was contributing to the comfort of those who came to do honor to her native city through the Lancaster Fencibles. She would always revert to that occasion with feelings of gratification and joy; and whenever she recalled this mark of esteem from her visitors, it would be to remember with gratitude

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

large towns, — owing to frequent emigrations, and the coming in and the going out of transient persons, — offences against the criminal laws, become more frequent than in the country. By reason whereof the time of the Court of Quarter Sessions is consumed in the trial and punish- ment of petty offences

controlled, the tavern and the dwellings of John Gonter, Jr. and Mr. Briggs, were destroyed. A committee was appointed in Lancaster to receive donations for the unfortunate individuals whose property was thus destroyed. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, November 22nd, 1822, stated that a total of $400.75 had

Report of Committee on Muhlenberg Tablet The tablet in memory of Henry E. Muhlenberg was placed on the Appel building, at the northeast corner of Duke and Grant Streets, on June 4th, 1929. The bronze tablet, 12 by 18 inches, from the Matthews Company, of Pittsburgh, cost $69. The bill was paid by

controlled, the tavern and the dwellings of John Gonter, Jr. and Mr. Briggs, were destroyed. A committee was appointed in Lancaster to receive donations for the unfortunate individuals whose property was thus destroyed. The Lancaster Journal of Friday, November 22nd, 1822, stated that a total of $400.75 had

Governor Clinton in Lancaster By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER E WITT CLINTON, statesman, was born in Orange county, New York, March 2nd, 1769; and died in Albany, New York, on February 11th, 1828. He served his native state in sev- eral offices throughout his life, having been a member of the state

Saturday, November 14th, 1801, contained the following: "A set of complete quarter races, of considerable consequence, will be commenced on Saturday next, the 21st instant, at Wallace's lane, on the Horse- shoe road, ten miles from Lancaster and two miles from New Holland. All honest sportsmen are invited

JOHN MARSHALL IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner John Marshall, one of the greatest among the great Virginians of his day and generation, won fame in a field in which there is but little of dramatic incident to relate,—that of the Supreme Court of the United States, of which, for more than

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