MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN LAN CASTER DURING THE WAR OF 1812 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N January 8th, 1815, General Andrew Jackson won a bril- liant victory over the English troops at the celebrated battle of New Orleans,—two weeks after the treaty of peace between England and the United States

away," was the early home of this mysterious stranger. Let those who i.!re inclined to "dream dreams," work out their own solution of the problem, "Where did Black Jim pass his slave days?" MUSTER ROLLS OF SOLDIERS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY IN THE WAR OF 1812 By MRS. J. V. R. HUNTER AND MRS. MARY OWEN

MUSTER ROLLS OF SOLDIERS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY IN THE WAR OF 1812 By MRS. J. V. R. HUNTER AND MRS. MARY OWEN STEINMETZ Not long ago, an old record book was found in the office of the prothon- otary in the court house of Reading, Berks county, Pa., bearing the following title: "Muster Roll of the

day before Congress declared that a state of war existed between the United States and Great Britain, a large and re- spectable meeting of the Friends of Peace, consisting of at least four hundred farmers, was held in Lancaster borough on Wednesday evening, June 17th, 1812. The Lancaster Journal

, a dye house, with four copper boilers and nineteen dyeing vats, a three-story stone warping and ware house, a wash house, calendering and dry house, together with all the apparatus and machinery necessary to carry on the business of spinning cotton yarn, were listed for sale. Also the unexpired

1812, or at any time from the close of the Revolution (1784) to the close of the War of 1812 (1815), has been compiled by Mrs. Landis as Chairman of Location of Graves, and Miss Fulton as Chairman of Marking of Graves, for the Robert Fulton Chapter, National Society United States Daughters of 1812. The

The Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Joint Sesqui-Centennial of the Constitution of the United States and Franklin College By DR. HORACE R. BARNES The four days, October 14 to 17 inclusive, will go down in the history of Lancaster County as one of the outstanding periods in the long and

of Friday, November 12th, 1819. The libra- rian, M. C. Clarkson, requested all persons having in their pos- session books belonging to the Juvenile Society of Lancaster to return them without delay. Prevention of Horse-Racing and Gambling in 1812 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER L ANCASTER borough was

Helen Noble Worst for inclusion in the Book of Honor to be placed in Strawberry Mansion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Pre- pared from data given in the "Obituary of Mary Louisa Walker Roberts," the "History of Lancaster County," by Ellis and Evans, and family records, and arranged and published by

nations, and the world be emancipated from tyranny! 2. The Memory of General George Washington. 3. Thomas Jefferson—The Venerable Author of the Declaration of In- dependence. The misfortunes of his old age have rendered him ten-fold. dearer to the American people. 4. The Navy and Army of the United States