7 When Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capita, Capita, BY GEORGE L. HEIGES Continued from Vol. LVI, p. 84 July The Fourth 1804 in Lancaster The Lancaster Intelligencer in the issue of July 3, 1804, gave to its readers the information that "His Excellency, The Governor of Pennsylvania arrived in this

• Men Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capital BY GEORGE L. HEIGES Continued from Vol. LV, No. 1 New Year's Day in 1802 was obviously not observed as a holiday, for on that day both houses of the Pennsylvania State Assembly were in session at Lancaster, the seat of government. Reading the legislative

. When Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capital By GEORGE L. HEIGES Philadelphia's Loss — Lancaster's Gain The frame of government for William Penn's colony in the new world was published in 1681. At the same time the colony was fittingly named "PENNSYLVANIA" by King Charles II. In October, 1682, the

, 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

Pennsylvania was made up of just four counties and Lancaster was one of them. From that time until 1788 — a full half century -- when Franklin retired as President of Pennsylvania, he was well acquainted with all of Lancaster County's leaders who had been projected into the larger affairs of the province