. James's Church, Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER O N Sunday evening, September 18th, 1825, after divine service, a number of ladies and gentlemen met in Saint James's Prot- estant Episcopal church, Lancaster, and formed an organiza- tion for the laudable purpose of affording medical relief to the

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

general, that he has removed to the corner of South Duke and Vine streets, in the city of Lancaster, opposite Mr. Luke Brown's coach manu- factory and near the German Lutheran school house, where he has prepared suitable bathing rooms, on his newly-invented plan of using cold or warm baths, whereby the

paper, which had been left at Mr. Cooper's tavern. The invitation was as follows: "Lancaster, Pa., "March 9th, 1832. "Hon. James Buchanan. "Dear Sir: "With whatever feelings of pride we received the announce- ment of your appointment to a high and honorable post in the diplomacy of the government, we

, rector of Saint James's Episcopal church, is also entered under the list of subscribers from Pennsylvania. He was born in Lancaster, Pa., February 10, 1766, but at the time he subscribed to Wilson's Ornithology he resided in Philadelphia. Nathaniel B. Boileau, secretary of the commonwealth, to whom

County, the Eden Spot of Pennsylvania." This was briefly responded to by a member of the Lancaster com- mittee. It would be interesting to know what became of this pitcher. If it is still preserved, it should have an honored place in Lan- caster's museum, when that fire-proof structure is erected. THE

was made from a species of grass never before used for that purpose. Soon women, and a great number of children at the public school in the city, mastered the art of plaiting the straw. The grass from which the hat was made grew abundantly, at that time, in Lancaster county. Joel Lightner, Jr., was

The following description of the Dunkard Monastery indicates that Mit- telberger is mistaken in stating that the third road "runs to the left hand toward Lancaster and Bethlehem." Obviously, he meant Ephrata. At the latter place there was "a monastery and nunnery of Dunkers," described by

Andrew Jackson in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER INVol.1,page742,oftheadmirablehistoryofYorkCounty,Pa., prepared by the late George R. Prowell, and published in 1907, appears the following : "On Saturday morning, February 13th, 1819, General Andrew Jackson, then the head of the American army

. Andrew Jackson Invited to Visit Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of friends of Andrew Jackson in the city and county of Lancaster met in the court house in Lancaster on Wednesday, April 17th, 1833. Hon. John Lightner was ap- pointed president ; James Jackson, of Colerain, Moore Connell, of