and General Advertiser, a Philadelphia News- paper, whose ancient files are preserved in the Congressional Library, such items of Lancaster County content and interest as are to be found therein, and has kindly given the same to the present compiler to be used to fill the gap just mentioned. The items

GEORGE WASHINGTON IN LANCASTER. By William Frederic Worner. In the "Proceedings" of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. XXVI, No. 10, for December, 1922, is a description of George Washington's visit to Lancaster borough in 1791, at which time he witnessed the celebra- tion of the

DATE ON STATE HIGHWAY SIGNS CORRECTED By William Frederic Worner Students of our local history know that on May 2nd, 1729, the county of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, was created by the Lieutenant Governor, Patrick Gordon, and his council. By an Act of Assembly, passed May 10th, 1729, it was

Psalmody what it should always be an harmonious offering to the Deity, calculated to tranquilize the passions and inspire the vener- ation of man." It seems that after Mr. Dyer's departure from Lancaster, the Handelian Society disbanded, as subsequent issues of local papers contain no references to

Mittelberger's Notes on Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., is an old and rare volume published in "Frankfurth und Leipzig," in 1756. It was printed in German, and is entitled, "Gottlieb Mittelberger's Reise nach Pennsylvanien im Jahr 1750; und

LODGINGS IN LANCASTER, OF STATE SENATORS FOR 1809-1810 By William Frederic Worner For one day, September 27th, 1777, the borough of Lancaster was the capital of the United States. On that day the Continental Congress held a brief session in the court house that stood in Penn Square. The borough was

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

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

Lancaster in 1796 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER I N the fine collection of rare books in the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., is one entitled, "Travels Through the United States of North America in 1795, 1796 and 1797." The work, in two volumes, was pub- lished in London in 1807. The author