Memorial pillar and tablet at 320 East Ross Street, Lancaster, marking the site of the country home of the Honorable George Ross (1730 - 1779), colonial statesman and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Erected 1897.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Page 61: Postcard of the home of George Ross at Rossmere.
Provenance
Album thought to belong to the family of Frank McMichael and his wife, Laura Sutter. They were orginally from the Quarryville area, but later moved to the city of Lancaster.
Photograph- Photograph of a portrait of George Ross, who represented Lancaster in the Continental Congress. From Collection of Congressmen representing Lancaster - members from Lancaster County through 1909 made by W. W. Griest.
Photograph- Photograph of a portrait of George Ross, who represented Lancaster in the Continental Congress. From Collection of Congressmen representing Lancaster - members from Lancaster County through 1909 made by W. W. Griest.
Description
Photograph of a portrait of George Ross, who represented Lancaster in the Continental Congress. From Collection of Congressmen representing Lancaster - members from Lancaster County through 1909 made by W. W. Griest.
Provenance
Presented to Lancaster County Historical Society in April 1943.
George Ross, Bucks County, Democrat. Died in 1894.
Provenance
Red leather album compiled by Henry Carter. Contains cabinet cards and carte de visites of the members of the Pennsylvania State Legislature who met in 1873 to revise the state constitution. Album was given by Henry Carter's daughter, Kate, to George W. Hensel, Jr. Mr. Hensel's wife donated the album to LCHS.
