, announced that the next meeting of the society would be held in the court house on Wednesday, June 18th, 1817. Whether the meeting was held as advertised, is not known. Neither is it known how long the society continued to exist, as subsequent issues of local papers contain no references to it. Hat Made by

John Haldeman, Esq., was appointed chairman, and Samuel White, secretary. James Hopkins delivered an eloquent and im- pressive address. A committee, consisting of James Hopkins, John Hubley, Samuel Bethel, Robert Maxwell, John Swar, Emanuel Dyer and Christian Herr (of Pequea), was appointed to

Collections for the Poor in 1795 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of the "Association for the Relief of the Poor," of the borough of Lancaster, was held at the house of Chris- topher Brenner on Monday, November 2nd, 1795. John Joseph Henry occupied the chair. The committees appointed to collect

George H. Krug, Bernhard Haag, Alexander Miller and John Myer, through the medium of the Lancaster Journal, thanked "the citizens in general for their indefatigable exertions in protecting their property from destruction." At a meeting of the citizens of Lancaster held in the court house on Tuesday

Lancaster's Contribution to Cape Verde Islands in the Famine of 1832 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the autumn of 1832, information reached Lancaster that the inhabitants of the Cape Verde Islands were in a most distressed condition. They had had no rain for two years, their crops had failed, and

) [southwest corner of Queen and Mifflin streets], where it remained until the death of the last one of his two maiden daugh- ters, in 1866, when it descended to his great grand-daughter, Mrs. Townsend Whelen (nee Sarah Yeates McElwee), of Philadelphia, who on May 3rd, 1897, presented it to the Mount Vernon

ERRORS CORRECTED LETTER OF WILLIAM F. WORNER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE LANCASTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Lancaster, Pa., August 5th, 1927. Mr. Adolf C. Darmstaetter, President, Chamber of Commerce, Lancaster, Pa. My Dear Mr. Darmstaetter: I have read, with much interest, the pamphlet issued by the

existence shortly after, as no references to its good work, or any appeals for funds, appear in the local papers after this date. It would be interesting to know for what the fines were im- posed, as during the brief existence of the Society they amounted to more than $243.00; and in the last appeal just

born in Philadelphia, September 16th, 1796. He belonged to the famous Muhlenberg family, prominent members of the Lutheran Church in America, and was ba p -tizedbytheRev.JustHenryChristianHelmuth.Dr.Helmuthwaspastorof Trinity Lutheran church, Lancaster, from 1769 to 1779. Upon resigning the charge in

coffee house on Wednesday, January 1st, 1817. Whether or not the meeting was held, is not known, as no subsequent references to it appeared in local papers. Nearly two years later, another effort was made to form a similar society. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, September 11th, 1818, con- tained the