adopted. 2 It was as fol- lows : CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER FOR THE PROMO- TION OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES AND NATIONAL INDUSTRY. ARTICLE I. This society is formed under the name and description of "The American Society of the County of Lancaster for the Promotion of

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

County Historical Society. 1 Lancaster Journal, Friday, January 16th, 1829. 2 In a letter, dated Lancaster, Pa., January 14th, 1829, and addressed to John Reynolds, editor of the Lancaster Journal, Major John Getz stated that he was present at the meeting of the mechanics of the city, but that he with

this paper, which is to show the in- terest many intelligent people of Lancaster county manifested in the origin and development of the American Philosophical Society. Reference has been made to the two rival organizations located in Phila- delphia at the same time,—the American Philosophical Society

. In Charter Book 1, p. 34, in the Recorder's office, appears the following: Amendment to the Charter of the Society for the Promotion of Industry and Prevention of Pauperism. To the honorable the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: The petition of Annie E. Henderson, Mary R. Patterson, Mary E

John Yungling. Matthias Zahm. Although the resolutions permitted the receiving of depre- ciated paper at a discount, the committee earnestly recommended to the citizens of Lancaster city and county to receive no bank paper whatever west of Chambersburg, Pa., as the greater part of it could not be

--Lancaster County. Sunday schools--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Episcopalians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 134-139 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 9 & 10 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v

, as the purpose of the organiza- tion was a most worthy one. The Lancaster County Society for Promoting Agriculture, Manufactures and the Useful Arts By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Intelligencer & Weekly Advertiser of Wednesday, March 25th, 1800, states that a large and respectable number of citizens