, September 27th, in the court house, which stood in the center of Penn square. For this reason Lancaster claims the distinction of having been the capital of the United States, even though it was but for a day. As Howe was in possession of Philadelphia, then the largest city in America, only 62 miles distant

-citizen, James Buchanan, in introducing him to public attention as a suitable candidate for Vice-President of the United States ; and believe that a time has arrived when it would be culpable to withhold the expression of the sentiments of Lancaster county on this important subject. They, therefore, give

East King street and Penn square. 2 George M. Kline was admitted to the Lancaster bar in 1842. See Mom- bert's "Authentic History of Lancaster county," published in 1869, p. 432. �peace, as reflecting honor on your city, they know and feel, should occasion ever require you to leave your peaceful

Buchanan Made a Mason in Lodge No. 43 December 11, 1816 Worshipful Master 1822-1823 President of the United States 1857-1861 Born, Stony Batter, Franklin Co., Pa. April 23, 1791 Died, Wheatland, Lancaster Co., Pa. June 1, 1868. In the winter of 1816-17, Hon. James Buchanan, then but twenty-five years of

The Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period

states in which the subscribers resided. Among those accredited to Pennsylvania we find the following citizens of old Lancaster: Simon Snyder, Robert Coleman, William Hamilton, Adam Reigart, Charles Smith and Jasper Yeates. William Henry, Jr., who was born in Lancaster, Pa., on March 12, 1757, also

Population in 1800 4,292 Increase 1,116 These statistics were also published in the Lancaster Journal of Saturday, November 17th, 1810. Lancaster in 1820 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A DAM HODGSON, an Englishman, toured the United States and Canada in the year 1820. When he returned to his native

Trustees of Franklin College in 1813 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER An election of trustees of Franklin college, Lancaster, was held on Thursday, June 17th, 1813. The following persons were elected: His Excellency, Simon Snyder, Governor of Pennsylvania, and Hon. William Tilghman. From Philadelphia

LANCASTER COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY By William Frederic Worner. In 1727 or 28, when Benjamin Franklin was about twenty-two years of age, he influenced a number of well-informed men in Philadelphia to unite with with him in forming a club to be named the "Junto." He states