, pursuant to an order of the Board, was read in these words: "To the Honourable Patrick Gordon, Esqr., Lieut. Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, in Council. "Whereas, upon the Petition of the Magistrates, Grand Jury and other In- habitants of the County of Lancaster, presented to the Governour in

give to you the result of my inquiries concerning this subject. I know you will pardon all deficiencies. Dr. Julius F. Sachse, in his inter- esting article, entitled "Wayside Inns on the Lancaster Pike," published in volumes 21 and 22 of the proceedings of the Pennsylvania German Society, says that 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

TheBeginningsofArtificialRoadsin Pennsylvania. Some time ago I came across an article published in the Pennsylvania Gazette of February 20, 1772, signed " Clericus." It indicated that the first move looking towards the building of a turnpike from Philadelphia to Lan- caster had originated among the

Huffnagle, the first United States Consul to Calcutta, India. Dr. Huffnagle had secured many rare curios concerning the Indies and the Orient, and these were deposited in a large mansion built by him at New Hope, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. The Huffnagles had married into the family of Colonel Isaac Franks

of Pennsylvania. EDWARD HAND. JOHN HUBLEY. PAUL LANTZINGER. MATTHIAS SLOUGH. ABRAHAM WITMER, �file:///Volumes/LCHS%3BLCHSFS01/OCR%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Landis, Charles Israel, 1856-1932. Title: A list of the original Lancaster subscribers to the capital

.) Newspapers--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1908 Description: [71]-81 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 2 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.12 Location

, 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