be the seat of government as planned. In 1732 a dignified red brick State House was built on Chestnut Street in the capital city. Some years later the greatest single event in the history of the American colonies occurred in that same red brick building, for which reason it is generally known in our

subject." He wrote, "You will take a more effectual way to diffuse the information." A committee consisting of Senators Pearson, Porter and Lower was appointed to confer with Kettering. They brought back a report that Ketter- ing informed them "that he used the herb called chick-weed which when ripe, he

THE LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL: FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PREFATORY NOTE A complete history of the Lancaster General Hospital has not been written, due in part to the unfortunate fact that many of the early records are not extant. What is here presented is not even to be considered as a full and

would be purchased from Maclay. When Maclay learned of this, he offered to convey to the State the ten acres gratis. By the time the bill came up for a second reading, the residents of Harrisburg had received information that the inhabitants of Lancaster had made a new offer of eight acres of land and

7 When Lancaster Was Pennsylvania's Capita, Capita, BY GEORGE L. HEIGES Continued from Vol. LVI, p. 84 July The Fourth 1804 in Lancaster The Lancaster Intelligencer in the issue of July 3, 1804, gave to its readers the information that "His Excellency, The Governor of Pennsylvania arrived in this