-bent Federalist party. After 1810, as conditions grew worse between the United States and Britain and foreign relations became strained, the Federalists of Pennsylvania united, determined to prevent a declaration of war against England. In Lancaster, the Federalists' first real opposition to the Madi

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

President's ratification of the treaty of peace was celebrated in the borough with clamorous rejoicings. Business was suspended and the citi- zens spent the day in celebrating the glorious termination of the war. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 24th, 1815, states : "The confirmation of the news of

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

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

appeared in the Daily Evening Express which stated: TO MEN OF COLOR ! A Mass Meeting of the able-bodied men of color will be held on Wednesday at 8 o'clock, Fulton Hall, Lancaster City, to promote recruiting for United States Colored Troops For the War Frederick Douglas and other distinguished speakers

A LANCASTER COUNTY BUSINESSMAN AND THE WAR OF 1812 The following is part of a story about a Lancaster County, Pennsyl- vania family — and its home — from the time of settlement in 1710 until the present. This particular section covers the war years, 1812-15. It cen- ters around the then head of the

ferocious attack of a desperate and veteran enemy near New Orleans." Meeting in Lancaster Following Declaration of War in 1812 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N June 19th, 1812, James Madison, President of the United States, issued a proclamation formally declaring that war existed between this country and

Lancaster Borough: Host to British and Hessian Prisoners of War, 1775-1784 By Melvern Evans, Jr. Like it or not, in 1775 the borough citizens of Lancaster were saddled with the unpopular task of housing and guarding prisoners of war from the Revolution. Whether or not they were properly prepared

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