are as shall here follow. The last of the series of items above referred to is found printed in the January, 1922, pamphlet of this Society, page 3, etc. THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR GENERAL ADVERTISER Saturday, November 29, 1777 Printed by John Dunlap, in Queen Street (Price 15 pence) Lancaster

ERRORS CORRECTED LETTER OF WILLIAM F. WORNER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE LANCASTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Lancaster, Pa., August 5th, 1927. Mr. Adolf C. Darmstaetter, President, Chamber of Commerce, Lancaster, Pa. My Dear Mr. Darmstaetter: I have read, with much interest, the pamphlet issued by the

been claimed, and pos- sibly with truth, that a Sunday school was conducted by the monks of the Cloister at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Pa., as early as 1739,—forty-one years before the printer at Gloucester, England, gathered the waifs of his town into a similar school. It is also stated in the report

Locust street, Philadelphia, is an original paper,' yellow with age, which contains the following : "To the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania, and counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex on Delaware; and to the Honourable the

characterized his intercourse with them. As a tribute of respect for his integrity of character and official services, a letter was presented to him signed by Lancas- ter's mayor and a number of influential citizens, inviting him to partake of a public dinner. 1 The invitation was as follows : "Lancaster, Pa

the author, Dr. F. R. Diffenderffer, describes what is undoubtedly the oldest playbill, that so far has come to light, advertising a theatrical performance in Lancaster, Pa. It bears the date January 2, 1800, and states that by the desire of Governor McKean, who intended honoring the occasion with his

compared in value to this mural, is small indeed. It is our great privilege at this time to present to you, Mr. Mayor, and through you to the city of Lancaster and the com- munity in general, this mural painting which is before you. I hope it may long be an incentive to this and coming generations to delve

five days thereafter; and in the event of the president or vice- president refusing to call such meeting, any twenty members may call one on giving notice as above. ARTICLE VI. A general meeting of this society shall take place four times in each year in the borough of Lancaster, viz. on the second