authors seemed destined to be in the public eye during all the years that Lancaster was the capital, they should be identified now. The two most forceful editors in Philadelphia were William Duane and William Cobbett. I)uane's paper was the Aurora, founded by Benjamin Franklin Bache, grandson of Benjamin

sanction 2 George Duffield, the Register General, lived at Strasburg in Lancaster County. He was a son of the Rev. George Duffield, native of Pequea Town- ship, who served as a Presbyterian pastor at Carlisle and at the Third Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. While there, he was appointed Chaplain of

, which after countless "trials and tribula- tions" is now firmly established as one of the most important adjuncts to the physi- cal well-being of the citizens of Lancaster County.1 THE BEGINNING Sixty-five years have gone by since June 15, 1893, when fifty people met in the old Y.M.C.A. building on

the Assembly. On December 1, 1807, the eighteenth session of that august body was called to order in the Lancaster County courthouse. Prior to the opening a tally of members showed that the strength of the Democrats was just equal to the combined strength of the Quids and the Federalists. The editor

that state's presi- dential electors. The complete returns for the state showed 22,103 votes for the Republican ticket, headed by Charles Thomson, and 1,179 votes for the Federal ticket, headed by George Latimer. In Lancaster County the Repub- licans polled 1,262 votes and the Federals 29 votes. From