Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A NUMBER of citizens of Lancaster met at the house of Wil- liam Cooper on Wednesday evening, February 6th, 1822. Dr. Samuel Fahnestock was appointed chairman, and Nathaniel Lightner secretary. The

permanent fund, a sum at least equal to the amount of the original subscription of all the members on the books of the society. Persons donating five or more dollars became honorary members of the organization, and such donations were to be added to the permanent fund. All persons desirous of becoming

time, as it may deem fit or proper. ARTICLE IX. At all general meetings of the society not less than fifteen members, ex- clusive of the presiding officer and secretary, shall form a quorum and be competent to do business. ARTICLE X. Any person subscribing to the constitution, and paying his

required to give to persons whom they con- sider worthy of employment a written or printed recommendation, and that no person be permitted to receive employment from the society without such testimonial. XI. Persons of any Christian denomination may be admitted as mem- bers of this society. XII. Persons

mechanics complain of the want of employment; and give, as a reason, a fact, which is too well known to everyone, that almost every article of mechanism that can [be secured] con- veniently, is now imported from Philadelphia, or elsewhere ; which, as a matter of course, not only deprives many persons who

31st, the second meeting of the society was held at Archibald McLenegan's to receive applications from any who desired to become members. At this meeting Wil- liam C. Frazer and Archibald McLenegan were appointed a com- mittee to solicit subscriptions from persons friendly to the purposes of the

jail, for the time being, all vagrants and disorderly and suspicious persons found in the streets at an unusual hour, who cannot give a satis- factory account of themselves. "Published" by order of the corporation and consent of the citizens. "Adam Reigart, Jr. "John Bausman, "Burgesses." 1 Printed in

"To Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, Wm. B. Fordney, Esq., E. C. Reigart, Esq., Hon. Ellis Lewis, N. Ellmaker, Esq., Geo. W. Ham- ersly, Esq. and others." It will be recalled that Major Reynolds became a distinguished officer in the Civil War, and was killed at Gettysburg, where he commanded the left wing of

MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN LAN CASTER DURING THE WAR OF 1812 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N January 8th, 1815, General Andrew Jackson won a bril- liant victory over the English troops at the celebrated battle of New Orleans,—two weeks after the treaty of peace between England and the United States