Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Capitals (Cities) Washington (D.C.) United States--Capital and capitol. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1900-1901. Description: [57]-67 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 3 and 4 Call Number: 974.9

the convention. The purpose was to con- sider making the Susquehanna river navigable from the mouth of the Jun- iata to Wright's Ferry. Committees were appointed to receive subscrip tions and use their best endeavors to advance the cause. The delegates present at the convention srom Lan- caster county

parts of the said County, especially, from the Borough of Lancaster, to Philadelphia, is by the constant use of it with heavy Loaded Carriages, and by its being laid in many places on very bad ground, now rendered al- most impassable, and is attended in many parts of it with such Danger and Difficulty

city is left to conjecture. How long he remained in the river town and when he came to Lancaster is unknown. The first contemporary notice we have of Mr. Armstrong dates back to December, 1849, which reads as fol- lows: "We were very much gratified with a recent visit we paid to the gal- lery of Mr