Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in States "in a state of rebellion." From 1817 to 1825 he was the Vice-President of the United States, under President James Monroe. While Mr. Tompkins was Governor of New York, he passed through Lancaster borough, according to an article that appeared in the

GEORGE WASHINGTON IN LANCASTER. By William Frederic Worner. In the "Proceedings" of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. XXVI, No. 10, for December, 1922, is a description of George Washington's visit to Lancaster borough in 1791, at which time he witnessed the celebra- tion of the

this worth-while organization. Lancaster In 1766 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Hon. Charles I. Landis, President Judge of the Second Judi- cial District of Pennsylvania, owns a rare treasure in the form of an original copy of "The Charter, Laws, Catalogue of Books, List of Philosophical Instruments

Mittelberger's Notes on Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., is an old and rare volume published in "Frankfurth und Leipzig," in 1756. It was printed in German, and is entitled, "Gottlieb Mittelberger's Reise nach Pennsylvanien im Jahr 1750; und

Representatives of the Freemen of the said Pro- 1 Miscellaneous Papers, Lancaster County, 1724-1772, Vol. 1, p. 157. �vince, in General Assembly met : The Petition of the Burgesses, Assistants, and other Inhabitants of the Borough of Lancaster "Most humbly sheweth, "That your petitioners did, sometime in the

The Saint Patrick Benevolent Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N Thursday evening, August 22nd, 1816, a number of Irish- men, and descendants of Irishmen, met at the tavern of Arch- ibald McLenegan on East King street, in the borough of Lan- caster, and formed an association

after that date. The Widows' Society of Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A T a special meeting of the Widows' Society, held at the house of Christian Smith on Wednesday, February 20th, 1822, it was resolved, that the principal features of the constitution of this society shall be published in the