McKean." Resolution on the Death of Charles Carroll, Signer of the Declaration of Independence By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER C HARLES CARROLL, of Carrollton, Md., the last survivor of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, died in Baltimore, November 14th, 1832, in the ninety-sixth year

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

, September 27th, in the court house, which stood in the center of Penn square. For this reason Lancaster claims the distinction of having been the capital of the United States, even though it was but for a day. As Howe was in possession of Philadelphia, then the largest city in America, only 62 miles distant

, June 23rd, 1931, by State and county officials at the unveiling of a bronze memorial tablet to perpetuate his memory, by The Pennsylvania Society of The Colonial Dames of America. The exercises, held in the armory at Columbia, were attended by approx- imately one hundred and fifty persons

Thomas McKean Inaugurated Governor of Penn- sylvania in the Borough of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N the autumn of 1799, Thomas McKean, a signer of the immor- .1. tal Declaration of Independence, was elected governor of Penn- sylvania. The Republicans of the borough and county of Lan

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

ferocious attack of a desperate and veteran enemy near New Orleans." Meeting in Lancaster Following Declaration of War in 1812 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N June 19th, 1812, James Madison, President of the United States, issued a proclamation formally declaring that war existed between this country and

quite h eavily by the failure of the United States bank, but his shrewdness and business talent enabled him to overcome all difficulties and to reimburse himself in a s·hort time for his losses. H e continued to retain his lumber business in Columbia with William Whip- per. a colored resident of the

, William Frederic. Title: David Crockett in Columbia / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836. Columbia (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 37 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

Slaymaker, Lieutenant Smith, Lieutenant J. Ferree and Ensign Slaymaker. Meetings in Lancaster County to Oppose Slavery in District of Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING was held at the house of Samuel Kinzer on Friday evening, October 22nd, 1830, for the purpose of considering measures for the