Wagon Loads of Gold in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE late William Uhler Hensel, a former vice-president of our Lancaster County Historical Society, and widely known as a leader of the Lan- caster bar, would, when in a reminiscent mood, often sigh for "the days of yore, when taverns were

defense of their country, as a part of the quota of Pennsylvania." The offer of the Lancaster county companies was not accepted for this emergency, which called into service about 2,409 volun- teer militia of Pennsylvania for service on Lake Erie and the Niagara frontier.4 The purposes of the government

inhabitants of Manheim, Lancaster county, Pa., was held on Tuesday, June 16th, 1812, for the purpose of declaring their sentiments upon the alarming position of the country with regard to the embargo and measures of war, which had been lately adopted by the adminis- tration. Christian Stauffer was appointed

Lancaster's Contribution to Cape Verde Islands in the Famine of 1832 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the autumn of 1832, information reached Lancaster that the inhabitants of the Cape Verde Islands were in a most distressed condition. They had had no rain for two years, their crops had failed, and

, which gave our citizens their first public information of the startling news. On Wednesday, July 1st, a large and respectable body of citi- zens of Lancaster borough and county met at the court house for the purpose of expressing their sentiments on the important meas- ures lately adopted by Congress

, which gave our citizens their first public information of the startling news. On Wednesday, July 1st, a large and respectable body of citi- zens of Lancaster borough and county met at the court house for the purpose of expressing their sentiments on the important meas- ures lately adopted by Congress

raged with fury for more than nine hours. Several lives were lost, and two-thirds of the town were in ruins. A circular letter was received from the mayor of Petersburg, appealing for financial assistance for the sufferers by fire, and a meeting of citizens of Lancaster borough was held on Friday

, 1818. The stockholders were notified that an election would be held at the house of William Cooper, in the borough of Lancaster, on Tuesday, January 27th, 1818, for the purpose of choosing fifteen directors for the ensuing year. John Swar signed the notice, as president. The sale of the company's