. Greenawalt ; Ephrata borough, Peter Martin, Jer. Bowman ; Fulton township, Jer. Brown, Jr., E. C. Stanford ; East Hempfield township, Dr. T. Ellmaker, John Davis ; West Hempfield township, Dr. A. K. Rohrer, D. W. Witmer ; Lancaster township, Andrew Dunlap, J. M. Frantz ; Leacock township, Joel �L. Lightner

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Judge W. W. Appel and T. Roberts Appel, Esq. The tablet reads : HENRY E. MUHLENBERG 1753 - - - 1815 A leader among the pioneer botanists of America lived here during his last 35 years when the stone building was the parsonage of Trinity Lutheran Church marked by the Lancaster County Historical Society

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

William T. Barry by Citizens of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Hon. William T. Barry, the able and efficient Postmaster General of the United States, arrived in Lancaster on Mon- day, October 17th, 1831, and took lodgings at Graeff's hotel, corner of North Queen and West Orange streets [site of

Governor Clinton in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER E WITT CLINTON, statesman, was born in Orange county, New York, March 2nd, 1769; and died in Albany, New York, on February 11th, 1828. He served his native state in sev- eral offices throughout his life, having been a member of the state

., July 25th, 1811. "Sir, "We have received yours of the 18th inst. enclosing a draft of James Houston, on the Bank of Pennsylvania, for $681.51, for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire in this town. This unusual liberality, from a people suffering the same calamity with our- selves, calls forth

John Eberman T. L. Barry John Myer George Krug George Musser C. Hager South-east Ward. Jacob Demuth J. F. Heinitsh South-west Ward. E. C. Reigart Henry Carpenter North-west Ward. C. Keefer Adam Diller �It was stated that donations of wheat, flour, etc., from people in Lancaster county who felt disposed

foregoing, it is evident that collections were also made in the fall of 1796. Whether the "Association for the Relief of the Poor," was responsible for the good work, or whether some other agency accomplished the task, is not known. Lancaster's Contribution to Fayetteville in the Fire of 1831 By WILLIAM

on account of the loss sustained by the late fire in Lancaster; and unto the gentlemen who were appointed as committees, I tender my warmest thankfulness. At the same time, I should have to accuse my heart of ingratitude were I to forget the voluntary and Christian assistance rendered by the