HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY'S HIGHWAY SYSTEM (From 1714 to 1760) By H. FRANK ESHLEMAN The writer purposes to set forth and to discuss h erein, a history of the roa ds and ·highways of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1714 to 1760, that being the scope of the records of the said roads contained

creation of the county it is herein purposed to set forth the relations of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to the Province and later to the State of Pennsylvania and also to the Nation. We shall be able to show the remarkable service which this county contributed to province, state and nation, in our

his incumbency that a satisfactory estimate of his public service can only be ascertained by classifying it under its proper heads. We may, therefore, discuss this career under his labors in behalf of : (1) The Revenues, Finances and Fiscal Affairs of Pennsylvania, (2) The People's Rights and

NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM PENNSYLVANIA PACKET AND GENERAL ADVERTISER FROM NOV, 29, 1777, TO JUNE 17,• 1778, COLLECTED BY W. F. WORNER SUPPLEMENTARY TO SERIES OF H. FRANK ESHLEMAN. (Read Dec. 3, 1926.) In the series of Notes from the Pennsylvania Gazette contributed by H. Frank Eshleman to the

. The number of women voting at the different precincts were as follows: Adamstown Boro, 83; Akron Boro, 45; Hart Twp., 47; Brecknock Twp., (Bowmansville District), 21, and Muddy Creek, 6; Caernarvon Township, 60; Christiana Boro, 130; Clay Township, 44; Cocalico Township, East, 93; West Cocalico

Items of Local Interest from the Pennsylvania Gazette, from 1761 to 1770.1 BY H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, ESQ. 1761. The issue of January 15 recites that the French garrison at Detroit are at Lancaster, on their way to Philadelphia and also a number of the people that were prisoners there, are also in the