Ann Moore, Postmistress of Lancaster, First Woman Appointed to Office Under the Federal Government By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XX XIV, pp. 62-3, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled "Post- masters and Postmistresses of Lancaster." In

Thomas McKean Inaugurated Governor of Penn- sylvania in the Borough of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N the autumn of 1799, Thomas McKean, a signer of the immor- .1. tal Declaration of Independence, was elected governor of Penn- sylvania. The Republicans of the borough and county of Lan

Lancaster, where so many useful manufacturing establishments are in opera- tion, the citizens will not be backward in giving countenance to the exertions of their brethren in other sections of the United States." In response to this appeal, a number of persons friendly to domestic manufactures, met at Col

bill to incorporate the Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster, had passed the Senate of Pennsylvania. Three years later, a notice appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 22nd, 1825, which was as follows : "A special election for a director of the Widow and

and America; and "Whereas, it would illy comport with these humane and Christian efforts to be silent spectators when this great cause of humanity is about to be agitated in Congress, by fixing the destiny of the new domains of the United States: Therefore, "Resolved, That the representatives in

John Yungling. Matthias Zahm. Although the resolutions permitted the receiving of depre- ciated paper at a discount, the committee earnestly recommended to the citizens of Lancaster city and county to receive no bank paper whatever west of Chambersburg, Pa., as the greater part of it could not be

The Charity School Movement in Lancaster, 1755 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In a population numbering less than a quarter of a million people in Pennsylvania in 1755, it is estimated that about 80,000 were Germans. In 1749 the number of German immigrants reached its maximum; the records show that

inscription is as follows: "Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan from 1847 to 1868; Recorder's office, Book F, Vol. 12, p. 442. �15th President of the United States. Marked by Geo. B. Willson, the owner since 1884, and The Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928." It will be noted that on the bronze tablet

Temperance Society recommended that simul- taneous meetings of all associations in the United States should be held on Tuesday, February 26th, 1833. In compliance with the request of the parent organization, a large and inspiring meeting of the Lancaster County Temperance Society was held in the court house

of the best in the United States, and the view of the surrounding country is unsurpassed by any in the world." These records show that horse-racing in harness had not been introduced into Lancaster county prior to 1830. In fact, the trotter and pacer did not come into their own, as a distinctively