annum, for board and tuition." This school became quite celebrated, and was attended by a large number of students from Lancaster county and other parts of Pennsylvania; also from Maryland and Delaware. In an advertisement in the Lancaster Journal, April 2nd, 1803, the public was informed that "the

. Worner supplementary to series of H. Frank Eshleman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser (newspaper) Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description

interest. The title- page of this paper-bound booklet, which has survived the wreck of time for more than one hundred years, is as follows: "First Annual Report of the Female Sunday-School Society of St. James's Church, Lancaster. (Read at the Annual Meeting, May 27th, 1822.) Together with The Constitution

THE EARLIEST KNOWN ADVERTISEMENT OF A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner In Vol. 7, No. 2, of the Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society, appears a very illuminating paper on the subject of "Early Lancas- ter Playbills and Playhouses." In this monograph

Carpenter, Esquires, were appointed a general committee to re- ceive the money collected and distribute it in proportion to the respective losses. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, August 22nd, 1823, informed the public that the following sums had been collected : North-east Ward $285.28 North-west

Pepin and Breschard's Circus in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XXXII, p. 134-5, of the Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society, published in December, 1928, appears a description of Ricketts' circus held in Lancaster in the sum- mer of 1797. After its final performance

, 1823, contained an announcement that the Handelian Society of Lancaster would present to its friends and the public an oratorio, or con- cert, of sacred music, vocal and instrumental, in Saint James's Protestant Episcopal church, on Tuesday evening, March 11th, under the direction of Mr. Samuel Dyer

The Saint Patrick Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Thursday evening, August 22nd, 1816, a number of Irish- men, and descendants of Irishmen, met at the tavern of Arch- ibald McLenegan on East King street, in the borough of Lan- caster, and formed an association

The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period