President's ratification of the treaty of peace was celebrated in the borough with clamorous rejoicings. Business was suspended and the citi- zens spent the day in celebrating the glorious termination of the war. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 24th, 1815, states : "The confirmation of the news of

defense of their country, as a part of the quota of Pennsylvania." The offer of the Lancaster county companies was not accepted for this emergency, which called into service about 2,409 volun- teer militia of Pennsylvania for service on Lake Erie and the Niagara frontier.4 The purposes of the government

Wagon Loads of Gold in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE late William Uhler Hensel, a former vice-president of our Lancaster County Historical Society, and widely known as a leader of the Lan- caster bar, would, when in a reminiscent mood, often sigh for "the days of yore, when taverns were

, which gave our citizens their first public information of the startling news. On Wednesday, July 1st, a large and respectable body of citi- zens of Lancaster borough and county met at the court house for the purpose of expressing their sentiments on the important meas- ures lately adopted by Congress

, which gave our citizens their first public information of the startling news. On Wednesday, July 1st, a large and respectable body of citi- zens of Lancaster borough and county met at the court house for the purpose of expressing their sentiments on the important meas- ures lately adopted by Congress

farmers, and to harry the country at their pleasure. At Elkton, the inhabitants emptied their stores and concealed the merchandise in the country. The specie was taken to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Lancaster Journal of Thursday, May 13th, 1813, stated, in an editorial, that "Cockburn threatens to

unanimously approved, entitled "The Memorial of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the County of Lancaster, in the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania" ; and was addressed to "The Honorable the Congress of the United States." The memorial, which closed with this statement, was published in the Lancaster Journal of

John Myer George Krug George Musser C. Hager South-east Ward. Jacob Demuth J. F. Heinitsh South-west Ward. E. C. Reigart Henry Carpenter North-west Ward. C. Keefer Adam Diller �It was stated that donations of wheat, flour, etc., from people in Lancaster county who felt disposed to aid the sufferers in