Obsequies in Honor of Andrew Jackson Held in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER Andrew Jackson, ex-President of the United States and hero of the battle of New Orleans, died on Sunday, June 8th, 1845. A meeting of citizens of Lancaster was held on Tuesday, June 17th, at the call of Michael

Andrew Jackson in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER INVol.1,page742,oftheadmirablehistoryofYorkCounty,Pa., prepared by the late George R. Prowell, and published in 1907, appears the following : "On Saturday morning, February 13th, 1819, General Andrew Jackson, then the head of the American army

. Andrew Jackson Invited to Visit Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of friends of Andrew Jackson in the city and county of Lancaster met in the court house in Lancaster on Wednesday, April 17th, 1833. Hon. John Lightner was ap- pointed president ; James Jackson, of Colerain, Moore Connell, of

harmony, friendship and festivity, as we have spent this day !" The Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser of Tuesday, May 15th, 1804, stated : "The company then separated, in perfect good will to each other." A Jackson Pole at Reamstown By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the autumn of 1828, Andrew Jackson, the

News of Jackson's Victory at New Orleans in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Saturday, January 8th, 1815, General Andrew Jackson won his famous victory at New Orleans. It was the last great land battle of the War of 1812, which some historians insist on call- ing "The Second War for

The Female Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society for December, 1907, Vol. XI, pp. 363-421, appears an interest- ing article, prepared by the late Mrs. James D. Landis, on the Female Benevolent Society of 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

foreign power or resort to arms for the defense of all that can be held dear to freemen, the officers of the militia of Lancaster county, —feeling themselves happy under the influence of a government of their own choice, mild and equal in its operation, and perfectly satisfied that it has been, and

after that date. The Widows' Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a special meeting of the Widows' Society, held at the house of Christian Smith on Wednesday, February 20th, 1822, it was resolved, that the principal features of the constitution of this society shall be published in the

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