them. The Pennsylvania Gazette of Thursday, May 20th, 1762, published the numbers that were good for prizes. The erection of the steeple was completed in the spring of 1762. From March 22nd to the 27th of that year James Bick- ham, liquor dealer and member of the parish, furnished 13 1/2 gal- lons of

BRONZE TABLET ON ST. JAMES'S CHURCH By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER THE memory of ten Lancaster patriots who served America during the Revolutionary War is commemorated by a hand- some bronze tablet, four feet long by two feet and a half wide, which was placed on the south wall of St. James's Protestant

continues to be, administered with prudence, moderation and wisdom,—beg leave to assure you, Sir, that should the insolence and rapacity of the French Republic, or any other foreign power, render an appeal to arms the dernier resort, they will be always ready to support, to the utmost of their ability, the

of the Society, Subscribers' Names, &c. John Reynolds, Pr. West King-Street, Lancaster." In the introductory, which is printed on pages 2 to 8 inclusive, Mrs. Dorothy Brien and Mrs. Ann Hopkins, the directresses, state that at that time (1822) the nature and objects of Sunday-school instruction were

influential citizen. In that article the statement is made that there is nothing on his tombstone in St. James's churchyard in Lancaster, to indicate that Mr. Chambers served as an officer in the Revolutionary War and as a delegate to the convention which ratified the Federal Constitution on the part of

services are / part of his country's history. / He came to Pennsylvania in 1767, and / settled in Lancaster in 1774. 188. In memory of / Katharine Hand. / Died April 14, 1791, / aged 12 years / & 4 months. / Also / Margaret Hand. / Died at Rockford, 1800, / in the 11th year / of her age. / [The