Capital of the United States for one day, Lancaster was founded in 1730. On September 27th, 1777, Hickory Town, as it was once known, became the colonial seat as the government retreated from occupied Philadelphia. History repeated in 1812 when the Commonwealth chose Harrisburg as the state capitol. The city was named for the House of Lancaster…England by English transplant John Wright. Hence the city seal, found in the center of the cover, with its abstracted English red rose shape surrounding a shield. That shield has a crown at the top, the word Sewer replacing a covered wagon below, circles replacing a plow and three sheaves of wheat. Larger circles surround the seal and lay within a 24-segmented wagon wheel array. You can find this one at 10 North Market Street.