recruits arrived here; they also are marching west (on the march in a westerly direction)." This same issue of the paper contains the following: "Pittsburgh. On Thursday, Major General Anthony Wayne, commander- in-chief of the army of the United States, arrived here. On his entry, he was given a salute by

ultimo, [September], at his residence in Columbia, Pa., in the 69th year of his age, Mr. Michael Wislar. He was one of the worthies who early engaged in the contest for freedom, in the Revolutionary War. In his 19th year, he entered the standing army of his country, and continued therein until the

and eighteen wounded, Barron surrendered. It was claimed that four of the crew were British subjects and deserters. They were taken to the Leopard, which at once made sail for her anchorage within the Chesapeake capes. The commander of the Leopard declining to receive his prize, the Chesapeake

; that Major Andre tutored Robert Fulton. This statement would be better omitted en- tirely as there is no foundation for it. According to authentic history, Andre was hanged, not shot, at Tappan, New York. On page 7, it is stated that Lancaster has one of the oldest drug stores— established in 1771. You

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everywhere, and "addresses, from all bodies and descriptions of men," poured "like a torrent on the President and both houses of Congress." On April 11th, 1798, at a meeting of the merchants, traders and under- writers of Philadelphia, an address to the President was adopted, expressing regret at the failure

Great Britain. This con- flict is called in history "The War of 1812," and also "The Second War for Independence." It is not known definitely at what time copies of the President's proclamation reached Lancaster. The Intelligencer & Weekly Advertiser issued an "Extra," dated Tues- day, June 23rd, 1812

LETTERS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner It was shortly after the defeat of the American army at Brandywine, in September, 1777, that the Continental Congress, as noble a legislative body as the world had ever seen, adjourned from Independence Hall in Philadelphia

notice. "Felicitating the Commander-in-Chief on the patriotic ardor that per- vades our country at this eventful crisis, we remain, "Your Excellency's most obedient, "Geo. Mayer, "Jno. F. Steinman, Jr., "Jno. Jefferis, Lieut., "Committee of the Lancaster Phalanx."2 In Ellis and Evans' History of