the inhabitants number one hundred families, and forever thereafter, they shall be represented by four As- semblymen to be chosen by them- selves; that they shall have Courts in the town; and the county shall be named (this has never been filled in, in the original, or in the record at Philadelphia

Governor considered him as an obstrudtionist; and a person un- faithful to the government. This is why Wright resigned. The last court he held he gave a splendid charge to the grand jury, on the right of private citizens; and touched upon the sub- ject of the dispute between him and the Governor, which

Early Items of Lancaster County History A great deal of interest naturally attaches to the primitive affairs in our county and that is at present very rare—that is, because items have al- ready been written up. It is only by gathering up certain items that we can eventually expect to put together

EARLY LANCASTER TAX- ABLES--1754 r A document, entitled "The Return of the Borough of Lancaster, 1754," has just come to my hands. It has never been in print, and its contents are not recorded in any book of record in the Court House or elsewhere. It consists of five sheets of pa per, not bound

ought to have a record of its early facts. The article of December, 1910, brings the "items" down to 1738, and we shall now proceed with a narra- tion of the same down to the discon- tinuance of the paper. It is evident that the Proprietors had great difficulty in collecting their quit rents. In the

greater harmony and a more cheerful readiness to assist with what was in their power, than appeared on this o c -casion,whichwaschieflyowingto the affable and courteous behavior of our Governor."* June 6, 1728: "At a Court of Quarter Session of Philadelphia, held June 3, a charge was delivered from the

�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

Commissioners, empowered to erect Lancaster county, "shall purchase" a piece of land and erect "thereon a Court House, etc.," it appears that it was not completed for ten years later. Under date of No- vember 3, 1737, there is a record in the Commissioners' office that "The Com- missioners mett and considered

ITEMS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE CONCERNING LANCASTER COUNTY. In the October number of 1907, the December number of 1910, and the May number of 1913, of the proceedings of this Society, I gave installments in consecutive order of local Lancaster county news from 1719 to 1746 found in the American

ship Minerva, in charge of Captain Wise, brought the news of the repeal of the Stamp Act. When she landed and the King's printer read it aloud at the coffee house, wild huzzas rent the air ; and a delegation went down to wait on Captain Wise. A large bowl of punch was ready, and the captain was