Address to President John Adams from the Citizens of Lancaster Borough and County Supporting the Government in its Attitude Toward France By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN THE proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society of October, 1924, appears an article entitled, "John Marshall in

resided in an elegant mansion (for that day, at least) which stood on the site of Kirk Johnson's music store, 16 West King street. The secretary of state was Nathaniel B. Boileau, whose correct title was "secretary of the commonwealth." In further writing of the persons whom he met in Lancaster, Wilson

West- cott's History of Philadelphia, Vol. 2, p. 864.) So far as I am, at pres- ent, able to discover, it was seventy years later before a representative of this "king of beasts" was seen in Lancaster. We know that in 1797 an African lion was placed on exhibition here, although this may not have been

place, yet the execution of Major Andre, another spy and also a British officer, is world-known. It is also a singular coincidence that Andre had his residence in Lancaster for a time. The account of the court martial and execution appeared in the Con- necticut paper as follows: "In pursuance of orders

ANTHONY WAYNE IN LANCASTER. By William Frederic Worner. General Anthony Wayne, who had won distinction in several battles of the Revolution and had displayed remarkable skill and courage in the capture of Stony Point on the Hudson, was ordered to command the first detachment of Pennsylvania troops