Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Bicentennial of the James Wright House and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania By ELIZABETH F, G, HIESTAND a Five Great Granddaughter of John Wright Paraphrasing the words of the old familiar song, "The sun shone bright on the old

, Georgetown ; Christ church, New Brighton ; and Trinity church, Rochester. On February 1st, 1892, he became rec- tor of St. John's church, Pittsburgh, which he served continuously until his death (during the years 1909 and 1910 as rector emeritus, on account of throat trouble). By resting, he was greatly

the printing establishment of Sleight & Tucker, Jamaica, L. I., and the title page contained the following: "A Valedictory Sermon preached in St. James's Church, Lancas- ter," etc. In the library of The Lancaster County Historical Society are books which were originally the property of the Sunday

influential citizen. In that article the statement is made that there is nothing on his tombstone in St. James's churchyard in Lancaster, to indicate that Mr. Chambers served as an officer in the Revolutionary War and as a delegate to the convention which ratified the Federal Constitution on the part of

subscribers already mentioned, James Bick- ham, a liquor dealer and chief burgess of the borough, presented a receipted bill for spirits furnished at the raising of the steeple, which antedated the purchase of the bell by some years, but was unpaid. These articles were in various quantities and on different

its obscurity, and has given to us the only out- line, so far as known, of the original building of St. James's church. LETTERS OF JAMES BUCHANAN By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN 1908, the J. B. Lippincott Company, of Philadelphia and Lon- don, published, in twelve volumes, "The Works of James Buchanan

INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES IN THE GRAVEYARD ADJOINING ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, LANCASTER. * COPIED BY WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER 1. In memory of / James Bolger. / A native of the County / Kilkenny, Ire- land. / Died July 24, 1860. / Aged 52 years. / Be ye also ready, for in such / an hour as ye think not

avoided. The Dispensary of St. James's Church, Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Sunday evening, September 18th, 1825, after divine service, a number of ladies and gentlemen met in Saint James's Prot- estant Episcopal church, Lancaster, and formed an organiza- tion for the laudable purpose of