was the property of William Bausman, Regis- ter and Recorder for the county of Lancaster from the year 1809 to 1818,1 and contains receipts to him from people of early Lancaster. Some of the names of those attached to these receipts are old and familiar, others are new, but the names contained in the

THE LAFAYETTE BANQUET IN LANCASTER Through the kindness of President Steinman, the principal facts of the following short article came into my hands, which enables me to give the following account to the Society. These facts have come to light through the private papers of Mr. E. P. Brinton

Lafayette's Visit to Lancaster in 182b. The following account of Lafayette's visit to Lancaster, on July 27, 1825, is taken from the history of his visit to the United States in 1824 and 1825, written by his secretary, A. Levasseur, and copied for this Society by S. H. Ranck, of the Enoch Pratt

LANCASTER IN 1777-1780. In the recently published paper by W. U. Hensel on Major John Andre's Residence in Lancaster, 1775-76, refer- ence was made to the social life in Lancaster during the period of the American Revolution, It was pretty plainly intimated, and easily to be in- ferred, that during

it, so far as exact fidelity to details and clearness of outline are concerned. As you can see at a glance, it repre- sents a view taken of Lancaster at a comparatively early period. How early I am not prepared to say, but the year 1800, I think, would not be very far from the mark. It may have been