attendance was requested, in order that a constitution might be adopted, a society organized, and such other measures approved as would secure the provisions of the act of Legislature, passed on March 6th, 1820, "for the promotion of agriculture and domestic manufactures." �Whether an organization was

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

the first of its species to be exhibited in this city. The Lancaster Journal of Saturday, November 11th, 1797, contains an advertisement in which the attention of the public is attracted, according to the quaint custom of the times, by the salutation, "To the Curious." In this advertisement it is

Ann Moore, Postmistress of Lancaster, First Woman Appointed to Office Under the Federal Government By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XX XIV, pp. 62-3, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled "Post- masters and Postmistresses of Lancaster." In

AN OLD CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPER. By William Frederic Worner. Mr. Herbert W. Hartman, president of Follmer, Clogg & Company, man- ufacturers of fine umbrellas, has presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society an old newspaper, published in New London, Conn., on Friday, April 10th, 1778. It

Becker, John Hershy, Jacob Summy, John Metz, Jacob Newcomer, Andrew Kemmerer, Jacob Snebely, Jr., and John Spickler, Sr. PUBLIC-HOUSE KEEPERS IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN 1772 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, there is preserved a list of tavern-keepers who

attendance was requested, in order that a constitution might be adopted, a society organized, and such other measures approved as would secure the provisions of the act of Legislature, passed on March 6th, 1820, "for the promotion of agriculture and domestic manufactures." �

impending evils, and to restore freedom to our commerce and pre- serve peace to our citizens." War was declared June 18th, 1812. The Benevolent Society of Paradise By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A COMMUNICATION, — dated Paradise, Pa., January 11th, 1817, — appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, Jan- uary