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

bill to incorporate the Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster, had passed the Senate of Pennsylvania. Three years later, a notice appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 22nd, 1825, which was as follows : "A special election for a director of the Widow and

Infant School Society of Lancaster / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Infant School Society of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.) Nursery schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--History. Education, Preschool--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--History. Church schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster

German and English papers of the city of Lancaster. They were as follows : "The members of this association have formed themselves into a society for the purpose of providing a fund for the support of the widow of any deceased member. "The association shall consist of none but such as are citizens of

number of native Americans of Lancaster borough, associated under the name of "The Union Society of Lancas- ter" for the purpose of celebrating the national festival, gathered at a spring on the banks of the Conestoga. Benjamin Grimier was appointed president, and John Swartz, vice-president. After par

certificate of Stephen Chambers, of Lancaster, is on file at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. The wording of the certificate follows: Be it known that Stephen Chambers, Esquire, is a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, instituted by the officers of the American Army at the

Juvenile Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N the year 1812, or earlier, perhaps, an organization known as I the "Juvenile Society of Lancaster," was formed in local circles. Who organized the association or who constituted its member- ship is not now known. It was a cultural

total of $456.64 was spent for materials and labor during the year 1825. The fourth report was published in the Lancaster Journal on Friday, December 22nd, 1826. It covered a period of only three months—from January 3rd to April 3rd, 1826. During this brief time the society expended $182.51 for labor

John Yungling. Matthias Zahm. Although the resolutions permitted the receiving of depre- ciated paper at a discount, the committee earnestly recommended to the citizens of Lancaster city and county to receive no bank paper whatever west of Chambersburg, Pa., as the greater part of it could not be