Tuesday, November 23rd, 1819, a largely-attended meeting of citizens was held in the court house in Lancaster for the purpose of consulting upon measures that might prevent the introduction of slavery into any territory or state hereafter to be formed, or admitted into the Union. The Hon. Walter Franklin

HOLLOW SCHOOL An Old School And A Letter Written By A Teacher 146 Years Ago. (Reprinted from an article in the New Holland Clarion of April 29, 1893.) Over in Leacock township, along what is known as the Ridge Road, stands the Hollow Schoolhouse. Standing, as it does, on the top of a ridge, from

time as Lancaster was not incorporated as a city until March 20th, 1818. Mennonites of Donegal and Manor Townships Address Letter to Governor McKean By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N March 11th, 1800, a number of Mennonites who resided in Donegal and Manor townships, Lancaster county, Pa., ad- dressed a

President at the Convention of the Friends of Liberty, held in New York, May, 1841. There is an interesting letter in the collection of Chase letters in the Annual Report of the American Historical Society, 1902, volume 2, pp. 459ff, in which Birney discusses Seward and Adams. �Adams, as Anti-Slavery

comprises Mr. Bu- chanan's speeches, state papers, private correspondence and a biography. Since this excellent publication was issued, I have discovered letters from Mr. Buchanan in the files of local newspapers which do not appear in this work. As these letters throw additional light on the noble

friends of Lancaster's talented and most distinguished citi- zen, Hon. James Buchanan, anxious to testify to the respect and esteem which they entertained for his great private worth and brilliant public services, invited him, by letter, to partake of a public dinner at the Red Lion tavern, on West King