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

meeting of citizens of Lancaster was held on Tuesday evening, September 11th, 1855, in the city hall, for the purpose of securing funds to aid the un- fortunates. Mayor Jacob Albright was called to the chair, and Francis H. Carpenter was appointed secretary.1 Committees were appointed to solicit

, 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

, appeared an announcement that the members of the committee appointed for making arrangements for the reception of General Jackson, were requested to meet at Mrs. Eichholtz's tavern, in South Queen street, on Friday, July 5th, to make preparations for the reception of the President of the United States

the habits of business, without relin- quishing those gentle virtues peculiar to her sex." Mrs. Moore held office under six successive Presidents of the United States : John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Meeting of Distillers By WILLIAM

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

AN OLD CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPER. By William Frederic Worner. Mr. Herbert W. Hartman, president of Follmer, Clogg & Company, man- ufacturers of fine umbrellas, has presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society an old newspaper, published in New London, Conn., on Friday, April 10th, 1778. It

ANTHONY WAYNE IN LANCASTER. By William Frederic Worner. General Anthony Wayne, who had won distinction in several battles of the Revolution and had displayed remarkable skill and courage in the capture of Stony Point on the Hudson, was ordered to command the first detachment of Pennsylvania troops

, however, that his name does not appear in a compendious work entitled: "Historical Register of the Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783," compiled by F. B. Heitman and published in 1893 in Washington, D. C. �at the same time, withdrawn from us