Public Dinner Tendered to George Bryan Porter, Governor of Michigan, by Citizens of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER G EORGE BRYAN PORTER was born in Norristown, Pa., Feb- ruary 9th, 1791; and died in Detroit, Mich., July 6th, 1834. He was a son of General Andrew Porter, an officer in the

, accompanied by two Spanish gentle- men, his fellow travelers, arrived in Lancaster from the Federal City on Friday, the 15th instant, and proceeded to Philadelphia on Monday [the 18th instant]." Public Dinner Tendered to James Buchanan on the Eve of his Departure for Europe By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE

and preparations for war. At four o'clock on the afternoon of Friday, July 3rd, following, the citizens of the borough of Lancaster assembled for the purpose of taking into consideration the recent outrage and aggression committed on a vessel of the United States by the British ship of war Leopard

day of March, 1778. Thomas Wharton, Jr., President Now in press, and will be published next Monday, by John Dunlap in Lancaster. THE AMERICAN CRISIS Number V Addressed to General Sir William Howe By the author of Common Sense. WANTED IMMEDIATELY A wet nurse, with a good breast of milk that can be well

the habits of business, without relin- quishing those gentle virtues peculiar to her sex." Mrs. Moore held office under six successive Presidents of the United States : John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Meeting of Distillers By WILLIAM

Elbridge Gerry, from Phil- adelphia: "By all I can find you will be so sick of Lancaster as to determine upon York speedily. . . . Mr. S[amuel] A[dams] was little inclined to go to Lan- caster; but I do not think he will quit before the Confedn. is gone through."1- Elbridge Gerry wrote a letter to General

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

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

reference to the visit: "A cavalcade of citizens and farmers met the train of carriages four miles from Lancaster. The General and two of the committee, Emanuel C Reigart and Col. George Mayer, rode in front in a splendid black coach, drawn by four fine horses of the same color. Half a dozen vehicles and

known, as subse- quent issues of the local papers contain no references to it. Address to John Adams by Militia of Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a meeting of one hundred and fifty officers of the militia of Lancaster county on June 21st, 1798, the following address was read and