- Author
- Clark, Martha Bladen.
- Date of Publication
- 1916
, or by both, sometime between
the years 1729 and 1732. On May 12,
1740, it was incorporated as a borough,
and the charter was signed 'by George
Thomas, Lieutenant Governor of the
Province. Thomas Cookson was the
first chief burgess. On August 19,
1742, James Hamilton, by indenture,
recorded in this