Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A NUMBER of citizens of Lancaster met at the house of Wil- liam Cooper on Wednesday evening, February 6th, 1822. Dr. Samuel Fahnestock was appointed chairman, and Nathaniel Lightner secretary. The

Lancaster Journal of Friday, January 2nd, 1824, in which this information was found, does not give the names of the officers and members of this fine charity. The second annual report was published in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, December 24th, 1824. The receipts of the organization, including

who may be found within the borough. The safety and peace of the community are supposed to be materially interested in remov- ing all vagrants and suspicious persons from amongst us. "The citizens composing the nightly patrol are hereby author- ized and enjoined to take up and confine in the common

rights of the American people and the honor and dignity of their government. "We pray the Almighty Disposer of all Events to aid your councils and preserve your health." It is to be regretted that The Lancaster Journal of Saturday, November 12th, 1803, from which this information was obtained does not

Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania" ; and was addressed to "The Honorable the Congress of the United States." The memorial, which closed with this statement, was published in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, June 19th, 1812 : "Relying on their justice, wisdom and patriotism, we respect- fully pray that Congress

accomplished by this fine charitable undertaking. I have felt that it might be well to preserve this information in our Proceedings and thus keep alive the memory of the holy devotion of a band of consecrated women who labored for the needy of our city more than a century ago, and whose self-denying service is

thirty-five members, a meeting was to be held each Wednesday evening at the house of Christian Smith. The book of the organization was to be kept open for subscriptions at the store of Messrs. J. and P. Long, North Queen street. Joseph Ehrenfried was the secretary. The succeeding issue of the Lancaster