LANCASTER

a city of Pennsylvania, in Lancaster co., of which it is the county seat. It is on the Philadelphia and Reading and other railroads. It is the most important manufacturing center in the county and is an important tobacco market. Its other industries include cigar making, cattle raising and the manufacture of cotton goods, iron and steel goods, shoes, etc. Lancaster is the seat of Franklin and Marshall College. Among its public buildings are the Lancaster, St. Joseph and county hospitals, children’s home, Y.M. | C.A. building, and two libraries. ‘The city was settled in 1729 and from 1799 to 1812 was the State capital. It received a city charter in 1818. Congre sat here for a few days in 1777. Pop. 1920, 53,150.