LETTERS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner It was shortly after the defeat of the American army at Brandywine, in September, 1777, that the Continental Congress, as noble a legislative body as the world had ever seen, adjourned from Independence Hall in Philadelphia

THE MEETING OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN LANCASTER By Herbert H. Beck The Sesqui Centennial of the most notable part Lancaster has taken in national affairs is September 27. On that date 1777 the Continental Congress met in the Lancaster Courthouse, which stood in the center of Penn Square