Iroquois having obtained fire-arms from the Dutch, drove their enemy Indians to the Susquehanna this year. V. 5 p. 130. 1687 A temporary or preliminary road was opened between the Schuylkill and Susquehanna this year Penn, speaking of his proposed city on the Susque- hanna where Manor Township now lies

names are hereto subscribed do severally agree to pay the sums affixed to our respective names to the committee of the county of Lancaster for the relief of the distresses of the poor inhabitants of the town of Boston £. s. d. £. s. d. William Wright 0 10 0 Ed. Gruber 0 10 0 Joseph Wright 0 20 0 John

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

Europe until at last the outlet to America was opened as the only avenue of escape in the dawn of the eighteenth century. �PART TWO. Who These Pioneers of Lancaster County Were and Where They Came From. These ancient Godly fathers who first took up their abode at Pequea, the earliest settlement within

.)--History--17th century--Errors, inventions, etc. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1925 Description: 33-36 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 3 Notes: Book entitled "Memoirs of an unfortunate young nobleman, returned from a

, vol. 1, p. 1S2. �visit of a white man to our great Sus- quehanna valley that is known. It will be a matter of curious in- terest to us, I trust, to know that nearly half a century before Penn ap- peared practically the whole of what is now Lancaster county was sold by the natives—first in 1637 to the

(d) FOUR GREAT SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Among the Taylor Papers in the Manuscript Department of the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania, are found (with a great number of others) four great surveys of lands in Lancaster County, which may well challenge our interest and which are of great value

--Pennsylvania. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1910 Description: 293-300 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 14, no. 10 Call Number: 974.9 L245

.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1909 Description: [237]-254 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 13, no. 9 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.13 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room