Downing was not unknown in this city. On April 1, 1830, James Buchanan and John Reynolds, admin- istrators of Jasper Slaymaker, de- ceased, conveyed the tavern property on East King street, which was for merly known as the "Pennsylvania Arms," to him and Jonathan Miller, and on August 19, 1835, David

James Hamilton laid out the townstead of Lancaster, and when, on the formation of the county, it was fixed upon as the county town, necessity, of course, arose for more direct communication between the provincial capital and the new town. A movement was, there- fore, started with a view of securing a

. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Witmer, Abraham. Bridges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Conestoga Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.) Witmer's Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1916 Description: 155-174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Marketplaces--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Municipal buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: [105]-122 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series

, Alexander, 1788-1848. Bradford, Ebenezer, 1746-1801. Harper, A. L. (Alexander L.), 1793-1875. Patterson, David Watson, 1815-1892. McMullen, David, 1844- Brubaker, Henry Clay, 1843-1899. Hassler, Aaron Bilyeu, 1860- Courts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster

Creek in the Township of Strasbur g in Chester County survey'd 23- of 8br 1710 Isaac Taylor Nothingpaidon theIc(obl.) 2120 �of Conestogoe, near the head of Pequea Creek. The following order was then issued: "Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1710. "By a warrant from the Commissioners of Property, dated the Eighth

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

. 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