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

, as stated in the Lancaster Journal, quoted below, doubt- less many were away from their homes in the performance of "military duty." Cockburn and his force were allowed to take pos- session of Spesutia Island at the mouth of the river, not far from Havre de Grace, to live at free quarters on the

The references to the organization in the local papers are few, and little information concerning its activities can be obtained. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 3rd, 1815, contained an announcement that the trustees of the "Juvenile Library Society" were requested to meet at the house of

%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Worner, William Frederic. Title: Lancaster's contribution to Cumberland in the fire of 1833 / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Fires--Maryland--Cumberland. Cumberland (Md.)--Fires and fire prevention. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa

Lancaster, where so many useful manufacturing establishments are in opera- tion, the citizens will not be backward in giving countenance to the exertions of their brethren in other sections of the United States." In response to this appeal, a number of persons friendly to domestic manufactures, met at Col

bill to incorporate the Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster, had passed the Senate of Pennsylvania. Three years later, a notice appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 22nd, 1825, which was as follows : "A special election for a director of the Widow and

, is still standing in the fifth block of North Queen street, on the west side. It was known originally as "The Store House," and was built by the State of Pennsylvania at an early period of the Revolutionary War, for the housing of military supplies. February 27th, 1788, an act was passed by the

number of friends of German litera- ture in Lancaster city had decided to establish a German library association by securing capital with which to purchase and import a selection of the best and latest German works treating of belles lettres, geography, civil and natural history, etc. These were to