known, as subse- quent issues of the local papers contain no references to it. Address to John Adams by Militia of Lancaster County By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a meeting of one hundred and fifty officers of the militia of Lancaster county on June 21st, 1798, the following address was read and

address was as follows: TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, PA. At this alarming crisis in our political existence, we approach you, Sir, to express our cordial approbation of the measures adopted by the Executive for the preservation of the

students of Mr. Beck's academy, Lititz, Pa., 30.00 B. Huber, 1.00 " citizens of Lititz, Pa., 50.00 " M. P. Cooper, Enterprise, Pa., 10.00 proceeds of Philharmonic concert, 59.35 " First M. E. church, Rev. D. W. Bartine, pastor, 34.16 " several widows, through Rev. J. A. Baldwin, 5.00 B. Champneys, Esq

states in which the subscribers resided. Among those accredited to Pennsylvania we find the following citizens of old Lancaster: Simon Snyder, Robert Coleman, William Hamilton, Adam Reigart, Charles Smith and Jasper Yeates. William Henry, Jr., who was born in Lancaster, Pa., on March 12, 1757, also

"her friends and pitcher." The company retired to the dinner table, where in reply to a toast from Captain Findlay in favor of "our friends and pitcher," Mr. J. J. Snyder, of Baltimore, "made some very neat and eloquent remarks delivered in a very handsome manner." He concluded by toasting "Lancaster

it shall be to correspond with such other societies as have been or may hereafter be instituted in the United States with similar views, or with individuals and the general and state governments, and to re- ceive and communicate all information which may be necessary to promote the objects of this

Wednesday, February 16th, 1842. It is as follows : "Died, at Baltimore, Md., on February 4th, Mrs. Ann Moore, formerly postmistress of Lancaster, Pa., in the 73rd year of her age. "This venerable lady was well known to the citizens of Lancaster, among whom she had a large circle of acquaintances. Mrs. Moore

place, yet the execution of Major Andre, another spy and also a British officer, is world-known. It is also a singular coincidence that Andre had his residence in Lancaster for a time. The account of the court martial and execution appeared in the Con- necticut paper as follows: "In pursuance of orders

-Nachrichten," (New Nonpartisan Lancaster Gazette, and News Advertiser) Wednesday, June 13th. The account is as follows: "Last week His Excellency Major General Anthony Wayne passed through this city to take over the command of the troops which are ordered against the Indians. And on Saturday a company of

its obscurity, and has given to us the only out- line, so far as known, of the original building of St. James's church. LETTERS OF JAMES BUCHANAN By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN 1908, the J. B. Lippincott Company, of Philadelphia and Lon- don, published, in twelve volumes, "The Works of James Buchanan