The Public Career of John Wright, Esq. John Wright, Esq., of Columbia, on the Susquehanna, was the acknowl- edged and unquestioned "father" or Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. By unanimous consensus of authoritative opinion, and by common consent, this name and title belong to him and his memory

�Bucks Countians lodged as follows: Isaac Van Horne at Nauman's and Ralph Stone and James Erwin at John Musser's corner of East Orange and Lime Streets and Gerardus Wynkoch at Judge Henry's. The Chester County legislators divided: Jos. Hemphill lodged at A Scott's on Orange Street; Jas. Hannum at

, November 29, 1777 On Sunday the 23rd instant died at this place, Joseph Parker, Esquire, many years a member of the General assembly of Pennsylvania, also a mem- ber of the late committee of Safety and of the Committee of. Inspection for the City of Philadelphia; and on Tuesday the 25th his remains were

: Assembly, Emanuel Carpenter, Isaac Saunders, Jacob Webb and James Wright. Sheriff, Wm. Smith and John Hay. Coroner, Mathias Slough and Robert Fulton. This was Robert Fulton's father. He died about 1768; and it is well known that he was more than ordinarily active in public affairs. In the issue of October

, printer of the Mercury, wrote: "Our General Assembly are now sitting and we have great expectation from them at this juncture that they will find some ef- fectual remedy to revive the dying credit of this province and restore us to our former happy circumstan- ces." For this he was called before the

county's part in forming and laying out the great framework of early constitu- tional government was performed. May 19, 1739, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, made up of the Lieu- tenant Governor and the representa- tives of the freemen, under the appro- bation of the King, passed an Act, pro- viding