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

Metzgar, dated March 31, 1845, and of record at Lancaster in Deed Book X.,Vol. 7,at page 494).These and a few others to-day (1901) are the beneficiaries of the ground rents of the Hamilton estate. The present trustee for collection of rents and sale of lots is Henry Lively. In early times the payment of

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

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

of Lancaster. The reasons given in the petition were that great improvements and new buildings were in process of construction, inhabitants were increasing in number, and there was urgent necessity for the promotion of Trade, Industry, Rule and Good Order. Therefore, says the Charter, "we have

early period. In 1757 to 1765, he was the man who kept the Court House clock in order, for which he received compensation at the rate of four pounds per year. About 1748 Wilmer Atkinson, a cutler by trade, came to Lancaster from Baltimore, though report has it he was born in Lancaster, and soon

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