sentiments on the important measures lately adopted by Congress. Resolutions, unanimously supporting the President and government in waging war and in compelling the British to yield to the justice of our claims, were adopted.6 4 History of Lancaster County, Pa., by H. M. J. Klein, Vol. 2, p. 593. 5

MASSACRE OF THE CONESTOGA INDIANS BY THE PAXTANG BOYS-A POEM By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XVIII, pp. 169-185, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster 1 County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled, "Mas- sacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763: Incidents and Details." In this paper the

having thrown Baltimore into a state of intense excitement, sailed to the mouth of the Susquehanna river. The presence so far inland of a British force numbering scarcely five hundred men, soldiers, sailors and marines all told, does not seem to be creditable to the men of Maryland and Vir- ginia ; but

any branch of home manufacture, or who, elevated above the sordid considerations of personal aggrandizement, extends his views to the ultimate welfare and real independence of his country, must feel a deep concern in the prosperity and spread of this society. The close of the late war found the United

festivity by a morning gun." The fare consisted of 780 pounds of the best beef, two shoats, weighing 142 pounds, two roasters, weighing 35 pounds, and four hams, weighing 63 pounds,—a total of 1020 pounds of meat ; 125 loaves of bread, two hogsheads of beer, 12 gallons of the best French brandy and 34

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

, the women earnestly entreated the men to take an active part in the management. It was felt that the affairs of the institution would be more advantageously conducted if the men became directly interested—especially in purchasing raw materials and �disposing of the manufactured articles. This would

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brief but colorful ceremony, attended by a group of men and women prominent in business and civic affairs, the painting was dedicated and its historic setting outlined in addresses delivered by the Rev. Dr. H. M. J. Klein, head of the department of history in Franklin and Marshall College, and Pro