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Walton David, boarding house, 11 S High.

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BOIOIICH OF VEST CIESTBI.

COStTAlNING A

COMPLETE BISTORT OF THE BOROUGH

I'ROii Its first SETTtEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME, THE NAMES OF ALL THE INHABITANTS, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, THEIB OCCUPATIONS^ PLACES OF BUSINESS, AND DWELLING HOUSES j ALSO, A LIST OF THE STREETS, LANES, AND ALLEYS OF THE 'BOROUGH; STATISTICS OP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS ; THE LOCATION AND TIME OF HOLDING SERVICE IN THE CHURCHES; THE TIJiE OF ARRIVAL AND DEPAR- TURE OF THE DIFFERENT STA- GES; THE TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING OP THE VA- RIOUS SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.

A.LSO, THE CARDS OP THE PRINCIPAL MilRCHANW* ARTIZANS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN OF

THE BOROUGH.

WOOD & JAMES Publishers.

WEST CHESTER :

&. f. JAMBS, BOOK, CARD & JOB PRlNTEK,

No. 80 East Gat Stbett.

1867.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

WOOD & JAMES,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the ITnited States, in and for the Eastern Dist^ct of Peni^ylvania.

TO THE PUBLIC.

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In presenting this Volume to the Public, we send

with it our warmest thanks to our friends, who have

so, liberally patronized us in our undertaking; and

while we hope that,, what we ourselves have ddhe will

prove satisfactory, we can not doubt but that the well

written and perfectly authentic History of our now

beautiful and thriving Borough, collected and prepared

expnessly for this work, by the '^Oldest Inhabitant,'^

will be a source of delight and pleasure to all who read

its pages.

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fflSTORICAL SKETCH

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ORIGIN AND PROGRESS

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BORO IH OP WEST CHESTER , PI.

BY THE OLDEST INHABITANT.

OUB Village having attained to a size and con- dition which suggest the utility of a Business Direc- tory^ for the information and convenience of all con- cerned, or in any wise connected with the place, - an enterprising Firm have undertaken to provide such a Manual, in the trust and expectation that the procedure will be appreciated and sustained by a dis- cerning public. They believed, moreover, that ad- ditional interest might be imparted to the work - in the estimation of those, at least, who are inquisitive, and curious in such matters - by prefixing a hriQi His- torical Sketch of our County Seat, - exhibiting the more remarkable incidents in its career, from its foun- dation to the present time. An Essay at such a Sketch is here submitted.

WEST CHEST

The County Town and seat of Justice of Chester County, Pennsylvania, is in Latitude 39^ 57' 31''.3 North, and Longitude 1° 24' 57'' Bast of Washington City, or 75° 36' 32".7 West from Greenwich, near London.

The exact position of the Borough, or rather of the Court House, was ascertained in 1843, by E. W. Beans, then Principal of the Public School, in West Chester, and Walter Hibbard, Surveyor and Conveyancer, of the same place.

It is situated on the watershed, or dividing ridge, between the Brandjrwine and Chester Creek, two miles from the former stream, near one of the sources of the latter - five miles South of the great Lime- stone or Chester Valley ; twenty-three miles West of the original city of Philadelphia; about sixteen miles North of Wilmington, Delaware ; and about 456 feet above tide.

The geological formation, on which the Borough stands, is primitive - chiefly Gneiss, and Sienitic Trap, or Greenstone, - with large beds or banks of Ser- pentine rock in the vicinity. The soil ig a stifiSsh clayey loam ; and tolerably fertile under good man- agement.

Chester was thejSr^^ organized of the three origi- nalcounties (namely, Chester, Philadelphia, and Bucks) of the Province of Pennsylvania, granted to William Penn by royal charter, dated March 4, 1681.

Those three counties were located along the right margin of the Delaware Eiver, and extended indefi- nitely into the interior.

The western boundary of Chester County was e&-

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tablishcd by the erection of the C!ounty of Lancaster, May 10, 1729, and the Northern and North Western, by the erection of Berks County, March 11, 1762*

Philadelphia County formed the North Eastern and Eastern boundary of the original Chester County, until the establishment of Montgomery, September 10, 1784, and of Delaware, September 26, 1789, - at which dates, respectively, the former became the boundary on the North East, and the latter on the East and South East of the present County of Chester.

The Southern limits were determined by the seg- ment of a circle, of twelve miles radius from the Court House at New Castle, so far as the State of Delaware is concerned - and by the famous Line of Mason fy Dixon, on the parallel of 39° 43' 26.3'' North, between Pennsylvania and Maryland, (a)*

The Town of Chester, situated at the mouth of Chester Creek, on the right bank of Delaware river, was the first seat of Justice of the County. The earliest European settlers there, were chiefly Swedes , who named the place Upland ; and the first Court of which there is any record extant, was held there, by Justices of the Peace, on the 13th of September, 1681. Upland is first denominated Chester, on this ancient record, at the February term, in 1682 ; and the fii-st Legislative Assembly of the Province met at Chester on the fourth of December, in the same year. Wil- liam Penn, the Proprietary, presided in person, at the Court held there, on the "27th of the 4th month called June, 1683."

