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

ALEXANDER WILSON IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner The name of Alexander Wilson, pioneer ornithologist in America, should be familiar to every well-informed school boy in the land; yet doubtedless many of our local high school students who turn to Wilson's books for in- formation on birds, do

The following description of the Dunkard Monastery indicates that Mit- telberger is mistaken in stating that the third road "runs to the left hand toward Lancaster and Bethlehem." Obviously, he meant Ephrata. At the latter place there was "a monastery and nunnery of Dunkers," described by

records indicate that the Carpenter family was very promi- nent in public affairs, drawing deeds, wills, and other legal documents, set- tling estates of Decedents, etc. Emanuel, the eldest of Heinrich's family, was the most prominent of that generation. He was nicknamed " Manny the law-giver

AN OLD CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPER. By William Frederic Worner. Mr. Herbert W. Hartman, president of Follmer, Clogg & Company, man- ufacturers of fine umbrellas, has presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society an old newspaper, published in New London, Conn., on Friday, April 10th, 1778. It

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