VISIT OF ZACHARY TAYLOR TO LANCASTER : OBSERVANCE OF HIS DEATH By William Frederic Worner Monday, March 5th, 1849, General Zachary Taylor was inaugurated Presi- dent of the United States. Five months later, when "Old Rough and Ready," as he was affectionately called by his admirers, was making a

, secretaries. The meeting was addressed by George Washington Barton and Reah Frazer, Esqrs. The following preamble and resolutions were offered by Mr. Frazer: "The citizens of Lancaster and its vicinity, anxious to testify, in a becoming manner, their fond attachment and deep affection for the memory of "the

Association of Lancaster / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Washington, George, 1732-1799. Washington Association of Lancaster (Lancaster, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1929 Description: 160-167 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster

DANIEL, WEBSTER IN LANCASTER: OBSERVANCE OF HIS DEATH By William Frederic Worner In "An Old Turnpike-Road," a most interesting little volume published in 1888, the author, Jacob L. Gossler, describes, in fascinating style, the town of Columbia, Pa., as it existed in his childhood days. The book is

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON IN LANCASTER: OBSERVANCE OF HIS DEATH By William Frederic Worner The county and city of Lancaster, Pa., were honored by a visit from General William Henry Harrison, the hero of Tippecanoe, on Friday, October 7, 1836. He was a candidate, for the first time for thc Presidency

Janu- ary 9th5 and 3Oth,6 1815. The Washington Association held a banquet at Slough's tavern on Wednesday, February 22nd, 1815, at which time it celebrated the birthday of General George Washington. ? Eighty members sat down to an elaborate dinner. Eighteen toasts were drunk,— the fourteenth being as

fifteenth anniversary of American Independence. Until recently, this was thought to be the first visit of the Father of His Country to Lan- caster county and borough. Since that paper was prepared, however, the diaries of George Washington, from the years 1748 to 1799, have been col- lected and edited by

OLD TIME BALLS IN HONOR OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY By William Frederic Worner The first public celebration of the anniversary of George Washington's birthday, during his lifetime, is said to have taken place in Richmond, Vir- ginia, followed by observances of the day in Maryland, Massachusetts and

Lancaster." In that paper is described the unsuccessful attempt of the three American envoys, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Elbridge Gerry and John Marshall, to establish diplomatic relations with the French Republic. The first dispatches of the envoys, sent from Paris October 22nd, 1797, reached