MURAL PRESENTED TO CITY OF LANCASTER By WILLIAM FREDERIC WARNER On Friday evening, December 28th, 1934, a mural painted on one of the walls of the council chamber of the municipal building, (depicting "The Arrival of James Hamilton," in 1729, who came for the purpose of establishing Hickory town as

on August 27, 1776. He, evidently, served with distinction, for he was subse- quently appointed captain, as the follow ing letter dated August 16, 1779, and addressed to Captain James Hamilton would seem to indicate: " Sir:— "Agreeable to Orders received yesterday, You are to notify the Seventh Class

Powell and Emanuel Car- penter, its Assessors. As candidates from which the Governor should se- lect a Sheriff the county returned Rob- ert Buchanan and James Galbraith; �and as candidates for Coroner Joshua Lowe and William Caldwell; and the Governor selected Buchanan for Sher- iff and Lowe for Coroner