known, as subse- quent issues of the local papers contain no references to it. Address to John Adams by Militia of Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a meeting of one hundred and fifty officers of the militia of Lancaster county on June 21st, 1798, the following address was read and

WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Lancaster Journal of Friday, July 14th, 1826, contained the information that Thomas Jefferson, author of the immor- tal Declaration of Independence, and John Adams, its ablest advocate, had died on Tuesday, July 4th,—the fiftieth anniver- sary of what is erroneously called our

, 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

Public Meeting to Restore Lancaster's Form of Government From a City to a Borough By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ANCASTER was incorporated as a borough May 1st, 1742, and enjoyed that form of government for nearly seventy-six years when, by an Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, dated March

phoenomenon made its appearance; and from that period these colonies were relieved from their distress, and our arms were attended with uninterrupted success to the conclusion of the war. TN COUNCIL OF SAFETY Lancaster, November 29, 1777 Whereas, many farmers and others inhabiting the neighborhood of Lan

illustrated hand book of Mount Vernon, the home of Washington, in which is an illustration of a rug which Louis XVI. of France had had woven for a present to President Wash- ington, but Washington not being allowed to receive it, it graced the floor of Judge Jasper Yeates' house in Lancaster for many years

atlas / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Washington, George, 1732-1799. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description: 105-106 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

BRONZE TABLET TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN WRIGHT, PIONEER FERRYMAN* By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The fine service rendered by John Wright, pioneer ferryman, and one of the foremost builders of a transportation link that opened the great West to early settlers, was fittingly recognized on Tuesday morning

Citizens of Lancaster Petition Legislature for a City Charter in 1798 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Lancaster Intelligencer and Journal of Tuesday, June 15th, 1841, announced that an old document—a petition for a char- ter to change Lancaster's form of government from that of a borough into a