"Every person wishing to join this society, shall, on subscrib- ing to the constitution, pay the sum of three dollars. "At each stated monthly meeting, each member shall pay a contribution of 371/2 cents. "No widow of any deceased member shall be entitled to the benefits of this association, unless

free people. Whatever may be the real or imaginary pretensions of an ally which derogate from a state of amity, the distinction and honor of the aggressing �nation require an investigation of the supposed infractions of friendship upon the basis of equality. A demand of a preliminary submission

nurses, and many inhab- itants died. Subscriptions for the relief of sufferers were solicited in the principal cities of the country. Lancaster city and county, never behind in deeds of mercy and charity, responded to the call for assistance from the afflicted inhabitants of the two Virginia towns. A

flourishing capital of Lehigh county, in this State, have recently been visited by a conflagration, which in the brief space of two hours laid waste the fairest portion of the town, destroyed more than one-fourth of the value of all its assessed real and personal property, and plunged entire families from the

country, call loudly for counter exertions on our part. "Policy, patriotism and self-interest demand effort. The ex- ample set by our fellow-citizens of New York, Philadelphia, Balti- more, Pittsburgh, Washington and other places, ought to be fol- lowed ; and it is anxiously hoped that in the county of

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

town, subject to a yearly quit rent, for the use of the congregation. Thirty-one per- sons contributed £105, 4s. With this encouragement, the congre- gation began the erection of a building, forty-four feet long by thirty-four wide. Thomas Cookson was appointed to superintend its construction. Work on

territory now included in Dauphin and Lebanon counties, as these counties were not erected until 1785 and 1816, respectively, and were formed out of a part of Lancas- ter county. Five of the applicants were women. The names are as follows : Lancaster Borough, Matthias Slough, Adam Reigart, John Feltman

draft reso- lutions. These resolutions, which fill nearly two columns of The Lancaster Journal, were unanimously agreed to at the meeting. There was also a memorial presented, which was unanimously approved, entitled "The Memorial of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the County of Lancaster, in the