indexed as to names. Much Lancaster County History appears in it. Volume 2 contains "Old Proprietary Rights" and seems to be limited to land in and about Philadelphia. Volume 3 is made up of warrants for Islands in the Susquehanna River from 1793 to 1812; and of Donation Lands to Revolutionary Soldiers

. 170. �The Trade on the Susquehanna, as it existed about this time is discussed in Volume 2 p. 320. It there appears that agricultural products from Lancaster and other counties form a great part of the trade. The main trade however was exported from the upper counties. Union, Northumberland, Center

later, as stated by Rev. Conrad Templeton, the present (6) limits of Lancaster County was known as Conestoga. In 1717 all of what is now Manor Township South of the Charleston road was surveyed and reserved as Penn's Conestoga Manor and since 1729 we have Lancaster County and then this was part of

shown by the lengthy petition and remonstrance of the Freeholders and other irhabitants of Lancaster County, addresed to the public protesting the proposed division of Lancaster County and setting forth among other t hings—that the present state of the country at large, when the public de- mands

committee and very few persons had seen any of them. The tumult after a time subsided somewhat, and the com- panies proceeded to their exercises, though they mustered but thinly. Some other violence happened on their return after being dismissed by their officers, but these things we hope to be spared the