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Conestoga and Susquehanna. This or another early road entered what is now a part of this county near the Gap hills, and proceeded westward, through Strasburg, the Big Spring, and on to Conestoga River, "at the usual ford lead- ing to the Manor." It, therefore, may be fairly asserted that the first well

talent, and (here and there) by some acknowledged genius, such as Burns; a few communica- tions to the editors, and notices of marriages and deaths. Occasionally only a news item. We find that, "on the 7th inst. (of September, 1804), as Mr. James Coch- ran of this county was driving his team (the

Letters of Administration of the respective Counties." By the third sec- tion, the several officers, upon notice from the County Commissioners that such suitable buildings have been constructed, were directed to deposit and keep the records and papers of their office in said buildings, under a penalty of

minutes, to obtain their assistance in the premises." The Gen- eral Assembly evidently refused the petition, and no further action was taken by the county authorities as such. A little later, an attempt appears to have been made to accomplish the object by means of a lottery; but this effort must also

July, 1777, the first at- tempt was made to run stage wagons between these two places, and that it took two days to travel the distance of sixty miles. My investigations have led me to conclude that he is mistaken in this regard, and the rea- sons for such a conclusion are these: �The "Father Abraham

expose, if possible, the falsity of Mr. Dixon's claims before the evidence is lost or has been forgotten. Mr. .Stevens was born on April 4, 1792. He came to Pennsylvania about 1815, and he was admitted to the Bar of Adams county on September 24, 1816. While in Gettysburg, he had an office at the