The Village or Borou^ of Chester, although lo- cated at the extreme South Eastern border of a large County - continued to be the seat of Justice for more than a century. But a sense of its inconveni- ence, to the great ms^jority of the people, at length induced a vigorous effort for its removal to a more

* The Notes^ iadieated by letters of the alpl)Lal>et, wiU be found at the end of this Bketefa.

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-central position. That effort was strenuously resisted \^ the inhabitants of Chester, - especially by that a3bss who derived their chief sustenance from the gleanings incident to a County seat ; and the contro- versy was maintained with varjdng success, and much acrimony, for several years.

The first regular movement for a new seat of Jus- tice, appears to have been an act of Assembly, passed March 20, 1780. It authorized William Clingan, Thomas Bull, John Kinkead, Roger Kirk, John Sel- lars, John Wilson, and Joseph Davis, or any four or more of them, to build a new Court House and Prison in the County of Chester, and to sell the old Court House and Prison, in the Borough of Chester. Those gentlemen - being either negligent, or more probably, a majority of them opposed to the project - failed to perform the duties assigned to them by the act ; and a Supplement was enacted on the 22nd of March, 1784, authorizing John Hannum Esq., Isaac Taylor Esq., and John Jacobs, or any two of them, to carry the aforesaid Act into execution. These three Com- missioners were earnest removalists, and went to work -with a will. They were restricted, by the "Supple- ment," from erecting the buildings at a greater dis- tance than one mile and a half from the Turk's Head tavern. In the township of Goshen. (6)

Tradition says, that this distance was named at the instance of Col. Hannum, a shrewd politician, who was of opinion that it would allow the Public Build- ings to be located on his own lands, lying on the left bank of the Brandywine, near the junction of the Yalley Creek with that stream. The tradition is for- tified by tiie circumstance, that the ''Supplement" fur- ther required the said buildings to be '*to the West or -South West of said Turk's Head tavern, and on or aear the straight line from the ferry, called the corpo- ration ferry, on Schuylkill, to the village of Stras- fcurgh;" which "straight line" would pass through, or

8 HISTORY OP WEST CHESTEai.

very near to the Coloners land. But he was mistak- en in the distance ; for his premises proved to be more than two miles from the Turk's Head,

The mistake, however, did not prevent the Com- missioners from going on with the woric. They con- tracted for the site, near the Turk's Head tavern, where the Court House now stands, and commenced the buildings (viz: a Court House and Prison adja- cent to each other, and connected by the jail yard,) in the summer of 1784. Colonel Hannum, - who was the master spirit of the enterprise, and the real founder of West Chester (Cestriacae "primus pater urbis et auctor",) - took care to be an extensive Lot and Land-holder, and also a builder of houses, con- tiguous to the adopted site.

The colonel was a sort of County Autocrat, - and, for a long time, managed matters pretty much in his own way. He built the old Washington Hotels on High Street, with only a narrow alley between it and the Court House ; and with a view to secure the pa- tronage of the Judges to the Hotel, he projected a kind of gallery, or passage way, from the second story, across the alley into the Hall of Justice, for the ac- commodation of their Honors : and even went so far toward eflFecting an opening, as to remove some stones from the Court House wall, - when the County Com- missioners mustered courage enough to forbid further operations. The gaps made in the wall, testified to the presumptuous liberty thus taken, for many years, until the exterior of the old building was renovated by a rough coat of plastering, and pebble-dashing.

While these proceedings were in train, at the Turk's Head, the worthy Burghers of ancient Upland were concocting a violent opposition to what they naturally regarded as an injurious, if not ruinous project. The operations of the workmen^ at the new Public Build- ings, were suspended by the ensuing winter, before the walls were quite completed j and the lunctions of

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the Commissioners, themselves, were interrupted by an act of Assembly, obtained on the 30th of March, 1785, to suspend the Supplement which authorizecJ them ! It would seem that the popular breeze of the* Commonwealth, in those days, blew pretty much after the manner of a Monsoon ; and the assembled wis- dom, in the Hall of Legislation, had a very signifi- cant emblem on the spire of the cupola above th«m. When the Uplanders foijnd the removal project tiius^ checked, by the suspending act, they took fresh cour- age, and indulged the hope that the whole sch«me» might yet be defeated.* To make assurance doubly sure, they deemed it best to demolish the work already done - and thereby remove all pretext for going on with it, at a future day. Accordingly, they mustered their forces, - and being provided with a field piBce,. «, barrel of whiskey, and other warlike munitions, thejr /took up the line of march toward the Turk's^ Bead',. in order to batter down the unfinished .wall& of th(> new Court House and Prison. This was a critical .epoch in the history of our venerable Bailiwicfc.

