Lancaster 187o: Celebrated People Lectured in the City One Hundred Years Ago. A Compilation by George L. Heiges One hundred years ago the leaders in our nation had but one means apart from the medium of the press to contact their fellow citizens and present their views; and that was the American

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

Federal and State money made it very difficult to adjust the accounts."20 One of the sons of William and Ann Henry was John Joseph Henry, who from 1793 to his death in 1811 was Judge of the Second Judicial District composed of the counties of Chester, Lancaster, York and Dauphin. It seems that during his

Society of Pennsylvania. 14 Toto caelo (L.), diametrically opposite. 15 Samuel Wright was a grandson of John Wright, Sr. He laid out the town of Columbia and named it. �County Commissioner, came a communication together with a copy of the Record of the Court of Quarter Sessions, February term, 1804. By

, 1895. Reuben Bertzfield was then acting super- intendent and Miss Anna Lantz was in charge of nursing. Although the nursing school of the hospital was not established until 1903, it is a matter of record that in 1895, "Miss Lantz was in charge of the training school with two student nurses." The cost

Bishop Francis Asbury and The Reverend Henry Boehm George L. Heiges This account aims to be a brief record of the joint labors of two devout and zealous missionary preachers of the Protestant Church in America. One of them was Henry Boehm who was born in Lancaster County, scion of sturdy Swiss

seat of government. The Supreme Executive Council which was then the governing body of Pennsylvania (Constitution of 1776) fled Philadelphia and met in Lancaster from October 1, 1777 through June 20, 1778. �In February, 1795, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution in favor of removing the

GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

Jacob Loeser to Lancaster to be the teacher of the school �and to serve also as organist and sexton. Included as part of his duties was the leading of the singing during regular services and at funerals, opening and closing the church and full charge of the graveyard. For faithfully carrying out all his

a total of twelve hospitals, orphanages, and schools. Complete coverage of the convention was given by the Lancaster Daily Express, even to the extent of using two columns to record the names of the clerical and lay delegates together with the homes in which they were domiciled while in attendance