Philadelphia (excepting those in the city of Lancaster which pay specie when demanded) after the 14th day of November next." 5 Lancaster Journal, Wednesday, November 4th, 1818. The Lancaster County Society for the Encour- agement of American Manufactures By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of citizens of the

Lancaster, where so many useful manufacturing establishments are in opera- tion, the citizens will not be backward in giving countenance to the exertions of their brethren in other sections of the United States." In response to this appeal, a number of persons friendly to domestic manufactures, met at Col

in this county. Tradition would place it, in one or two instances, early in the 1750's, and, while we know to a certainty that at least three men, who later made many clocks, were in business in Lancaster as "clockmakers" prior to 1760 by a few years, yet we have been unable to get reliable evidence

Wolf, Jr., David Summy, Lewis Becker, John Hershy, Jacob Summy, John Metz, Jacob Newcomer, Andrew Kemmerer, Jacob Snebely, Jr., and John Spickler, Sr. PUBLIC-HOUSE KEEPERS IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN 1772 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, there is preserved

A HISTORY OF AVIATION IN LANCASTER COUNTY By HUGH W. NEVIN Aviation, we hear on every side, is in its infancy. Although our modern transport ships fly through the air with the greatest of ease, crossing the continent between dawn and dusk, joining the north and the south by hours, crossing the

as well as themselves, they asked the Society to take compassion on them and send them a comforting answer. The foregoing petition, in part, was published in Vol. XXXVII, pages 79-80, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. Un- fortunateIy the date assigned to the petition was

Record of Soldiers of Lancaster County in the War of 1812, and of Others Who Gave Service During the Period of 1784 -1815 By (MRS. D. B.) BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS and ELEANORE J. FULTON. Note—The following comprehensive list of soldiers, who served their country as active participants in the War of

to be run over the course near the village of New 2 It is a fair assumption that the running horse was used for racing, chiefly over straightaway courses, for many years prior to 1794 in Lancaster county. 3 A heat is a single dash or run. First money went to the horse winning two out of three heats