. About 1802 he obtained an appointment as teacher of a school at Kingsessing, near Philadelphia. It was here that he formed the acquaintance of William Bartram, the naturalist, and Alexander Lawson, the engraver, whose tastes and instructions were invaluable in stimulating his own aspirations. He became

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

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

their being in the little river borough. And then, too, he brings to our attention ancient landmarks of his day and generation. It is an alluring picture; and most interesting of all is that part of the canvas on which are portrayed distinguished men and women who visited Columbia or stopped in the town

may have said so, but we rather think the enemy has added a little, because they would take pride in the folly that would attempt it. He, however, said something about cutting it down, while lie sat safe and snug in his car, to which a boy replied that 'he must grin the bark off it first.' We are

great throng of people gathered in and about the old court house that stood in Penn square, to greet the visitors. In the assemblage was a delegation of more than one hundred persons from the borough of Columbia, accompanied by a brass band. The Intelligencer and Journal for Tuesday, July 11, 1848

idea of both languages. They still retain many characteristics of their ancestors ; such as frugality, plain- ness in dress, etc. "At our first concert, three clownish-looking fellows came into the room, and, after sitting a few minutes, (the weather being warm, not to say hot) very composedly took off

, in charge service of the French Republic, together with other French citizens and ladies of note. They put up at the tavern kept by Matthias Slough. Some of the local inhabitants, as we hear, paid their respects to them. Jerome Bonaparte appears to be about 22 [He was 19] years of age. On Sunday they

through Philadelphia and Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills, has returned by the way of Lancaster [Pennsylvania], to New York, and taken up hi= residence at the house near that city where Lord Courtenay lately dwelt This house, with handsomely improved grounds, is about nine or ten mile �from New York and

Population in 1800 4,292 Increase 1,116 These statistics were also published in the Lancaster Journal of Saturday, November 17th, 1810. Lancaster in 1820 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A DAM HODGSON, an Englishman, toured the United States and Canada in the year 1820. When he returned to his native