. Lancaster, Pa. York, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. First Continental Congress 5 September 1774 to 24 October 1774 (Under the English Crown) Second Continental Congress 10 May 1775 to 12 December 1776 20 December 1776 to 27 February 1777 4 March 1777 to 18 September 1777 27 September 1777 30 September 1777 to 27

1888-1889 season on France without severing diplomatic relations with any nation or even being led off the subject. Dr. J. Max Hart (Lancaster Moravian Church) thought it was time for another Estivalia. Miss Alice Nevin reported on Clio's first decade, and pronounced it a success. Waxing poetic, Miss

- ties. One of his first acts was to sponsor a law that enabled Pennsylvania Germans to be naturalized and to be able to hold title to land with less difficulty. Passage of the law endeared Wright to many Lancaster Countians and surely it did not harm his chances in future elections. He sponsored another

Evolution of the Government of Lancaster: Village, Borough, City By John W" W" Loose, F"L.C"H"S" For the first dozen years of its existence Lancaster did not have a governing body of its own. Lancaster County's original townships were defined by the magistrates and citizens 9 June 1729, and were

own parishioners. Sin and vice were regarded as inevitable among the lower classes, and the mission of the church was to maintain an oasis of probity and piety within the congregation. An attitude of "men will be men" seemed to prevail in Lancaster. Lest we be led to believe the rural countryside was

President Dubbs: Archaeology - Messrs. Steigerwalt, Hiller, and Zahm Topography - Messrs. Slaymaker, Walker, and Steinman Local Records - Messrs. Diffenderffer, Hensel, Dr. Hark, Dr. James Y. Mitchell (First Presbyterian Church), and William A. Atlee, Esquire Bibliography - Messrs. Zahm, Sener, and Stubbs