Sunday-School Society of Saint James's Church, Lancaster / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Female Sunday-School Society of Saint James's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) Episcopal Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Women--Pennsylvania

entitled, "The Female Sunday-School Society of Saint James's church, Lancaster," was published in Vol. XXXI, pp. 134-139 of the Proceed- ings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. 2 The Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser of Saturday, August 25th, 1821, stated that there were four Sunday schools

:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Worner, William Frederic. Title: The Sunday-School Society / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Sunday-School Society (Lancaster, Pa.) Sunday schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

bill to incorporate the Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster, had passed the Senate of Pennsylvania. Three years later, a notice appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 22nd, 1825, which was as follows : "A special election for a director of the Widow and

Saturday evening, February 28th. Whether the meeting was held, as an- nounced, is not now known. A meeting of the German society was advertised to be held on Monday evening, February 7th, 1825, in the German Reformed school house.? Nothing further could be learned from local papers of the 7 Lancaster

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

performance, the Thespian Society seems to have disbanded ; as the local papers contain no references to it, it is naturally assumed that the organization ceased to exist. Eight years later, an attempt was made to form a Thespian company. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, November 20th, 1829, printed the

story will be completely finished, the lots fenced and other necessary buildings erected, before the cold season com- mences." How much money was obtained is not known. The Union Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Monday, July 4th, 1803, a birthday anniversary of American liberty, a

, appeared an an- nouncement in which "the members of the late Juvenile Society of Lancaster" were requested to meet on the evening of that day at seven o'clock in Mr. Schipper's school room, in Franklin College, which at that time was located in the fourth block of North Queen street, on the west side