Revolution." Major .John Light—a Hero of the Revolutionary War By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In the beautiful old churchyard adjoining Saint James's Protestant Epis- copal church, Lancaster, Pa.. lie the mortal remains of Major John Light, a dstinguished soldier of the Revolutionary War, who died on July 2nd

Brigadier General Jeremiah Mosher — A Hero of The Revolution By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XXXIV, No. 7, pages 145-167, of the Proceedings of The 1 Lancaster County Historical Society, is an article entitled, "Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots of Lancaster County," in which appear the

. Worner supplementary to series of H. Frank Eshleman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser (newspaper) Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description

BRONZE TABLET ON ST. JAMES'S CHURCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE memory of ten Lancaster patriots who served America during the Revolutionary War is commemorated by a hand- some bronze tablet, four feet long by two feet and a half wide, which was placed on the south wall of St. James's Protestant

GENERAL SAM HOUSTON IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner On Thursday, July 6, 1848, the city of Lancaster, Pa., was honored by a visit from General Sam Houston, the hero of San Jacinto, one of the founders and the first President of the infant Republic of Texas. He was accompanied by the Hon

Harnett wrote a letter to William Wilkinson, a part of which is as follows: Lancaster 25 Sepr. 1777 Dr Sir Congress have been Obliged to leave Philadelphia and it is supposed Genl. Howe is now in possession of it, altho' every effort in Genl. Washingtons Power has been made use of to prevent it The

AN OLD CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPER. By William Frederic Worner. Mr. Herbert W. Hartman, president of Follmer, Clogg & Company, man- ufacturers of fine umbrellas, has presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society an old newspaper, published in New London, Conn., on Friday, April 10th, 1778. It

, 1706-1790. American Philosophical Society. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 38-40 p. ; 23 cm

native of Lancaster, Pa., aged 70 years. He served his country as a faithful soldier in the Revolutionary War." �37. HOFFMAN, VALENTINE LANCASTER EXAMINER, Thursday, March 28th, 1833. "Died, on Monday morning last, [March 25th], after a lingering illness, Mr. Valentine Hoffman, in the 74th year of his