Abraham Witmer' s Bridge At the period immediately succeed- ing the RevolutionaryWar, there was no bridge along the King's Highway over the Conestoga River. There was, how- ever, a public fording. A fording still exists, though now partly cover- ed over by the tracks of the Lancaster and Eastern

her husband shall have been a member thereof at least five years, and shall have paid his fines and contributions agreeably to the true intent and meaning of the articles and fundamental rules of the association. "The widow of every deceased member as aforesaid, shall have paid to her out of the funds

and County supporting the government in its attitude toward France / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Adams, John, 1735-1826. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--1775-1865. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1928

ground assumed of defense or exculpation is, that the charter of the church does not permit English preaching, and that as the in- troduction of a clergyman to deliver an English sermon was a viola- tion of the provisions of that instrument, the preventive proceed- ings resorted to were justifiable." A

states in which the subscribers resided. Among those accredited to Pennsylvania we find the following citizens of old Lancaster: Simon Snyder, Robert Coleman, William Hamilton, Adam Reigart, Charles Smith and Jasper Yeates. William Henry, Jr., who was born in Lancaster, Pa., on March 12, 1757, also

The American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER The Lancaster Journal of Friday, February 28th, 1817, con- tained the following notice : "The citizens of the borough of Lancaster, and gentlemen from the country

that paper it is stated that Ann Moore served as postmistress of Lancaster, Pa., from July 1st, 1798, to April 11th, 1829, a period of 31 years. Since that paper was published, my attention has been called to the obituary of Mrs. Moore which appeared in the Lancaster Examiner and Democratic Herald of

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

.) Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1908 Description: [71]-81 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 2 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.12 Location

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