others. James Hamilton laid out the town of Lancaster at the request of the proprietaries, but there is no record of a petition direct from the citizens for establishing a borough. Perhaps Hamilton's influence shows here. In and about Lancaster, as early as 1730, we find some licensed, at a tax of twenty

...7wo-hundredth Anniveriary of Lancasters incorporation -As a &rough By M. LUTHER HEISEY The first of May — a day usually associated with disorders and demon- strations in the cities of Europe; the First of May—here a day of rejoicing and rededication for the citizens of Lancaster, this year made

later paper will deal with the history of many individual clocks, and the story of the famililes that have had them for generations, as I have uncovered many very interesting facts along these lines that would make good material for an historical paper. HOFFS—Among the clockmakers of Lancaster City who

contract for sixteen turnouts. In 1836 he migrated to Iowa Territory. In 1853 he moved to Oregon, and there he died in 1885, in his eighty-fifth year. JOHN J. FITZPATRICK (b. in Lancaster, October 10, 1840, d. December 14, 1889), son of Hugh Fitzpatrick, both contractors, assisted Richard McGrann on work

there. No provisions had then been made for establishing post routes or for carrier service. So it was that enterprising men in many of the larger cities, and some in cities the size of Lancaster and Wilmington, started a receiving and delivery service under local management. The general public

LOCAL NAMES ON AMERICAN SHIPS When Samuel M. Sener wrote in our papers, vol. 3, p. 14, about the USS Lancaster, as the oldest ship in the United States Navy, no doubt he had in mind the active ships; for lying in port, one at Newport, Rhode Island, the other at Bos- ton, Massachusetts, were the

traffic noises, the assembly repaired to the high school auditorium, where the full program was followed. In presenting the tablet to the borough of New Holland, Dr. Beck, for the Lancaster County Historical Society, declared, "We have been the first to commemorate, honor, revive and perpetuate the memory

denominations established during the life of the Borough of Lancaster. Fortunately, for the community, we would say, no one sect dominated the religious life of the town. Even the Master said, "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold," and so the Lutheran and Reformed people, with the others, dwelt in

1807, before the use of steam, another Lancaster County inventive genius was working on the problem of better navigation. One Daniel Keller, of Hemp- field Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, took out a patent as early as 1795 for a design of boat, operating with paddle wheels, whose motive power