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

A LIST OF THE ORIGINAL LANCASTER SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND LANCASTER TURNPIKE. When I wrote my article on "The First Long Turnpike in the United States," I was convinced that somewhere among the almost forgotten records of the State there must be a list of the

, as the freight �car and locomotive are at the present time, concerning which I will dwell upon more specifically a little later on in this article. The charter for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company was granted April 9, 1792, and work com- menced upon the roadway the same year. It was

ownership of a great- grandson of David Witmer, towards whom its shafts are in part directed. The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company was chartered by the General Assembly of the State on April 9, 1792. The act of incorporation is called "An Act to enable the Gov- ernor of this Commonwealth to incor