The news article opens by discussing the history of public executions, “conducted with a view to inspire awe fear in the hearts of the citizens” (Sunday News). The article goes on to mention that the early executions carried out in Lancaster occurred when the city was called “Hickory Town.” That signifies that the “one or two” executions that occurred while Lancaster was called “Hickory Town” took place before 1729. This relates to my first primary source, the list of Public Executions: 1688-1834, as the document recorded seven people who were executed in Chester County before 1729. This could mean that the "one or two" people executed when Lancaster was referred to as "Hickory Town" could have been listed as executions within Chester County before 1729.

The document also mentions that executions were carried out “in the vacant lot adjoining what was then the Mennonite Graveyard in the block bounded by Duke and Lime, and Chestnut and Walnut streets” (Sunday News). The article also vaguely mentions that “others were hanged on the present site of Franklin and Marshall College” and that “on several occasions, the event took place on what is now Buchanan Park” (Sunday News). This source mentions that executions took place at both the present-day locations of Buchanan Park and Old Main, quelling the debate over whether all executions occurred solely at one site. The article also specifies that those executed in Lancaster were hung, which tells us the specific way people were executed.

The article also mentions “the last half-dozen to suffer public death punishment were hanged on what was then known as the ‘Old Race Ground’ in the northwestern section of the city” (Sunday News). The document also informed me that “Daniel Sheaffer” was the last person to be publically executed and that he was executed at the "Old Race Ground."

This document informed me that there were other execution sites in Lancaster besides Old Main and Buchanan Park. However, the article did not specify who was executed at any of these locations, nor does it specify when these executions occurred. If that information was provided I would have been able to corroborate it with the other primary document listing the names and dates of all those publicly executed in Pennsylvania between 1688-1834.