succeeding issue of the Lancaster Journal, dated Friday, March 1st, 1822, contained an announcement that a meeting of the society would be held on Wednesday, March 6th, at the house of Christian Smith. How long the society continued to exist and who were the officers and members of it is not now definitely

and Weekly Advertiser of Saturday, Novem- ber 18th, 1820, contained an announcement to the effect that the inhabitants of Lancaster inclined to unite in the organiza- tion of an agricultural society, were requested to meet in the court house in Lancaster city, on Saturday morning, December 2nd. A full

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

curiosity. That the machine would serve the farmers in Lancaster county satisfactorily is evident from the following testimonial which ap- peared in The Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser of Tuesday, September 9th, 1806: "Witmer's Tavern, "September 3rd, 1806. "We, the subscribers, having seen the

Ann Moore, Postmistress of Lancaster, First Woman Appointed to Office Under the Federal Government By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XX XIV, pp. 62-3, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled "Post- masters and Postmistresses of Lancaster." In

ORIG- INAL BUILDING OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE Rev. Richard Locke, a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, with headquar- ters in London, England, came to Lancaster early in October, 1744. Episcopalians living in this vicinity, held a

Becker, John Hershy, Jacob Summy, John Metz, Jacob Newcomer, Andrew Kemmerer, Jacob Snebely, Jr., and John Spickler, Sr. PUBLIC-HOUSE KEEPERS IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN 1772 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, there is preserved a list of tavern-keepers who

those who have not yet subscribed, and may desire to become subscribers to such a beneficial establishment, will please to apply to the subscriber. "John Erben." Three years later, the Lancaster Journal of Monday, October 19th, 1818, contained an advertisement in which Mr. Erben offered the Lancaster

will immediately abolish the embargo and restriction upon trade and prevent the calamities of war falling upon our common country." It is also interesting to note that a meeting of the inhabitants of Manheim, Lancaster county, Pa., was held on Tuesday, June 16th, 1812, for the purpose of declaring