, 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

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

, millerite at the Gap mine, and brucite at the Wood mine, dis- covered and operated at these points. Prof. Herbert H. Beck, in his Minerals of Lancaster County, states that these minerals have done more to bring into academic circles of the world the name of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, than any other

ACCEPTANCE . By Prof. Herbert H. Beck. It is my privilege, acting for the Lancaster County Historical Society, to accept the custody of this monument and this tract of land. In taking over these valuable things I thank all of the many who by their labors or con- tributions have made this marker possible; and

THE FEMALE SUNDAY-SCHOOL SOCIETY OF SAINT JAMES'S CHURCH, LANCASTER William Frederic Worner Mr. William A. B. Halbach, a member of one of Lancaster's oldest fami- lies, has kindly presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society a pam- phlet, 4 by 5 inches in size, that contains much of local

name of the Union School [The Sunday-School Society of Lancaster], it is right to accord the reasons for that measure." Copies of this printed report are in the Collections of the Lancaster County Historical Society and in the Church Historical Society, Philadelphia. �Other churches in the city

, and the Ameri- can Society held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. It may be of interest to learn that an inhabitant of Lancaster county, James Wright, of Columbia, had the unique distinction of being a member of both organizations. On the 8th of April, 1768, he was elected a member of

raised in 1745 by William Maxwell captain, and James Wilkins was its ensign. In 1747 the Pennsylvania people entered into "An Association For Defense" and several companies were formed. (5 C. R. 172). The Lancaster County Defenders were raised and organized in the west end of the county on Susquehanna

.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1920 Description: 91-106 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 5 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.24 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room

--Lancaster County. Mennonites--Switzerland. Swiss Americans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Switzerland--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects. Swiss in Pennnsylvania. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 57-62 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the