borough of Lancaster. —Lancaster Journal September 25, 1802 However, the electorate sensed that there was no serious charge that could be brought against Thomas McKean in his administration of the affairs of the Commonwealth; and the results of the election on October 12, 1802, indicated this feeling

the state government since 1799 and had used the courthouse rent free, they speedily acted to remove this charge against the county and against the estate of William Henry. The text of the act follows: "Whereas it appears that there is due to the Commonwealth from the estate of William Henry, deceased

volumes, from which the children each Sabbath are furnished with a book. The school now numbers 216 scholars and 28 teachers; and from the efficiency of and the great interest manifested by the teachers, it is to be presumed that the number of scholars and the prosperity of the school will not

follows: Gentlemen: The Constitution declares that "no person shall be convicted without the concurrance of two-thirds of the members present" and, as that number have not concurred, you are acquitted of the charge contained in the Article of Impeachment.10 And so, the impeachment of Chief Justice Shippen

Courts as Well as Congress. Every well-informed reader knows that when General Howe and the Brit- ish army drew near to Philadelphia in the fall of 1777, the Congress of the thirteen Colonies resolved to remove from that city into the interior of the State and did so remove, having come to

): Capitals (Cities) Lancaster (Pa.)--Capital and capitol. United States--Capital and capitol. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [111]-113 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 4 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.1

Lancaster's Bid for the National Capital. The following interesting document explains itself. It was found a short time ago among the papers of John Hubley, Esq., who was a prominent member of the Lancaster Bar before and after the Revolutionary war, and one of the best known citizens of Lan