A Chimney-Sweep in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O NE hundred years ago and more it was the custom to employ a chimney- sweeper to remove the soot that had collected in the chimneys of the town. Wood was largely used as fuel. Anthracite coal had not been discovered. Cleaning chimneys became

, "Shanghai News Letter," edited by Dr. Pott. �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Worner, William Frederic. Title: A Chinese soldier in the Civil War / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Woo, Hong Neok, 1834-1919

' Asso- ciation of the Union. It was presented to the Society by Mr. Evans Wallis Shippen. Accompanying the booklet is a letter, which is as follows: "Meadville, Pa., Feb. 22nd, 1908. Mr. F. R. Diffenderffer, Secretary of Lancaster Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa. Dear Sir: "Enclosed find an

THE EARLIEST KNOWN ADVERTISEMENT OF A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner In Vol. 7, No. 2, of the Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society, appears a very illuminating paper on the subject of "Early Lancas- ter Playbills and Playhouses." In this monograph

treaty was not made between William Penn and the Six Nations, for the best of reasons—William Penn died in 1718. On page 25, it is stated that George Ross was the friend and companion of Franklin. I question whether this statement is true. On page 26, it is stated that a religious settlement was made in

a number �of other citizens met at the Franklin Inn and partook of an elegant supper, prepared for the occasion ; after which the following toasts were drunk: 1. "Benjamin Franklin." 2. "The Franklin Society. May its members imitate the man whose name it bears." 3. "Union and Brotherly Love: the

[Lancaster] celebrated the success �of the Republican cause in the election, by a majority of the people, of Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr to be President and Vice- President of the United States. "They assembled in Franklin college, where an entertainment was provided under the direction of Mr. Slaymaker

- most jurist. �In passing, it might be of interest to state that it is singular that Franklin college, founded and fostered very largely by the Lutheran and Reformed Churches, should take its name from Benjamin Franklin, who may be claimed as an Episcopalian; while Marshall college, the outgrowth of a

LANCASTER COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY By William Frederic Worner. In 1727 or 28, when Benjamin Franklin was about twenty-two years of age, he influenced a number of well-informed men in Philadelphia to unite with with him in forming a club to be named the "Junto." He states

a report would have been a reflection upon the intelligence of the good people of this com- munity in Revolutionary times, as there seems to have been no reasonable foundation for the story. It was probably started by the convention troops during their stay in Lancaster, and told to Riedesel later