Trumbull, a part of which is as follows: Lancaster Septr. the 28th 1777 Dear Sir and by an express who came into the City about one o'Clock in the morning of fryday the 19th Instant Informing the Enemy had passed the Schuylkill and was then on their full March for the City, noticing the Congress Members

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

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

carpenter shop of William Russell, at that time located in the fifth block of North Queen street, directly opposite old Frank- lin college. The Lancaster Intelligencer of Tuesday, July 29th, 1823, states : "Notwithstanding all the exertions of our firemen and citizens, the fire could not be got under, until

less than twelve hours the prin- cipal part of the city was in ruins. Thousands of inhabitants lost their homes; and were left without the common necessities of life. At that time, this was the most destructive conflagration that had ever visited the United States. Collections of money, food and

tavern, on the turnpike road, nine miles from the borough of Lancaster, to celebrate the triumph of Republicanism. They were joined by a number of their fellow-citizens. After performing some military evolutions, and firing sixteen rounds in honor of the day, the company sat down to an excellent dinner

authority for the statement of Mrs. James D. Landis that General Mosher was buried in St. James's churchyard. We do know, however, that The Anti-Masonic Herald and Lancaster Weekly Courier of Friday, March 12th, 1830, contained an obituary of General Mosher which ended as follows: "His remains were

carpenter shop of William Russell, at that time located in the fifth block of North Queen street, directly opposite old Frank- lin college. The Lancaster Intelligencer of Tuesday, July 29th, 1823, states : "Notwithstanding all the exertions of our firemen and citizens, the fire could not be got under, until

LODGINGS IN LANCASTER, OF STATE SENATORS FOR 1809-1810 By William Frederic Worner For one day, September 27th, 1777, the borough of Lancaster was the capital of the United States. On that day the Continental Congress held a brief session in the court house that stood in Penn Square. The borough was