, 120 by 120 feet;° "Deeded by Andrew Hamilton May 16 1730 for the keeping, erecting and holding a market within the Town of Lancaster." On the southeastern end of the "Market Square" was built, between 1795 and 1797 the "Public Office House," which from 1799 to 1812 was the State House of Pennsylvania

selected Simon Cameron as their candidate for the Senate. He was elected, and took his seat for the full term, March 4, 1857.35 Cameron's return to the Senate brought him again promin- ently before the public, and he was looked upon as a political power, at least locally. Typical of this is a quotation, of

." (Most visitors to early Lancaster over- estimated its population. The first official census of the United States, 1790, credited the town with 3773.) "The country round here is esteemed the most fertile in Pennsylvania for grain. The most material want experienced at Lancaster is that of a river— though