unanimously approved. It was signed by John Light and the other one hundred and forty-nine officers : "TO JOHN ADAMS, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES : "At a period so momentous as the present, when it but too plainly appears that we must either submit to be dictated to by a �foreign power or resort to

of the negotiations with France, and the determination of the business men of Philadelphia to support the government. Following this, a meeting of the select council was held, "expressing to the President of the United States the highest approbation of his conduct relative to the existing differences

students of Mr. Beck's academy, Lititz, Pa., 30.00 B. Huber, 1.00 " citizens of Lititz, Pa., 50.00 " M. P. Cooper, Enterprise, Pa., 10.00 proceeds of Philharmonic concert, 59.35 " First M. E. church, Rev. D. W. Bartine, pastor, 34.16 " several widows, through Rev. J. A. Baldwin, 5.00 B. Champneys, Esq

, July, 1766; Emigrated to the United States in the year 1794; And died in Philadelphia, of the dysentery, on the 23, August, 1813. Aged 47. Ingenio stat sine morte decus. This is but a brief sketch of the humble weaver and poet of Paisley who in America had the inclination and the opportunity to study

of their losses. "Resolved, That to this end we invoke the united and hearty cooperation of those in the different towns and townships of Lancaster county, who are blessed in their basket and their store, not knowing in what hour a similar catastrophe may befall them, appealing to the public

Lancaster, where so many useful manufacturing establishments are in opera- tion, the citizens will not be backward in giving countenance to the exertions of their brethren in other sections of the United States." In response to this appeal, a number of persons friendly to domestic manufactures, met at Col

Wednesday, February 16th, 1842. It is as follows : "Died, at Baltimore, Md., on February 4th, Mrs. Ann Moore, formerly postmistress of Lancaster, Pa., in the 73rd year of her age. "This venerable lady was well known to the citizens of Lancaster, among whom she had a large circle of acquaintances. Mrs. Moore

atlas / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Washington, George, 1732-1799. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1926 Description: 105-106 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

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