Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

in executing the will of those who had contributed generously to alleviate the distress of the poor and sick of the community. The Committee on a Dispensary recommended that one be established. The Rev. William Augustus Muhlenberg, Rev. Wil- liam Ashmead, Rev. Dr. Christian L. F. Endress, William

obedient servant, "Thos. U. P. Charlton, "Mayor of Savannah." "To Hon. Wm. Tilghman, Philadelphia." Sixty-four barrels of flour were donated by the citizens of Lancaster city and county. Four of these were sold to defray the expense of transporting the remainder to Savannah. An addi- tional contribution of

, for during the war on the frontier in 1811- 14, he was of valuable assistance to our United States troops. He was born about 1751 and died in 1830. He was fifty years of age when he visited Lancaster in 1801. Lancaster's Contribution to Portsmouth in the Fire of 1802 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

scriptions have been raised and forwarded to these unhappy suf- ferers; and surely the benevolent inhabitants of Lancaster will not be the last in contributing their proportion. Let it not be said, that at the seat of government of the wealthiest state in the union, the citizens were devoid of

Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Joseph Bonaparte, 1768-1844. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1923 Description: 161-163 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 9 Call

and townships in the county also responded with generous sub- scriptions. The Moravian congregation of Lancaster made a special offering ; money was collected in the common schools ; and the chil- dren of St. James's Episcopal Sunday school, Lancaster city, con- tributed. The treasurer of the fund

President Taylor's honor. (See Vol. 12, page 194, Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society.) The President and Governor Johnston, and others who accompanied them, were driven from the railroad to the White Swan hotel in carriages, while the citizens followed on foot. The Lancaster