unanimously approved. It was signed by John Light and the other one hundred and forty-nine officers : "TO JOHN ADAMS, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES : "At a period so momentous as the present, when it but too plainly appears that we must either submit to be dictated to by a �foreign power or resort to

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

, "Jacob Albright, Esq., "Mayor of Lancaster, Pa." STANDARD PRESENTED TO WASHING- TON GRAYS By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 26th, 1830, con- tained the following : "The anniversary of the birth of our illustrious Washington, was celebrated [Monday, February 22nd] in

, July, 1766; Emigrated to the United States in the year 1794; And died in Philadelphia, of the dysentery, on the 23, August, 1813. Aged 47. Ingenio stat sine morte decus. This is but a brief sketch of the humble weaver and poet of Paisley who in America had the inclination and the opportunity to study

"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

Lancaster, where so many useful manufacturing establishments are in opera- tion, the citizens will not be backward in giving countenance to the exertions of their brethren in other sections of the United States." In response to this appeal, a number of persons friendly to domestic manufactures, met at Col

the habits of business, without relin- quishing those gentle virtues peculiar to her sex." Mrs. Moore held office under six successive Presidents of the United States : John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Meeting of Distillers By WILLIAM

atlas / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Washington, George, 1732-1799. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description: 105-106 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

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

recruits arrived here; they also are marching west (on the march in a westerly direction)." This same issue of the paper contains the following: "Pittsburgh. On Thursday, Major General Anthony Wayne, commander- in-chief of the army of the United States, arrived here. On his entry, he was given a salute by