. 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

, 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

letters, autographs, etc., by his uncle, the later George M. Steinman, president of the Lancaster County Historical Society for twenty years,—from the time of its re-organization in 1896, until the end of 1916. In this history is an interesting letter, written, by William Augustus Atlee, in June, 1781

atlas / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Washington, George, 1732-1799. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description: 105-106 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

de- livered the Memorial Day address before an immense crowd gath- ered on the sacred ground which had turned the tide of the Rebel- lion and had hastened peace to a war-stricken country in the trying years of 1861-1865. Following a beautiful custom of the past eight years, a memo- rial committee

interested in the drawing of birds, and conceived a plan to illustrate the ornithology of the United States. In 1804, largely for the purpose of collecting material, he, with two friends, walked to Niagara Falls, an inter- esting account of which outing he gave in a poem called "The Foresters." Two years

LODGINGS IN LANCASTER, OF STATE SENATORS FOR 1809-1810 By William Frederic Worner For one day, September 27th, 1777, the borough of Lancaster was the capital of the United States. On that day the Continental Congress held a brief session in the court house that stood in Penn Square. The borough was

v. A BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LETTER By William Frederic Worner In the Division of Manuscripts in the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C., there is an original letter writen by Benjamin Franklin to Edward Ship- pen, Esq., of Lancaster, Pa. The communication is a short one, and in it the illustrious

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