Trustees of Franklin College in 1813 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER An election of trustees of Franklin college, Lancaster, was held on Thursday, June 17th, 1813. The following persons were elected: His Excellency, Simon Snyder, Governor of Pennsylvania, and Hon. William Tilghman. From Philadelphia

," which was built by the State of Pennsylvania at an early period of the Revolutionary War, for the housing of military supplies. The college occupied the building for nearly fifty years. In the summer of 1804, the property was in need of repairs, and subscriptions for this purpose were received from

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

condition and future prospects of Dickinson college, Carlisle, Pa. Hon. James Buchanan was called to the chair, and Dr. Samuel Humes and Robert Moder- well were appointed secretaries.. The Rev. Mr. Janes, in an earnest and forceful address, ex- plained the purpose of the meeting, and emphasized the

THE TIMES OR WEEKLY PORCUPINE By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N January 3rd, 1798, Johann Albrecht und Comp. (John Albright and Co.) established a German weekly newspaper in Lancaster borough, the title of which was "Der Deutsche Por- cupein und Lancaster Anzeigs-Nachrichten." The Library of Con

THE EARLIEST KNOWN ADVERTISEMENT OF A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner In Vol. 7, No. 2, of the Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society, appears a very illuminating paper on the subject of "Early Lancas- ter Playbills and Playhouses." In this monograph

province in circumstances that set them at ease and afford leisure to cultivate the finer arts and improve the common stock of knowledge." For this, and other reasons, Franklin urged "That a society be formed of virtuoso, or ingenious men, residing in the several colonies, to be called the American

constitution: "Article 1. This association shall be called 'The Lancaster County So- ciety for the Encouragement of American Manufactures'; and shall consist of such persons residing therein as shall subscribe to these articles, and pay to the treasurer the sum of fifty cents. "Article 2. The officers of the