connected with his more eminent brother, Andrew, in his vari- ous works, especially in surveying and plotting the city of Washington, and in running the boundary line between the States of Pennsylvania and New York. In 1797 he connected himself with the Holland Land Company and was for several years

Pennsylvanians, Benjamin Franklin, was the promoter and proprietor of the first printing establishment in the city of Lancaster. His name was not known in the matter at the time, and only came to light a few years ago through the discovery of certain legal documents drawn up at the time. Franklin had been doing

. Benton's mint- drops the only relief, and none in the market. �June 15—Began to dig on East Orange and Shippen streets to lay water pipes. July 3—Water was turned into the pipes on East Orange, Shippen and Lime streets. September 13—Frost in low places. 1838. March 29—Railroad bridge near Downingtown

Stephen Atkinson paid taxes, as may be seen by the assess- ment rolls, on land in Conestoga town- ship. (Ellis and Evans, p. 21). This seems to have been the first assess- ment. Taxes were paid by him in the same township in 1724-25, and on land in West Conestoga in 1720. A very wild, perilous tract it

, immediately west of what was then the banking house .of The Farmers' Bank of Lancaster,now Far- mers' Trust Company. In fact, it was the property lately purchased by Albert Hupper, confectioner. The dimen- sions of the lot were then as they are now, thirty-two feet two and one- quarter inches on East King