the board of managers may direct. 7. "Any member, by giving a written notice to the secretary, may at any annual meeting withdraw from this society; or any member violating his pledge, may be expelled by the voice of two-thirds of the members present. 8. "Any association within the county of Lancaster

association under the name of The Lancaster Jockey Club, for the purpose of establishing on a respectable footing, annual races to be held in the vicinity of Lancaster with the sole view of promoting the breed of fine and valuable horses. The notice in the local papers of the formation of the club was as

Wolf, Jr., David Summy, Lewis Becker, John Hershy, Jacob Summy, John Metz, Jacob Newcomer, Andrew Kemmerer, Jacob Snebely, Jr., and John Spickler, Sr. PUBLIC-HOUSE KEEPERS IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN 1772 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, there is preserved

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

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

of our fellow citizens must hereafter depend, and in anticipation of measures which it is confidently hoped will be pursued at no distant day by the government, a number of citizens of the city and county of Lancaster have formed an association, which has adopted for its govern- ment the following

, 1706-1790. American Philosophical Society. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 38-40 p. ; 23 cm