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— Understanding the past through primary sources, analysis, and debateDuring the American Revolution, the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Served as the United States' Capital for Just One Day
A frantic warning from Alexander Hamilton, who’d just lost his horse to British gunfire, sent Congress fleeing Philadelphia on a 180-mile detour to avoid capture. They landed in Lancaster for one courthouse session before deciding even that wasn’t safe enough.
— via Smithsonian — History
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