adopted, and some of the Negroes' friends rallied to their support. By the early 1840's, the local colonization societies lay dormant. See William Frederic Worner, "The Lancaster County Colonization Society", Lancaster County Historical Society Papers (hereafter cited L.C.H.S.P.), XXVI, No. 5 (May, 1922

. Gift of Chester County Historical Society, 7 October 1955. 4. Program (keystone shape) of the “Senior L.T.L. Banquet” held in Philadelphia in 1904. “Banquet to the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union given by the Pennsylvania Senior Loyal Temperance Union. Contains menu, toasts and music

were held to nominate delegates to the County Convention.2 The first Antimasonic County Convention in the history of Lancaster County convened at the Court House in Lancaster on Thursday, April 23, 1829, with between 800 and 1000 people in attendance. 3 Upon organiza- tion, the following officers were

it, plus chairs and a wagon, destroyed by fire at night, according to the New HoUand Clarion (2 September 1893). Arson was considered a possible cause of the melancholy event. A month later the State Organization of the Women's Christian Temperance Union held its annual conclave in Lancaster. Several