state capital to Carlisle. It failed of passage in the Senate. Again in 1796 the question was considered and the House passed a resolution in favor of removing the seat of government to Lancaster in preference to Carlisle and Reading, which towns were also considered. The citizens of Lancaster developed

THE LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL: FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PREFATORY NOTE A complete history of the Lancaster General Hospital has not been written, due in part to the unfortunate fact that many of the early records are not extant. What is here presented is not even to be considered as a full and

of the Lancaster Journalurged that the members- elect be on hand early for the session. Especially was he desirous of seeing the Constitutionalists there on time; and here was the reason. Unfriendly to Simon Snyder, who had been one wanting a new state constitution, Editor Hamilton sincerely hoped to

proceedings in 1800 when a special sessicn of the Pennsylvania assembly had to be con- vened to choose electors, the authorities moved early to forestall any such recurrence. A special election for "electors for President and Vice President of the United States" was announced by proclamation, such election to

is dull reading; but interspersed throughout are letters, mem- oranda and receipts which greatly assist us in visualizing Lancaster Borough, when it was indeed the hub of Pennsylvania political life and activity. The following items, arranged chronologically, are from the papers of Governor McKean