indexed as to names. Much Lancaster County History appears in it. Volume 2 contains "Old Proprietary Rights" and seems to be limited to land in and about Philadelphia. Volume 3 is made up of warrants for Islands in the Susquehanna River from 1793 to 1812; and of Donation Lands to Revolutionary Soldiers

just east of what is now Strasburg, in the Pequea Valley, where they purchased 10,000 acres of some of the choicest agricultural land in the province. This was the first permanent settlement in what is now Lancaster county. This colony, many of which were perse- cuted Swiss Mennonites, and French

best road that leads from Phila- delphia to the Dutch settlements at Conestoga and Susquehanna, and is far more commodious for travelers, being dry, champion ground, and less injurious in ye said Valley than ye other road heretofore made use of." Here we have, in 1712, a statement that there was in use

. 170. �The Trade on the Susquehanna, as it existed about this time is discussed in Volume 2 p. 320. It there appears that agricultural products from Lancaster and other counties form a great part of the trade. The main trade however was exported from the upper counties. Union, Northumberland, Center

movement toward the organization of the county for defence he was elect- ed a member of the Committee on Ob- servation and Correspondence; he rep- resented Donegal in a provincial con- vention held in Philadelphia in 1775; he was Lieutenant of Lancaster county and as such was charged with grave and

later, as stated by Rev. Conrad Templeton, the present (6) limits of Lancaster County was known as Conestoga. In 1717 all of what is now Manor Township South of the Charleston road was surveyed and reserved as Penn's Conestoga Manor and since 1729 we have Lancaster County and then this was part of