been claimed, and pos- sibly with truth, that a Sunday school was conducted by the monks of the Cloister at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pa., as early as 1739,—forty-one years before the printer at Gloucester, England, gathered the waifs of his town into a similar school. It is also stated in the report

LANCASTER COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY By William Frederic Worner. In 1727 or 28, when Benjamin Franklin was about twenty-two years of age, he influenced a number of well-informed men in Philadelphia to unite with with him in forming a club to be named the "Junto." He states

also the capital of Pennsylvania from the summer of 1799 until the autumn of 1812. Carefully preserved among the archives of the Lancaster County Historical Society is an interesting old handbill, published in 1809 by the then well- known printer of Lancaster, William Greer. It is headed, "A List of

, 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

): Hamilton, James, 1710-1783. Presbyterian Church Corporation of Pequea (Pa.) Cemeteries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1920 Description: 39-51 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical

Wagon Loads of Gold in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE late William Uhler Hensel, a former vice-president of our Lancaster County Historical Society, and widely known as a leader of the Lan- caster bar, would, when in a reminiscent mood, often sigh for "the days of yore, when taverns were

being the first citizen of Lancaster, issued a stirring appeal for contributions. This appeal appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Saturday, October 14th, 1797, and is as follows: "FELLOW CITIZENS AND BROTHER FARMERS OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER:" "The calamity, with which it has pleased God to visit the

. Worner supplementary to series of H. Frank Eshleman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser (newspaper) Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description

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

., was, probably, an Englishman. He stopped over night in Lancaster in the spring of 1830. In volume 2, page 303, appears a brief reference to Lancaster county: "On the following day, the 30th May [1830], we dined at Harrisburg, the seat of legislation for Pennsylvania. . . . I proceeded to Lancaster