Cadwalader, Esq., of Philadelphia, dated June 8, 1843, and of record at Lancaster in Letter of Attor- ney Book, No. 5, at page 178. George Cadwalader was also attorney-in-fact for George Gregory Gardiner, et al., of Bath, England, also heirs of the Hamil- tons. (Evidenced in the deed from him to Gerhart

houses and 2,000 inhabitants. It had been incorporated as a borough in 1742. Its first newspaper, the Lancaster Ga- zette, was issued by H. Miller and S. Holland in 1752. It was published fort- nightly, in parallel columns, German and English. The first school of which we have record is in 1748, under

instances, the incipient congregation requires some time to become sufficiently con- solidated to venture upon the impor- tant enterprise of building a church. It is, indeed, on record that, as early as 1733, the Reformed congregation in Lancaster was already in existence. When it is remembered that the

that may be, there is no record that �FACSIMILE OF TITLE PAGE OF BAILEY'S ALMANAC, FOR 1779. (By courtesy of The North American newspaper.) �the term had even been applied to Washington before, in print, and to Francis Bailey, a Lancaster printer, and a Lancaster county man, must be awarded the credit

then present from this county not one is living to-day. The Lancaster Bar also attended this banquet, but theirs was a case of so many dollars per plate. lt is a fact deserving of record that not one of the more than forty members of the Medical Society whose names are on record as having at- tended

and Lancaster and York County Record, June 23, 1831. 1831. The Palladium, Bethania. The Olive Branch, Elizabethtown. 1832. The Columbia Hive, Columbia. 1833. Marietta Advocate, Marietta. 1840. The Plaindealer, Col. Forney (Revived). The Columbian, Columbia. The Ant, Marietta. 1841. The Orb, Marietta

after annually paid. When the Council of Zion Lutheran Church some twelve years ago resolved to revive the ancient custom of rose payments, which for more than a century and a quarter had fallen into disuse, the event received wide notice and well-deserved credit, and praise was awarded to the man whose

A Revolutionary Record. While there were a good many Non- Associators in Lancaster county dur- ing the Revolutionary War, the popu- lation was, nevertheless, generally loyal to the cause of the Colonies. There was, however, considerable op- position manifested in a few districts to the enlistment

regularly used as early as 1714, for "the peti- tion filed in Lancaster County Quar- ter Sessions Court to 'relay' it out in 1734 sets out that it has been in use for twenty years." These five terms were first Tuesday os August, 1729; first Tuesday of No- vember, 1729; February 3d, 1730; May 5th, 1730, and

"Gleanings From an Old News- paper:" On June 17, 1794, was issued the first number of the Lancaster Journal. Its motto was: "Not too rash. Yet not fearful. Open to all parties; yet influenced by none." The paper was issued weekly. The file for 1794 is missing, but after that the volumes are complete. Only in