matter which may shed light upon this subject, all persons concerned in any of the numerous branches of domestic manufacture carried on in the county of Lancaster are earnestly requested to furnish the information, in writing, to Mr. Samuel White, secretary of the society." Persons who wished to become

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

Supervisors in allowed & ord. to be entd." PILGRIMAGE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF BERKS COUNTY By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Friday, October 9th, 1931, one hundred members and friends of The Historical Society of Berks County, made a pilgrim- age to places of historic interest in Lancaster city and county

duty of this officer to take charge of all the books, papers, prints, maps, engravings, models, or any other property, which may be obtained by purchase, or presented by individuals, to the Mechanics' Society of the City and County of Lancaster, for the use of the Apprentices' Library ; and keep a

LANCASTER COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY By William Frederic Worner. In 1727 or 28, when Benjamin Franklin was about twenty-two years of age, he influenced a number of well-informed men in Philadelphia to unite with with him in forming a club to be named the "Junto." He states

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

THE FEMALE SUNDAY-SCHOOL SOCIETY OF SAINT JAMES'S CHURCH, LANCASTER William Frederic Worner Mr. William A. B. Halbach, a member of one of Lancaster's oldest fami- lies, has kindly presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society a pam- phlet, 4 by 5 inches in size, that contains much of local

executors, in trust, for them to give the same to such poor persons as they may think proper, or the value thereof, or any part thereof. "I likewise give and bequeath to my said executors, in trust, five hundred dollars, to mitigate the sufferings of poor people in the city of Lancaster, of good moral