, pursuant to an order of the Board, was read in these words: "To the Honourable Patrick Gordon, Esqr., Lieut. Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, in Council. "Whereas, upon the Petition of the Magistrates, Grand Jury and other In- habitants of the County of Lancaster, presented to the Governour in

, blacksmiths, Conestoga wagon builders and nearby fulling mills gave employment to many per- sons, and an air of prosperity was evident to the traveler. The Pennsylvania Gazeteer of 1798 thus describes the town at that date: "A post town in Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, Pa., distant twenty miles from

. The company did serve a timely need, and many lives were affected by its existence in one way or another. Below is an excerpt from the book called Lancaster County Pennsylvania— A History, written in 1924 by Dr. H.M.J. Klein, a highly venerated historian and a professor under whom the writer studied

.) for Lancaster City's Sun Fire Company. Water was supplied from a pump or hydrant and 20 men were required to efficiently operate the pump handles. �122 JOURNAL OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY were also made for Lebanon, Middletown and Lancaster City's American Fire Co.25 For the latter

, 1991 117 5. Twombly, Rev. Dr. Clifford G., et al, A 2nd Report on Vice Conditions in the City of Lancaster, Pa., (1 March 1915); Wagner, Rev. Dr. James E., Notes and Commentaries (1942), Lancaster County Historical Society Manuscript Collection MG-62. 6. Klein, H. M. J., Ph.D., and Diller, William F