; but this, Anne Ayres states, is a mistake. Muhlenberg wrote: "The legend that it was written upon an occasion of private grief, is a fiction." Augusta M. Longacre, rn "Forges and Furnaces in the Province of Pennsylvania," states, one cannot say how truly, that Mr. Muhlenberg threw into Sarah Coleman's

, William Frederic. Title: The earliest known advertisement of a theatrical performance in Lancaster / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Reitzel's Hall (Lancaster, Pa.) Playbills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Theater--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Advertising--Pennsylvania--Lancaster

The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period

, is still standing in the fifth block of North Queen street, on the west side. It was known originally as "The Store House," and was built by the State of Pennsylvania at an early period of the Revolutionary War, for the housing of military supplies. February 27th, 1788, an act was passed by the

, after having entered into bonds and obtained licenses, should have the liberty of discontinuing by giving notice to the collector. Henry Strickler, Jacob Miller and John Rohrer were appointed a committee to have a petition prepared expressing the sense of the meeting. The following were appointed to

The Charity School Movement in Lancaster, 1755 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In a population numbering less than a quarter of a million people in Pennsylvania in 1755, it is estimated that about 80,000 were Germans. In 1749 the number of German immigrants reached its maximum; the records show that

reference to the part the community has played in the advancement of education in the great common- wealth of Pennsylvania. Almost from the beginning, the people of Strasburg manifested an interest in education, and the subject of schools was ever an uppermost topic in their minds. The earliest teachers, we