1787 and was currently (since 1794) a United States Senator. All then was in readiness for the campaign preceding the election which would decide whether Thomas McKean or James Ross was to be inaugurated Governor of Pennsylvania at Lancaster in Decem- ber of the year seventeen hundred ninety-nine. It

years of the hospital. Also, we are indebted to the Lancaster newspapers, issues of 1893-1918. In this year of 1958, another major expansion program will be completed at the hospital. Therefore, it is particularly germain to look back through the years and review the modest start of an institution

County of Bucks. (Signed) John Morrison Public Records of Pennsylvania Lancaster, July 7, 1802 Received of James Trimble, the sum of two dollars and twenty five cents for the carriage of a box from the Borough of Lancaster to the City 16 Letter in the Library of Congress. 17 Robert McKean, age 36, was

491 votes. Following is the official tally of the election. Simon Snyder, Democrats 67,975 James Ross, Federalist 39,575 John Spayd, Federalist 4,006 Scattering 8 7 Lancaster Journal July 4, 1808. �SIMON SNYDER Governor of Pennsylvania, December 20, 1808, to December 16, 1817. Born in Lancaster

borough, on Thursday last [June 28] in good health." Six days later —on July Fourth, Governor McKean participated in the Independence program in Lancaster, the seat of government, as he had done on the same day in the previous year. The 1804 celebration in Lancaster was an elaborate all- day program and