been received for the sufferers and deposited in the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania. Collections for the Sufferers from Fire in Lancaster in 1823 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, July 25th, 1823, near midnight, the inhabitants of Lancaster were awakened by the cry of fire. It originated in the

been received for the sufferers and deposited in the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania. Collections for the Sufferers from Fire in Lancaster in 1823 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, July 25th, 1823, near midnight, the inhabitants of Lancaster were awakened by the cry of fire. It originated in the

- tunate people of their property and left them, for the time, without homes or the means of acquiring sustenance. Immediately after the fire, a committee, consisting of promi- nent citizens of New Castle, was formed for the purpose of obtain- ing assistance from the benevolent in adjoining states. The Com

humanity." In passing, it is interesting to note this reference to Lancaster as being "the seat of government of the wealthiest state in the union." Lancaster was the capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1812. In the Lancaster Journal of Saturday, February 5th, 1803, appeared an appeal to the inhabitants

clothing for the relief of the sufferers were made in many cities and towns of the country. The legislature of Pennsylvania appropriated ten thousand dollars. A meeting of the citizens of Lancaster was held at the court house on Saturday evening, February 5th, 1820, for the purpose of securing relief for

Philadelphia 577 barrels of corn meal and 100 barrels of flour. A part of the flour and corn meal from Lancaster city and county was dispatched to Ire- land in the following vessels,— (the barrels being marked by order of the committee in Philadelphia, "Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Dona- tion")—the brig "St

War, he fought on the side of the English, but seems to have become reconciled, for during the war on the frontier in 1811- 14, he was of valuable assistance to our United States troops. He was born about 1751 and died in 1830. He was fifty years of age when he visited Lancaster in 1801. Lancaster's

passing, it is interesting to note this reference to Lancaster as being "the seat of government of the wealthiest state in the union." Lancaster was the capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1812. In the Lancaster Journal of Saturday, February 5th, 1803, appeared an appeal to the inhabitants of Lancaster

and townships in the county also responded with generous sub- scriptions. The Moravian congregation of Lancaster made a special offering ; money was collected in the common schools ; and the chil- dren of St. James's Episcopal Sunday school, Lancaster city, con- tributed. The treasurer of the fund