intersection of King and Queen Streets, was deeded by Andrew Hamilton and wife to the commissioners (Ed- wards included) in trust for the use of the people of Lancaster County.9 The first session of court to be held in Lancaster took place in November, 1730; however, there is nothing to show at what build- ing

Collections for the Poor in 1795 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of the "Association for the Relief of the Poor," of the borough of Lancaster, was held at the house of Chris- topher Brenner on Monday, November 2nd, 1795. John Joseph Henry occupied the chair. The committees appointed to collect

, as the purpose of the organiza- tion was a most worthy one. The Lancaster County Society for Promoting Agriculture, Manufactures and the Useful Arts By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Intelligencer & Weekly Advertiser of Wednesday, March 25th, 1800, states that a large and respectable number of citizens

manufacture of epsom salts, using for this purpose the mineral magnesite, or carbonate of magnesia, found in the serpentine ridge at Bare Hills, in the vicinity of Baltimore. Following up this ridge into Lancaster County in search of additional raw material he discovered a number of deposits of chrome ore of

church building, but in this Miss Ayres was mistaken, for he was still in deacon's orders when the ceremony of consecration was performed. On December 2nd, 1820, the Rev. Mr. Muhlenberg, then in his twenty- fourth year, entered upon the cure of Saint James's, Lancaster. On Christmas Day, following, there