Citizens of Lancaster Petition Legislature for a City Charter in 1798 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER T HE Lancaster Intelligencer and Journal of Tuesday, June 15th, 1841, announced that an old document—a petition for a char- ter to change Lancaster's form of government from that of a borough into a

United States Congress from 1789 to the present / by Hon. A. G. Seyfert. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Legislators--United States. Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1865-1950. Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1865. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1930

time as Lancaster was not incorporated as a city until March 20th, 1818. Mennonites of Donegal and Manor Townships Address Letter to Governor McKean By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER N March 11th, 1800, a number of Mennonites who resided in Donegal and Manor townships, Lancaster county, Pa., ad- dressed a

Executive Council, just two days after its first meeting, to act as secretary, a position he filled with ability. Colonel Matlack must have come to live in Lancaster about the time of the formation of the Supreme Executive Council in 1777, and according to Dr. A. M. Stackhouse, he remained here until his

most public parts of the said borough, the more effectually to secure themselves from the accidents of fire, which would unavoidably be attended with an expense too heavy to be borne by the mere sub- scription of individuals ;—and that the useful design of the several fire-companies in the said borough

the county seat and the site upon which Lancaster city later was to be built) was formally unveiled and presented to the people of Lancaster by Milton Thomas Garvin, prominent merchant, philanthropist and civic leader, in recognition of the sixtieth anniversary of his entrance into business. At a

A VISIT TO HISTORICAL SCENES* (Describing a visit to Lancaster, Pa., in July, 1926) By HARRY PRINGLE FORD It was a rare privilege recently to visit the attractive city of Lancaster, Pa., sixty-eight miles west of Philadelphia, with its wealth of historical asso- ciations and its many evidences of

officials, were among the group. Other citizens of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Guards were now in the party. At Glen Rock a fine band played "Home, Sweet Home," while many came forward to shake Buchanan's hand. Thirty-four guns were fired 1 From a paper published at Towson town, Maryland, preserved