contains an interesting account of a court martial held in Lan- caster borough during the Revolutionary war, at which time two spies were tried, found guilty and executed. From local sources, it is discovered that this trial took place before the middle of March, and yet an account of it did not appear in

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

, forage, etc. Early in the month of September, an expedition was determined on by General Washing- ton to reinforce General Montgomery, who was then advancing into Canada by the way of Lake Champlain. A detachment was ordered and marched from Cambridge, under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold. It was

inscription until 1858, when it cracked while being rung for a service. Sub- sequently, it was recast, and to-day bears the following inscrip- tion: "Pack & Chapman of London. Fecit. St. James's Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania." The Lancaster County Historical Society has in its collections �the original

FISHER AMES IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner Fisher Ames, American statesman, orator and political writer, the youngest son of Nathaniel Ames, a physician, was born in Dedham, Mass., April 9, 1758. He was a precocious scholar and was graduated from Harvard college at the early age of sixteen

from Scharf and Wescott's History of Philadelphia that "On the morning of July 8, about five o'clock, the remains of Chief Justice Marshall were removed from Mrs. Crim's boarding house, and, attended by city officers and councils, members of the bar and citizens, were carried by the most direct route

, 1706-1790. American Philosophical Society. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Philosophy--Societies, etc.--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 38-40 p. ; 23 cm

Inhabitants Dutch and Irish. Droll adventure this evening." On the following day, Sunday, August 25th, 1776, Mr. Cresswell entered in his diary: "Left York Town. Breakfasted at The Sign of the Plough, a Dutch house about 3 miles from Y. T. Crossed Susquehanna River at Wright's Ferry. River about P4 miles

road from Phila- delphia to Lancaster, about one-fourth of a mile to the east of Old Leacock Presbyterian church. The house which was used as a tavern, is still standing, and, in 1916, was owned and occupied by Samuel P. Smoker. (See Proceed- ings of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 20

represented. Fortunately, a number of these letters have been preserved. I am quoting from several of them such portions as relate to Lancaster and its inhabitants. They throw an interesting side-light on conditions as they existed in that eventful year of 1777. September 24th, 1777, James Lovell wrote to