, Colonel Matlack ended his days. He died April 14, 1829, in his ninety-ninth year, and was buried by the side of his first wife in the Free Quaker Graveyard. On November 20, 1905, it was necessary to remove his remains and other members of the family to Fatlands on the Schuylkill River, opposite Valley

Fire Company No. 1 claims to be the oldest com- pany in the city and evidently was a continuation of the one in existence in the period of 1742 and later. Relics in the possession of the Lancaster County Historical Society, such as hats, leather �buckets and belts, show that this company was in service

seized upon and sought to use it for their own dirty purposes. With the majority, it was claimed to be unjust, oppressive, tyrannical and extravagant. Berks county, the Democratic stronghold, went solidly against it, while many of the anti-Masons of the central and southern tier of counties opposed it

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

, with real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular de- liberations and action of the constituted authorities,' fully aware that the tendency of such associations, is 'to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put in the place of the delegated will of the