October 14, 1777, the following were elected from Lancaster County: William Brown, Philip Marsteller, Alexander Lowery, John M. Mullen, James Anderson, Ludwick Lanman, Esquires. Wednesday, December 17, 1777 A bay horse was stolen from John Newcomer who resided in Hempfield Township. He offered sixty

and County supporting the government in its attitude toward France / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Adams, John, 1735-1826. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Mcllvaine. It ceased to be a tavern more than one hundred years ago. (See History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, by Judge Charles I. Landis, pages 24 and 25). "June 4th, 1773. Breakfasted at the Sign of the Bull, 13 miles from the Ship; dind at Lancaster, 19 Miles further, and lodgd at Wright's

, William Frederic. Title: Errors corrected : letter of William F. Worner to the President of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Darmstaetter, Adolf C. Lancaster Chamber of Commerce (Pa.) History--Errors, inventions, etc. Lancaster (Pa

, to meet in Lancaster, Pa. To prevent them from being captured by the British, the governmental documents and the small amount of money then in the treasury, were sent to Bethlehem in wagons, carefully guarded by troops. Shortly after midnight, September 18th, or, more correctly, very early on morning

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

day." The white oak tree under which Whitefield preached to the settlers of Pequea is still standing in the center of the old " God's Acre." There is a forked walnut tree standing near the carriage shed in the graveyard, which the present generation erroneously points out as the tree from which White