avoided. The Dispensary of St. James's Church, Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Sunday evening, September 18th, 1825, after divine service, a number of ladies and gentlemen met in Saint James's Prot- estant Episcopal church, Lancaster, and formed an organiza- tion for the laudable purpose of

The Saint Patrick Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Thursday evening, August 22nd, 1816, a number of Irish- men, and descendants of Irishmen, met at the tavern of Arch- ibald McLenegan on East King street, in the borough of Lan- caster, and formed an association

passage apply to John Hemphill, 42 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa." Society for the Support and Protection of Indigent Orphans By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER 0N Friday, July 19th, 1822, a number of ladies met in the Sun- day-school house of Saint James's Protestant Episcopal church for the purpose of forming

performance, the Thespian Society seems to have disbanded ; as the local papers contain no references to it, it is naturally assumed that the organization ceased to exist. Eight years later, an attempt was made to form a Thespian company. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, November 20th, 1829, printed the

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

for 1836. The receipts and disbursements for 1837 amounted to $133.78.9 In the summer of 1838, William Kirkpatrick, a zealous worker in the Presbyterian church, a liberal contributor to all benevolent enterprises, and one of the noblest men who ever walked the streets of old Lancaster, passed to his

Lancaster Journal of Wednesday, March 26th, 1817, in presenting the first report of the organization, stated that "the Society was established for a period now of six months, etc." This indicates that it was founded in September, 1816. Location of James Buchanan's Law Office By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The

announcement that the preceding Tuesday, May 1st, had been observed in the borough of Lancaster as St. Tammany's day. The item was as follows : "Tuesday last being St. Tammany's day, a number of respect- able inhabitants assembled at Swenk's spring, to celebrate the anniversary of our tutelar saint. It is