in that same red brick building, for which reason it is generally known in our