. United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1921 Description: 52-55 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 25, no. 3 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.25

elsewhere. It was during Washington's first term as President of the United States that the 22nd of February was fixed upon for formal visits of con- gratulation; balls also were given to celebrate the occasion. By 1790, the event began to be widely observed. The Society of the Columbian Order resolved to

to state positively as the file of The Columbia Spy, and Lancaster and York Record 3 is missing from October 27th to December 29th, 1832. 2 Lancaster Journal, Friday, November 23rd, 1832. 3 This file is in the library of The Lancaster County Historical Society. AGNES NOBLE AGNEW By HELEN NOBLE WORST

, September 27th, in the court house, which stood in the center of Penn square. For this reason Lancaster claims the distinction of having been the capital of the United States, even though it was but for a day. As Howe was in possession of Philadelphia, then the largest city in America, only 62 miles distant

THE CONESTOGA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Daily Evening Express, of Wednesday, August 23rd, 1865, contained an announcement that the Conestoga Collegiate Institute, a seminary for young ladies, would begin its first session on Tuesday morning, September 5th. The

subsequent issues of local papers contain no references to it. Hat Made by a Lancaster Woman Exhibited at Franklin Institute By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Lancaster Journal of Friday, October 22nd, 1824, con- tained an announcement that a hat of grass, made by Mrs. Hopkins, of Lancaster city, was on

William T. Barry by Citizens of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Hon. William T. Barry, the able and efficient Postmaster General of the United States, arrived in Lancaster on Mon- day, October 17th, 1831, and took lodgings at Graeff's hotel, corner of North Queen and West Orange streets [site of

. 5. The President of the United States. 6. The Governor of Pennsylvania. 7. The Surviving Heroes of the Revolution—the Last Reliques of the Band which Achieved our Independence. May they descend to the grave full of days and full of honors! 8. The Hero of New Orleans—the Washington of our Second War

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

civil and religious liberty; to preserve public order; and to cultivate the blessings of peace. As an officer of the government, therefore, feeling the obligation to pursue those objects with incessant vigilance, it is peculiarly pleasing to me to receive assurances of cooperation from the members of a