. The act states that, "Whereas, by the act to which this is a supplement, Abraham Witmer, of the county of Lancaster, was authorized to erect, and in pursuance of that authority did erect, a bridge over the Conestogoe Creek on the great road leading from the City of Philadelphia to the bor- ough of

McDowell, and he launched his paper with the following announcement: "The first number of The Hive is offered to the ladies and gentlemen of Lancaster and its vicinity as a speci- men. The editor or some person au- thorized by him will call in the course of a few days on those subscribers who have not yet

OCCASIONED BY A PETITION TO ASSEMBLY FOR A TURNPIKE-ROAD FROM PHILADELPHIA TO WRIGHTS- FERRY ON SUSQUEHANNA, HUMBLY ADDRESSED TO THE TRUE FRIENDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Having long observed, with real concern, that our Inattention to the Im- provement of Public Roads and other Inland Communications, between the

BENJAMIN WEST AND HIS VISIT TO LANCASTER. By Hon. Charles I. Landis. How history is falsified by careless writers is proverbial. An illustration of this well-known fact will be seen in the recent History of Lancaster County, wherein it is stated that the first Court House built in Lancaster in

Tuesday in November next, all offices attached to the seat of (the) government of the State of Pennsylvania shall be removed to the Borough of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster by their respective holders, and shall after the first Tuesday in November next cease to be •exercised elsewhere, and shall

army. The houses, every night, are filled with soldiers. The whole Militia from Lancaster, which the previous week marched off to Philada., ran away from there and came back again. This was taken very much amiss of them. Feb'y 17 Gen. Roberdeau's wife was today buried in Presbyterian church- yard. The

THE FIRST LONG TURNPIKE IN THE UNITED STATES. PART I. THE KING'S HIGHWAY. A HISTORY of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike seems to me to involve the whole early system of transportation in this Colony and State from Philadelphia to the West, and I have, therefore, concluded that the most

, and he was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in June, 1786, and to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on January 8, 1787. He began the practice of the law at Sun- bury, and then coming to Lancaster, he was admitted there at the May term of 1787. He was a delegate to the Constitutional

same on July 31, 1766, the following ad- vertisement appeared in the Pennsylvania Journal : �The members of the Juliana Library Company in Lancaster are desired to meet on the 15th day of September next at the Library Room at three o'clock in the afternoon to chuse directors, treasurer and librarian