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

interested in the drawing of birds, and conceived a plan to illustrate the ornithology of the United States. In 1804, largely for the purpose of collecting material, he, with two friends, walked to Niagara Falls, an inter- esting account of which outing he gave in a poem called "The Foresters." Two years

making the United States wholly inde- pendent of foreign countries in all articles of the first necessity, and in many of mere luxury and elegance. In the hour of war and affliction, the fostering hand of government was promised to these benefactors of the nation; liberal encouragement was unsparingly

Seminole Indians in Florida and Georgia ; and in the great victory he had gained over the British army during the War of 1812 in New Orleans. He was the idol of the nation, honored everywhere for his military achievements and recognized as the greatest soldier of his day in America." Major General Jackson

adopted : "In pursuance of the call published in our newspapers by friends of General Jackson, of the city and county of Lancaster, we assemble for the purpose of appointing a committee to be charged with the pleasing duty of inviting the President of the United States to visit us whenever his high duties

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

recruits arrived here; they also are marching west (on the march in a westerly direction)." This same issue of the paper contains the following: "Pittsburgh. On Thursday, Major General Anthony Wayne, commander- in-chief of the army of the United States, arrived here. On his entry, he was given a salute by