The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period

, Chester county, Pennsylvania, a tract of land con- taining 250 acres in the Province of Pennsylvania, subject to a quit rent, described in the document as "yielding and paying therefore during the said terme unto the said James Philips and Elizabeth, his, wife, their heirs and assigns, the rent of one

--Lancaster County. Sunday schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Episcopalians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 134-139 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 9 & 10 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v

Lancaster is not now known. Subsequent issues of local papers do not contain any ref- ferences to these gifted musicians. Contributions from Lancaster County for the Distressed Poor of Philadelphia During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1797 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T various times, during its earlier

Pennsylvania Asso- ciators from Lancaster County.1 6 On December 8, 1777, he was appointed a first lieutenant of the Third Company, Seventh Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia commanded by Colonel John Boyd of Lancaster county, as the following com- mission now in possession of Miss Martha Bladen Clark, a lineal

, 1706-1790. American Philosophical Society. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 38-40 p. ; 23 cm

, earnestly solicit the aid of their fellow citizens of the county of Lancaster, in contributing to the alleviation of the distress and wretchedness of that gallant nation, suffering in addi- tion to the misery of war with a most ferocious and sanguinary enemy, the horrors of a destitution of the necessaries

of the Lancaster County Historical Society is an old paper, yellow with age, measuring 8 by 13 1/2 inches. It was presented to our Society, about thirty years ago, by the late William Henry Egle, librarian of the Pennsylvania State Library from 1887 to 1899. The paper is of heavy, durable quality

Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Wednesday, April 22nd, 1818, a tragic event occurred in the neighborhood of Washington Borough, Lancaster County, Pa., which placed the then prevailing custom of dueling even in a more criminal light than usual. A citizen of Columbia and another of Washington

:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Worner, William Frederic. Title: The Sunday-School Society / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Sunday-School Society (Lancaster, Pa.) Sunday schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County