Lancaster is not now known. Subsequent issues of local papers do not contain any ref- ferences to these gifted musicians. Contributions from Lancaster County for the Distressed Poor of Philadelphia During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1797 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T various times, during its earlier

REPEAL OF LAW PROVID- ING FOR A NIGHT WATCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the manuscripts department of The Historical Society of Penn- sylvania, 1300 Locust street, Philadelphia, is an original paper,' yellow with age, which contains the following : "To the Honourable John Penn, Esquire, Lieutenant

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

St. Tammany's Day in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Lancaster Journal of Saturday, May 5th, 1798, contained an announcement that the preceding Tuesday, May 1st, had been observed in the borough of Lancaster as St. Tammany's day. The item was as follows : "Tuesday last being St. Tammany's

Philadelphia (excepting those in the city of Lancaster which pay specie when demanded) after the 14th day of November next." 5 Lancaster Journal, Wednesday, November 4th, 1818. The Lancaster County Society for the Encour- agement of American Manufactures By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of citizens of the

, Charles Huston, Jno. Kennedy. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Lancaster District I, Samuel A. Houston, Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of said Com- monwealth for said District, do certify, that at a Supreme Court, held at Lancaster for said District on the twenty-eighth day of May, A. D., one thousand

passage apply to John Hemphill, 42 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa." Society for the Support and Protection of Indigent Orphans By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER 0N Friday, July 19th, 1822, a number of ladies met in the Sun- day-school house of Saint James's Protestant Episcopal church for the purpose of forming

contribute to its sup- port. Therefore when it passed from the friendly auspices of the Presbyterians to the no less friendly auspices of the Methodists in 1834, it cannot be regarded either as having been surrendered by the Presbyterians or as having been given to the Methodists, for, as a matter of fact

Peace having arrived here on Monday night last [February 20th], the following morning was ushered in by the ringing of the bells and the beat of the reveille. All business appeared to be suspended except that of providing transparencies and decorations for the evening's illumination, which was general

ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE DETECTION OF HORSE THIEVES By WILLIAM FREDERIC WARNER A MEETING of inhabitants of Strasburg, Leacock and Lam- peter townships was held on Saturday, November 9th, 1811, at the house of David Witmer, for the purpose of taking into con- sideration the wisdom of forming an