and County supporting the government in its attitude toward France / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Adams, John, 1735-1826. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928

natural to infer, though we lack conclusive evidence to substantiate the inference, that while in Lancaster he called upon the venerable pastor of Trinity Lutheran church, the Rev. G. H. E. Muhlenberg, who besides being a mineral- ogist and chemist was probably the most famous botanist of his day on the

subscribers from our own Lancaster county. From this list we are able to get some idea of the literary people of that day, and of those who, in all probability, were among the most influential in the community. The little town of Columbia, Pa., is represented as having seventeen sub- scribers, as follows: J

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

." General Wayne died at Presque Isle (Erie) Pa., December 15th, 1796, at the age of 51, within less than six months after his last visit to Lancaster. He is buried in the rear of famous Old St. David's Protestant Episcopal churchyard, Radnor, near Philadelphia. It was of this church that the poet Longfellow

Lerbscher, superinten- dent of the Stehli Silks Corporation, and an honored member of the Lancaster County Historical Society, for a translation into English of that portion of Wiederholdt's diary which relates to Lancaster. At the battle of Trenton, Capt. Wiederholdt and other Hessian soldiers were

. Samuel Bowman was then rector, and to spend the afternoon calling on friends or taking walks in the country. Occas- ionally, he attended the afternoon service. St. James' Church at that time had a mixed choir of men and women and they sang from an upper �gallery at the back of the church, above the two

disbursements : "For the purchase of bread, tea, coffee, sugar, blankets, etc., for the use of the poor and medicine for the sick 29 9 5 Balance in the treasury 77 1 6 — — "Total £106 10 11" The Lancaster Journal of Friday, November 6th, 1795, stated that accounts were in the hands of Jacob Carpenter, Esq. Con

in proportion to the respective losses. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, August 22nd, 1823, informed the public that the following sums had been collected : North-east Ward $285.28 North-west Ward 217.85 South-east Ward 99.83 South-west Ward 106.25 At Lititz, Pa. 39.04 $748.25 Relief of the Sick and

Judge W. W. Appel and T. Roberts Appel, Esq. The tablet reads : HENRY E. MUHLENBERG 1753 - - - 1815 A leader among the pioneer botanists of America lived here during his last 35 years when the stone building was the parsonage of Trinity Lutheran Church marked by the Lancaster County Historical Society