Lancaster, which at that time was the capital of Pennsylvania. In a letter dated Pittsburg, February 22, 1810, and addressed to his friend and instructor Alexander Lawson, he refers to his sojourn in Lancaster in these words: 'From this first stage of my ornithological pilgrimage, I sit down, with pleasure

been received for the sufferers and deposited in the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania. Collections for the Sufferers from Fire in Lancaster in 1823 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, July 25th, 1823, near midnight, the inhabitants of Lancaster were awakened by the cry of fire. It originated in the

for the Presidency of the United States, and received the electoral vote of that state in 1836. He had a strong body of friends in Pennsylvania who desired him to come among them immediately after the adjournment of Congress. He was in Harrisburg, Pa., on the 19th of March, where the Legislature was

for the closing session of Congress. When on his return journey to his home in Tennessee, he passed through Lancaster, Pa., on Sunday evening, July 6, 1834. The Examiner and Herald for Thursday, July 10, 1834, has this to say concerning the distinguished frontiersman's brief visit to our city: "The

GENERAL SAM HOUSTON IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner On Thursday, July 6, 1848, the city of Lancaster, Pa., was honored by a visit from General Sam Houston, the hero of San Jacinto, one of the founders and the first President of the infant Republic of Texas. He was accompanied by the Hon

tants of the borough and the adjacent country. During the late war, in the year 1775, a company of riflemen formed from the back woodsmen of Virginia, were quartered here for some time: two of them alternately held a board only nine inches square between his knees, while his comrade fired a ball

Lancaster / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Jer^ome Bonaparte, 1784-1860. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1923 Description: 127-128 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society

public continued to manifest an interest in the affairs of Joseph Bonaparte is evident from the extract, from the Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, a newspaper published in Lancaster, Pa., under date of October 14, 1815: "It now appears that Joseph Bonaparte (Ex-King of Spain), after hi= late tour

cultivated fields. From the time we left Lancaster, we were on the great Pittsburgh road, which leads to Philadelphia, through the 'Great Val- ley,' as it is called; the land is for the most part excellent, yielding from 25 to 30 bushels of wheat, and 30 to 40 of Indian corn, to the acre. The farmers, in the

destructive rapidity. Six hundred and seventy- four buildings were destroyed, entailing a loss estimated at not less than fifteen million dollars. A meeting of citizens of Lancaster was held in the court house on Saturday, December 19th, for the purpose of adopting measures to afford relief to the sufferers