church, and sat with them during divine service. During the first year, twenty pupils earned prayer books, and this enabled them to participate in the public services. Attached to the school was a library. The books were presented by members of the congregation. The library was used as an additional

or sympathy with the doctrines of the Church of England. On page 26, it is stated that in Warwick Township was established at Lititz, the first girls' school in America. This is not true. There is a girls' school at Bethlehem which is older than the one at Lititz. If you should issue another edition

"Pepper come rent" originated during the Middle Ages. Webster defines it as follows : "A rent consisting in supplying a certain amount, usually a pound, of black pepper cornes, at stated intervals ;" also "a nominal rent in kind operating to keep alive the paramount or dominant title to a property

Lightning Strikes Spire of Trinity Lutheran Church By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER 0 N Tuesday, May 13th, 1823, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, the beautiful spire of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, pride of Lancaster, and an ancient land-mark, was struck by lightning

that the Interest may be paid yearly for the benefit above mentioned that this money to be taken care of by the Session of the S'd congregation ."32 3o Information received from D. S. Kurtz of Honeybrook, Pa., Treasurer of Pequea Church. 31 Alexander, p. 37. 32 Book B, page 572. �The will was proved

scriptions have been raised and forwarded to these unhappy suf- ferers; and surely the benevolent inhabitants of Lancaster will not be the last in contributing their proportion. Let it not be said, that at the seat of government of the wealthiest state in the union, the citizens were devoid of

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

address was as follows: TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, PA. At this alarming crisis in our political existence, we approach you, Sir, to express our cordial approbation of the measures adopted by the Executive for the preservation of the

: Lancaster's contribution to York in the flood of 1817 / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Floods--Pennsylvania--York. York (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1929 Description: 19 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the

- mittee of Correspondence, as it was called, sent a letter of appeal, dated April 28th, 1824, to Samuel Carpenter, Esq., mayor of Lan- caster, Pa. Immediately upon the receipt of the letter, the mayor called a meeting of the citizens. It was held in the court house on Tuesday, May 4th. Samuel Carpenter