Ferry in Philadelphia county, have taken no care to mend the said Common Road, under a Pretence that it was never Recorded any where, Neither at Philadelphia, nor at Chester, by which Means the said Road is Become very Dangerous to travel with Waggons by Night and by Day, very much to the Detriment of

farm in West Whiteland township, Chester county, and on Sep- tember 11, 1777, when the Battle of Brandywine was fought, and a few days succeeding, a part of the British army camped upon it and committed considerable depredations thereon. His claim, as well a) that of his son, James, was afterwards

struck off and dispersed through the county. We flatter ourselves, Gentlemen, we need use no arguments in vindi- cation of the measure adopted. Our most excellent Charter of Privi- leges in the very first paragraph was a plain directory for the conduct of the committee. "No one shall be molested or

gunsmith. He was a brother of William Henry, and was for several years one of the justices of the county courts. He died intestate in 1777. His interest in this property descended to his wife and their three minor children. On August 24, 1778, Peter Lane conveyed his undivided half to Elizabeth Henry, the

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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

on February 19, 1777. He was educated at Dartmouth College, graduating in the class of 1796. I am not certain when or where he was first admitted to the Bar. He was, however, admitted at Philadel- phia on March 1, 1802, and on Febru- ary 14, 1814, at the first Court held at Miffiinburg, Union county

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