Continental Congress to the present time, there have been nine places that have hosted the government of the newly-indepen- dent states under the Continental Congress, the Articles of Confederation, and the present Constitution. They are: Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Philadelphia, Pa

attended the meeting. Another date was proposed, and on 26 November 1886 a much larger group assembled in W. Uhler Hensel's law office, at 8 South Queen Street. The group included Frank Reid Diffenderffer, editor of the Lancaster New Era; The Rev. Dr. J. Max Hark, pastor of the Moravian Church; The Rev. Dr

Provincial Assembly. His son, Sebastian, Jr., was a prominent officer in the Revolutionary War. The elder Graff was buried in the Moravian Cemetery and now reposes in Lancaster Cemetery. Michael Byerly, a baker, was a benefactor of Trinity Lutheran Church, and gave the church a stone altar in 1738. He was 26