. The story of Lancaster: old and new; being a narrative history of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, form 1730 to the centennial year 1918 . ozen banks, and almost as many trust com-panies all on a safe foundation and, it is to be hoped,will so continue. Not only have city people placed their trust inbanks, but the rural population as well, consideringthat almost every town in the county has its bank,with dividend coming to the investor semi-annually. Although the burgesses, during their seventy-sixyears of rule, had occasion every now and then tosunmion the butchers, breadbakers, chapmen andothers be
. The story of Lancaster: old and new; being a narrative history of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, form 1730 to the centennial year 1918 . ozen banks, and almost as many trust com-panies all on a safe foundation and, it is to be hoped,will so continue. Not only have city people placed their trust inbanks, but the rural population as well, consideringthat almost every town in the county has its bank,with dividend coming to the investor semi-annually. Although the burgesses, during their seventy-sixyears of rule, had occasion every now and then tosunmion the butchers, breadbakers, chapmen andothers before them for wrong-doing, the recordsalso contain one charge against the PennsylvaniaLegislature! It will be recalled that this state repre-sentative body held its sessions in the court housefrom 1799 to 1812. As the Corporation Bookshows, this distinguished assembly had gone theirway to Harrisburg without first having paid fivepounds rent for the use of a ten-plate wood stovein the court house. So annoyed were the burgessesover the Legislatures neglect to pay the five poundsoverdue, as to cause the clerk to present a bill to. OLD COLONIAL FIREPLACE
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