A VISIT TO HISTORICAL SCENES* (Describing a visit to Lancaster, Pa., in July, 1926) By HARRY PRINGLE FORD It was a rare privilege recently to visit the attractive city of Lancaster, Pa., sixty-eight miles west of Philadelphia, with its wealth of historical asso- ciations and its many evidences of

adopted. 2 It was as fol- lows : CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER FOR THE PROMO- TION OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES AND NATIONAL INDUSTRY. ARTICLE I. This society is formed under the name and description of "The American Society of the County of Lancaster for the Promotion of

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

County Historical Society. 1 Lancaster Journal, Friday, January 16th, 1829. 2 In a letter, dated Lancaster, Pa., January 14th, 1829, and addressed to John Reynolds, editor of the Lancaster Journal, Major John Getz stated that he was present at the meeting of the mechanics of the city, but that he with

, page 24 of the proceed- ings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, refers to the Conestoga as "the one river of our county" — apparently ignoring the Susquehanna as another river in Lancaster county at its bor- �ders. The western lines of this stream's shores skirt the eastern map of York county

Companion in Arms of General Washing- ton. Captain of Troop of Light Horse of Lancaster County. Com- missioned by the Governor, March 25, 1793. In 1798, he was ap- pointed Major-General in Provisional Army. Harris' Biog. Hist. of Lancaster Co., p. 268. Ellis and Evans' Hist. of Lancaster Co., p. 45. Pa

. In Charter Book 1, p. 34, in the Recorder's office, appears the following: Amendment to the Charter of the Society for the Promotion of Industry and Prevention of Pauperism. To the honorable the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: The petition of Annie E. Henderson, Mary R. Patterson, Mary E

John Yungling. Matthias Zahm. Although the resolutions permitted the receiving of depre- ciated paper at a discount, the committee earnestly recommended to the citizens of Lancaster city and county to receive no bank paper whatever west of Chambersburg, Pa., as the greater part of it could not be

James Wright home" on Sunday, September 25, 1938, when the Lancaster County Historical Society unveiled a bronze tablet placed on the wall of this old stone mansion during the Sesquicentennial of Columbia, This tablet was designed and worded by Dr, Herbert H, Beck, president of the Lancaster County