Wh en Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capital BY GEORGE L. HEIGES Continued from Vol. LVII, p. 108 In the late fall of 1807 politically-minded Pennsylvanians were looking forward again with anxiety to the approaching session of the State Assembly. It would be the last gathering of the Commonwealth's

7 When Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capita, Capita, BY GEORGE L. HEIGES Continued from Vol. LVI, p. 84 July The Fourth 1804 in Lancaster The Lancaster Intelligencer in the issue of July 3, 1804, gave to its readers the information that "His Excellency, The Governor of Pennsylvania arrived in this

• Men Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capital BY GEORGE L. HEIGES Continued from Vol. LV, No. 1 New Year's Day in 1802 was obviously not observed as a holiday, for on that day both houses of the Pennsylvania State Assembly were in session at Lancaster, the seat of government. Reading the legislative