- defined road or combination of roads from Philadelphia to Lancaster county was known, at least in part, as "The Great Conestoga Road." The town of Lancaster had then no existence, and the road to which I refer ran considerably to the south of where that town was afterwards located; but, when Andrew and

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

same on July 31, 1766, the following ad- vertisement appeared in the Pennsylvania Journal : �The members of the Juliana Library Company in Lancaster are desired to meet on the 15th day of September next at the Library Room at three o'clock in the afternoon to chuse directors, treasurer and librarian

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struck off and dispersed through the county. We flatter ourselves, Gentlemen, we need use no arguments in vindi- cation of the measure adopted. Our most excellent Charter of Privi- leges in the very first paragraph was a plain directory for the conduct of the committee. "No one shall be molested or

I. EXTRACTS FROM MORAVIAN DIARIES AT BETHLEHEM (Relating to Early Events in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Made by Dr. John W. Jordan and Sent by Him to Hon. Charles I. Landis, at Lancaster, Pa. DIARY I. 1768 Feby. 12 Hopson & Henry with 2 other citizens settled a dispute with Mel- choir Schneieder and