Public Meeting to Restore Lancaster's Form of Government From a City to a Borough By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ANCASTER was incorporated as a borough May 1st, 1742, and enjoyed that form of government for nearly seventy-six years when, by an Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, dated March

Manor Townships Address Letter to Governor McKean By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N March 11th, 1800, a number of Mennonites who resided in Donegal and Manor townships, Lancaster county, Pa., ad- dressed a communication to Thomas McKean, governor of Pennsylvania, which was as follows : "It is not our custom

Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A NUMBER of citizens of Lancaster met at the house of Wil- liam Cooper on Wednesday evening, February 6th, 1822. Dr. Samuel Fahnestock was appointed chairman, and Nathaniel Lightner secretary. The

Supervisors in allowed & ord. to be entd." PILGRIMAGE OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF BERKS COUNTY By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Friday, October 9th, 1931, one hundred members and friends of The Historical Society of Berks County, made a pilgrim- age to places of historic interest in Lancaster city and county

time as Lancaster was not incorporated as a city until March 20th, 1818. Mennonites of Donegal and Manor Townships Address Letter to Governor McKean By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N March 11th, 1800, a number of Mennonites who resided in Donegal and Manor townships, Lancaster county, Pa., ad- dressed a

reported a constitution for the government of the 'American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry', which was read, approved and unanimously adopted. Every inhabitant of the county of Lancaster who feels an individual interest in the encouragement of