intersection of King and Queen Streets, was deeded by Andrew Hamilton and wife to the commissioners (Ed- wards included) in trust for the use of the people of Lancaster County.9 The first session of court to be held in Lancaster took place in November, 1730; however, there is nothing to show at what build- ing

Commissioners, empowered to erect Lancaster county, "shall purchase" a piece of land and erect "thereon a Court House, etc.," it appears that it was not completed for ten years later. Under date of No- vember 3, 1737, there is a record in the Commissioners' office that "The Com- missioners mett and considered

more likely that the tavern was so changed as to make it convenient for the purpose of holding the Courts, and this conclu- sion has, I think, been generally adopted. I find in the minute book of the Commissioners of Lancaster county, under date of February 4, 1729, the following entry: "Ordered that