AN EARLY ROAD PETITION. It is hardly necessary for me to say to this audience that the earliest roads used by the first settlers in this country were probably the paths trav- ersed by the Indians in going to and fro over the country, and that when real wagon roads were "laid out," as it was called

A PETITION FROM MARTIC TOWNSHIP. To understand more fully the griev- ances which caused it to be signed and presented, it will be necessary to go back a year or two. In the spring of 1776 the Continental Congress advised each colony and province to take immediate measures to frame a new form of

Note: The Frederick S. Brown Collection contains tax receipts, bonds, and letters belonging to Mr. Brown. Also, an agreement for the sale of land along the Susquehanna River. Creator: Brown, Frederick Street, 1875-1936. Conditions for Access: No restrictions. Conditions Governing Reproductions