LANCASTER COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY By William Frederic Worner. In 1727 or 28, when Benjamin Franklin was about twenty-two years of age, he influenced a number of well-informed men in Philadelphia to unite with with him in forming a club to be named the "Junto." He states

THE FEMALE SUNDAY-SCHOOL SOCIETY OF SAINT JAMES'S CHURCH, LANCASTER William Frederic Worner Mr. William A. B. Halbach, a member of one of Lancaster's oldest fami- lies, has kindly presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society a pam- phlet, 4 by 5 inches in size, that contains much of local

ground in Lancaster county. The award was to be announced on or before the first Wednesday in Decem- ber, 1800. The society also proposed to offer premiums of considerable value to those who produced the best wool, and the greatest quan- tity from a certain number of sheep. A meeting of the association

in the borough and county of Lancaster, in order to encourage industry, frugality and American manufactures, formed an association known as "The Lancaster County Society for Pro- moting Agriculture, Manufactures and the Useful Arts." Mr. F. A. Muhlenberg was chosen president. �

name of the Union School [The Sunday-School Society of Lancaster], it is right to accord the reasons for that measure." Copies of this printed report are in the Collections of the Lancaster County Historical Society and in the Church Historical Society, Philadelphia. �Other churches in the city

, 1823, contained an announcement that the Handelian Society of Lancaster would present to its friends and the public an oratorio, or con- cert, of sacred music, vocal and instrumental, in Saint James's Protestant Episcopal church, on Tuesday evening, March 11th, under the direction of Mr. Samuel Dyer

Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

the Lancaster County Historical Society, and we shall be pleased to avail ourselves of that apportunity. Again thanking you most kindly, I am, Yours very truly, A. C. DARMSTAETTER. President. �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Worner

Republican govern- ment." 7. "Thomas Jefferson : his country's pride and hope." 8. "The Governor of Pennsylvania." The Society continued in existence for at least ten or more years, as the following advertisement indicates. It is to be re- gretted that we do not have the minutes of its proceedings. Appar