- Author
- Evans, Melvern R.
- Date of Publication
- 1987.
10 JOURNAL
John Passmore:
Lancaster's First Mayor
and his Councils
by Melvern R. Evans, Jr.
From its beginning as a borough in 1742, Lancaster had been under
"burgess rule." The early borough government consisted of a high burgess,
a deputy called simply a "burgess," and six assistant burgesses