John Myer George Krug George Musser C. Hager South-east Ward. Jacob Demuth J. F. Heinitsh South-west Ward. E. C. Reigart Henry Carpenter North-west Ward. C. Keefer Adam Diller �It was stated that donations of wheat, flour, etc., from people in Lancaster county who felt disposed to aid the sufferers in

farmers, and to harry the country at their pleasure. At Elkton, the inhabitants emptied their stores and concealed the merchandise in the country. The specie was taken to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Lancaster Journal of Thursday, May 13th, 1813, stated, in an editorial, that "Cockburn threatens to

unanimously approved, entitled "The Memorial of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the County of Lancaster, in the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania" ; and was addressed to "The Honorable the Congress of the United States." The memorial, which closed with this statement, was published in the Lancaster Journal of

defense of their country, as a part of the quota of Pennsylvania." The offer of the Lancaster county companies was not accepted for this emergency, which called into service about 2,409 volun- teer militia of Pennsylvania for service on Lake Erie and the Niagara frontier.4 The purposes of the government