, who may be justly styled the Father of Internal Improvement of this country." The Great Fire of 1825 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Wednesday, October 19th, 1825, the city of Lancaster was visited by the most destructive fire, that, so far as known, had ever occurred in the town. It was caused by some

. The other was the Popular party, which was opposed to the policies of the Proprietary party. The leader of the Popular party was Benjamin Frank- lin, then in England on public business, who had a strong influence in the province. It was about this time that the American Philosophical society was

"Pepper come rent" originated during the Middle Ages. Webster defines it as follows : "A rent consisting in supplying a certain amount, usually a pound, of black pepper cornes, at stated intervals ;" also "a nominal rent in kind operating to keep alive the paramount or dominant title to a property

the real inventor of the steam boat. Rumsey is said tc have had a boat that was propelled by steam. To be absolutely correct we should, perhaps, define Robert Fulton as the first man who made a commercial success of the steam boat. On page 11, it is stated that Bibles were taken from the Monastery at

became necessary for the local authorities to appeal for general assistance. Money, provisions and clothing were desperately needed. In a paper read before the Lancaster County Historical Society on November 5th, 1915, and published in Vol. XIX, pages 315-325, of its proceedings, the author, Miss Lottie

his admirable "History of the People of the United States," Vol. 3, p. 240, states: "Hardly was the Constitution a year old when England began the prac- tice of dragging American citizens from the decks of American ships, and during sixteen years had carried it on in every portion of the civilized

reported the following contributions and disbursements: September 11th, 1823. Contributions : $193.19 Balance • .35 $193.54 Disbursements: To Daniel Moore and John F. Steinman, for the relief of 21 sick families in the South-west Ward : $ 25.50 To George Louis Mayer, for the relief of 31 sick families in

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

Gallic field-marshal." A Great Political Meeting in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER 0N Tuesday, October 14th, 1800, the citizens of Lancaster who enjoyed the right of suffrage, assembled at the polls and voted for a President and a Vice-President of the United States. Owing to the primitive methods