Legislature of Pennsylvania "vesting the public store house and two lots of ground in the borough of Lancaster, to the trustees of Frank- lin college, for the use of the said institution." The college occupied the build- ing for nearly fifty years. September 17th, 1840, it was sold to John S. Gable

Record of Soldiers of Lancaster County in the War of 1812, and of Others Who Gave Service During the Period of 1784 -1815 By (MRS. D. B.) BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS and ELEANORE J. FULTON. Note—The following comprehensive list of soldiers, who served their country as active participants in the War of

. Root, Vice- President and Treasurer, of Allentown, Pa.; Mr. L. C. Pursell, Second Vice-President, of Allentown, Pa.; and to Mr. James Huebner, Vice-President, Lancaster Division, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Most of the material in this study has been secured from data and records owned by the

Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Bicentennial of the James Wright House and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania By ELIZABETH F, G, HIESTAND a Five Great Granddaughter of John Wright Paraphrasing the words of the old familiar song, "The sun shone bright on the old

of the borough of Lancaster in behalf of themselves, and others of the German nation residing in the said borough, and parts adjacent, humbly sheweth that the number of poor Ger- mans in these parts is very considerable, as well as those who are of ability to pay for the education of their children

some of the originators from oblivion." As the week of April 1st to 7th, 1934, was determined upon for the commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the free public schools in Pennsylvania, it seemed to be the most fitting time to present what I found in the files of the Lancaster "Ex- press

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

bill to incorporate the Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster, had passed the Senate of Pennsylvania. Three years later, a notice appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 22nd, 1825, which was as follows : "A special election for a director of the Widow and

learning" for the children of the vicinity. Before that time schools were conducted in private homes, which were often located at great distances from the abodes of the pupils. The facilities and arrangements left much to be de- sired. Before the enactment of the state public school law, Peter Becker and

five days thereafter; and in the event of the president or vice- president refusing to call such meeting, any twenty members may call one on giving notice as above. ARTICLE VI. A general meeting of this society shall take place four times in each year in the borough of Lancaster, viz. on the second