REPORT ON THE TRUE CHARACTER, TIME AND PLACE OF THE FIRST REGULAR SETTLEMENT IN LANCASTER COUNTY. To the President and Members of the Lancaster County Historical So- ciety: Your Committee, after having given a great deal of attention to the subject referred to them, have decided to make report upon

boroughs of Lancaster County were erected into the Second Shcool District with powers and privileges and duties similar to those of the first district—to elect directors —erect houses—provide rules and government of schools—establish model school to qualify teachers—to publish an annual statement. They

Material: Book Subject(s): Conestoga Turnpike (Pa.)--History. Roads--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Maps. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1908 Description: [215]-232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal

): Courts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and government--To 1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: 416-430 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

' History of Lan- caster County, 202. (3) Statutes at Large, Vol. 4, page 133, Sec. 7. (1) Statutes at Large, Vol. 4, page 152, Sec. 2. (2) Statutes at Large, Vol. 4, p. 131. (3) Laws of Pa., Chap. 1171, Vol. 3. �A Picture of Those Early Times. What annual scenes these were! They began at the beginning of

settling in one place, here in Lancaster County. (Votes Assembly 1718). In 1728 the products from the Susquehanna Valley were mov- ing on to Philadelphia in Conestoga's wagons in great quantities and constancy, according to Samuel Blunston (1 Pa. Arch 216). By 1755 it was stated, as we shall see later

. Frank Eshleman, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Edwards, Thomas, 1673-1764. Judges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1909 Description: [111]-127 p

documents--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History --18th century. Tax assessment--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History --18th century. Land grants--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--18th century. Deeds--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--18th