, pursuant to an order of the Board, was read in these words: "To the Honourable Patrick Gordon, Esqr., Lieut. Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, in Council. "Whereas, upon the Petition of the Magistrates, Grand Jury and other In- habitants of the County of Lancaster, presented to the Governour in

--Pennsylvania--History. Coaching--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Transportation--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1915 Description: 127-152 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 5 Call

stock of the Philadelphia Turnpike / by Charles I. Landis. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Roads--Pennsylvania--History. Stocks--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: 93-100 p. ; 23 cm

"Judge E. G. Bradford, of York," and states that his "remains were accompanied to the grave by a portion of his bereaved family and a numerous concourse of friends." Pennsylvania Hall, which was opened in 1831, is one of the leading hotels in Pottsville. Judge Bradford was in- terred in an old cemetery

of Philadelphia crosses the same," praying that a law, entitled "An Act establishing a ferry and building a bridge across Conestogoe Creek, in the county of Lancaster" might be passed. Abraham Witmer at that time must have resided on the east side of the Conestogoe. As shown by the records, he owned

MADAME MARY FERREE AND THE HUGUENOTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY As we gaze over the beautiful landscape which surrounds this spot, memory unconsciously turns back to a far-off time, when a handful of French emigrants took up their abode upon it. To this land they came to better their condition and in

Tuesday in November next, all offices attached to the seat of (the) government of the State of Pennsylvania shall be removed to the Borough of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster by their respective holders, and shall after the first Tuesday in November next cease to be •exercised elsewhere, and shall

. Charles I. Landis. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Roads--Pennsylvania--History. Roads--Pennsylvania--Design and construction. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919 Description: 99-107 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 23, no. 6

rendered, and that every one was satisfid as to their correctness, and they, therefore, waived the filing of an account. Edward Hand Brien died in Lancaster on June 27, 1834, leaving his estate to his mother for life, and providing that, after her death, $10,000 should go to his aunt, Mary Hand, and the

from the Borough of Lancaster, where the courts of justice were held and the offices were kept, by an Act of Assembly passed January 27, 1749, Cumbcrland County was created. Governor Hamilton then appointed Trent one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the new county