and County supporting the government in its attitude toward France / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Adams, John, 1735-1826. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928

LODGINGS IN LANCASTER, OF STATE SENATORS FOR 1809-1810 By William Frederic Worner For one day, September 27th, 1777, the borough of Lancaster was the capital of the United States. On that day the Continental Congress held a brief session in the court house that stood in Penn Square. The borough was

, John Clement, 1876-1940. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 3-5 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 1

throughout its whole extent." An essay was read, which was also approved. Another meeting of citizens friendly to the freedom of man, was held at the house of D. Witmer, Jr., in Paradise, Lancaster county, Pa., on Saturday, November 6th. Mr. D. Witmer, Sr., presided.2 The following resolutions were

, to meet in Lancaster, Pa. To prevent them from being captured by the British, the governmental documents and the small amount of money then in the treasury, were sent to Bethlehem in wagons, carefully guarded by troops. Shortly after midnight, September 18th, or, more correctly, very early on morning

of the bor- ough of Lancaster, respectfully sheweth: That the Borough of Lancaster was incorporated by letters patent, on the first day of May, in the year 1742. That in the said letters patent is contained a clause, in these words. 'It shall and may be lawful for the burgesses, high constable and

institution which it deserved. In the Lan- caster Journal of Tuesday, October 5th, 1819, 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

Baynton & Co.; stopped at the Duke of Cum- berland [1/4 mile east of Leacock Presbyterian church, Lancaster county, Pa.], fifty-seven miles." That night he lodged at • his kinsman's, Joseph Boude, in Lancaster. On August 8th he crossed the Susquehanna at Wright's Ferry, now Columbia, and at sundown

, Isaac Weld, Jun., was a keen observer, and little of importance seems to have escaped his attention. He has furnished an interesting pen picture of life in America during the early years of the infant Republic. Weld was in Lancaster, Pa., in March, 1796. In Volume I of his valuable work, appears the