home in Pennsylvania, largely in Lancaster county. 2. Who These Pioneers of Lancas- ter County Settlement Were; and Where They Came From. 3. When They Began the Settle- ment of Lancaster County; and, 4. With Exactness, Where They First Settled in This County. PART ONE. The European Historical

was the favor- ite son in the new county, and for Assembly received the highest vote. John Wright had lost his popularity. He was a member of Assembly in 1726; but was defeated in 1727 and In 1728. In 1729 he received a small vote, compared with Edwards. James Mitchel and Thomas Read were the other

Philadelphia County out- side of that city. Thus as our capital town had according to the census of 1800 a population of 4,300, it had in 1814 perhaps 5,000 people, and as the estates in the town were then very modest compared with the fine holdings of the farmers round about, we can say that the great rural

�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

finish ye same before ye first day of May." And May 7, 1739, a janitor was appointed, John Young. Its General Appearance. This Court House, located in the centre of the Square, was a two-storied brick building. It was neither large nor commodious. The lower room was the Court room. It was paved with

references to Lancaster County, from 1682 to 1750, noted in the Statutes at Large, the Colonial Records, the First Series of Pennsylvania Archives and the Votes of Assembly, to that date. Prior to the date of the Sesqui Centennial, July 4, 1926, our Society ought to bring to light all of our county's history

Of- fice, was on board with a telegraph ap- paratus, to be used in case of accident: Locomotives were also stationed at Parkesburg and Lancaster. The Centenary Observance. This ends the first part of the task which was assigned to me by the so- ciety. It may be well to add here, briefly, since the