Compassville, a short distance east of the line that divides Chester and Lancaster counties. It was , kept for many years by John Miller. In the survey of the old King's Highway made by order of the House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania in �The Sign of the Bull, Compassville, Chester County

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

capital, as another bridge was not erected. Sub- sequent issues of local papers contain no references to the company. 1 The Pennsylvania Gazette, March 31st, 1818. 2 Lancaster Journal, April 13th, 1818. 3 The Pennsylvania Gazette, May 5th, 1818. John Rannie, Celebrated Ventriloquist in Lancaster By

Revolution." Major .John Light—a Hero of the Revolutionary War By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In the beautiful old churchyard adjoining Saint James's Protestant Epis- copal church, Lancaster, Pa.. lie the mortal remains of Major John Light, a dstinguished soldier of the Revolutionary War, who died on July 2nd

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

name more convenient to yourself. "F. A. Muhlenberg, Wm. B. Fordney, E. C. Reigart, Ellis Lewis, N. Ellmaker, Geo. W. Hamersly, A. L. Hayes, B. Champ- neys, John N. Lane, James B. Lane, Thos. E. Franklin, M. Car- penter, I. Carpenter, James Evans, W. Carpenter, Samuel Humes, John L. Atlee, William B

subscription for the relief of his family." George B. Porter, George Bryan, Henry Carpenter, Jonas Dor- wart, John Bachman, Jacob Long, Philip Heitshu, Leonard Eich- holtz and F. D. Hubley, were appointed a committee for that pur- pose.' Thursday, July 13th, 1826, was observed in Lancaster as a day of public

JOHN MARSHALL IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner John Marshall, one of the greatest among the great Virginians of his day and generation, won fame in a field in which there is but little of dramatic incident to relate,—that of the Supreme Court of the United States, of which, for more than

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

Atkinson, William White, Jacob Fetter, David Driss- ler, John Miller, David Weinhol (?), Philip Frick, John Grosch, Nicolaus Hauer, Stephan Marthin, Friederich Staidele, Martin Bauman, Sebastian Graff, Zurel Cliss (?), John Musser, Ludwig Lauman, J. Rabe (?), Andrew Graff, Francis Sanderson, William Jevon