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

, April 19th, 1798. General Edward Hand occupied the chair, and John Hubley, Esq., acted as secretary. An address declaring confidence in the President of the United States, and the determination of the gathering to support the government, was agreed to and submitted to the people for signature. The

, stated : "The company then separated, in perfect good will to each other." A Jackson Pole at Reamstown By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the autumn of 1828, Andrew Jackson, the hero of the battle of New Orleans, was elected President of the United States. Hickory poles in his honor were erected in many

Thursday evening the 27th instant a prodigious northern light appeared in the heavens, illuminating the greater part of the hemisphere. Many people suppose this appearance to be ominous; and it is worthy of remark that just at the close of the successes of our enemies in the late war in America, this

LODGINGS IN LANCASTER, OF STATE SENATORS FOR 1809-1810 By William Frederic Worner For one day, September 27th, 1777, the borough of Lancaster was the capital of the United States. On that day the Continental Congress held a brief session in the court house that stood in Penn Square. The borough was

students of local history. The following year, Washington became a member of the First Congress, which met in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, September 5th, 1774; the next April came the Battle of Lexington, followed by the appointment of Wash- ington to the leadership of the American army, and the long

better able to count the cost " Thomas Ashe in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the Library of Congress is an old and interesting book on travel in the I United States. The work, in three volumes, was printed in 1808, in Lon- don, for Richard Phillips, Bridge street, by John Abraham, Clement's

Lancaster in 1796 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER I N the fine collection of rare books in the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., is one entitled, "Travels Through the United States of North America in 1795, 1796 and 1797." The work, in two volumes, was pub- lished in London in 1807. The author