The Turk's Head people made vigorous prepara*- tions for defence. The vicinage was aroused, and ransacked for arms and ammunition; old Thomas- Beaumont (long afterward known as a faithful Pfeace- oflScer, in our Borough,) rode all night, among the farm-houses of Goshen and Bradford, collecting pow- der and lead ; the walls were duly manned ; and the anxious public of Chester County stood in breathless expectation of a renewal of the terrific scenes form- erly enacted at Port Christina, by the Knickerbock- ers and the Swedes.

When the Uplanders, or Old Chester people^ came in sight of the works, and found them garrisoned by numerous sturdy retainers of Hannum and his col- leagues, - the ^ better part of valor," suggested the propriety of a parley, before resorting to the ultimoi tatio.

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An armistice accordingly took place, itnd negotia< tiona were entered into on the spot, in order to pre- vent the eflfiision of blood, and other calamities. Neither Protocols nor diplomatic correspondence have come down to us, to show the precise character of the negotiation ; but tradition informs us, that the Turk's Head people finally consented to wait for the sanction of the Legislature, before proceeding further with the public buildings, and in consequence thereof, the portentous meeting terminated in a grand pacific Jol- lification; - ^such as would startle the ^'Tee-totallers^^ of our day.

It appears, moreover, that our Law-givers, at the ensuing session, once more changed their minds, on the subject, - and passed another act in favor of the removal party.

On the 18th of March, 1786, the suspending act was repealed by one with the following curiously iter- ative title, viz : "An act to repeal an act intitled an act to suspend an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, intitled an act to enable William Clingan, &c." This repealing act settled the contro- versy. The three Commissioners, appointed by the aforesaid Supplement, proceeded with all possible de- spatch to finish the Buildings, - lest the popular breeze might chop round again, and the legislative Girouettes be induced to repeal the repeal !

During the protracted and bitter contest, which en- ded in the removal of the Seat of Justice from Old Chester to West Chester, the wits, on both sides, in- dulged in all the rude jests, and sarcasms, which the occasion was calculated to provoke. These are now mostiy forgotten, and lost ; but there have come down to us (though known to few, and nearly merged in Lethe's wave), the fragments of a burlesque Ditty, or Pasquinade, composed in ridicule of those Inhabitants of Chester whose interests were likely to be most af- fected by the change, and who therefore were most ac^ tively opposed to it

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The author was Joseph Hickman, a ready rhym- er, of the ^'nascituTyTion fif^ genus, - ^who wrote "in numbers, for the numbers came," - and whose Muse was at the service of the Removal Party. Inasmuch as the Production indicates the tone and style of rus- tic satire, at that tempestuous period of our local his* tory, - and as the busy bodies, thus hitched into rhyme, have long since passed away, - it may be allowable, and even acceptable to the curious in antique Poesy, to insert it here, as a specimen of our early indigen- ous Literature.

An old English Wool-comber - ^a retainer of the Turk's Head party, Marmaduke Wyvil by name, - who, half a century since, used to ramble about the country like an ancient Troubadour, was very fond of chanting the Ditty, for a small consideration. A drink of- cider, or a small glass of whiskey, would at any time procure its,recital with emphatic intonation, and peculiar unction, (c)

The poem was intitled "Chester's Mother;" or the Lamentation of the Dependents on the old Seat of Justice over the prospect of losing a nursing Mother.

LAMENT OVER CHESTER'S MOTHER^

Poor Chester's Mother 's very sick ;

Her breath is almost gone : Her children throng around her thick,

And bjtterly do moan.

Cries little 'Lwha* the first-born, -

«Vniat will become of I ? "A little orphan, held in scorn - <<If Mama she should die.

"Not only / will be opprest : -

"I younger brothers have, "Who cannot do without the breast,

"When Mama's in her grave.*'

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-* Elisba Pbiob, a prominent and active opponent of the removal, Neitbe l^iB partienlar kiBtory, nor his relation to the Seat of Jostice, is xm>w knovft' ^

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And then poor helpless BoLTf cries - >

<(0h ! how shall / be fed ? "What shall I do, U' Mama dies ?^

«I cannot work for bread.

"These little hands have never wrought i

"Oh ! how I am opprest ! <«For I have never yet done aught,

"But hang on Mama's breast."

Little DAvis,t he comes next, -

A puling, silly boy ; His countenance appears perplex'd.

And destitute of joy.

<«How is our dear Mam^ ?" he cried : "Think you we can her save ?

"How is the wound that's in her side. Which cursed H annum** gave V

Says little NED,tt - "Upon my word, "Poor Mama will be slain ; -

'^Though cursed Hannvm lost his sword,tt c'He's got it back again.

"What shall I do, if Mama dies ?" "What will become of Ned V

The tears came trickling from his eyes. And straight he took his bed.

Then CALET,ir he came next in view, -

His mouth was all awry ; Says he - ^<0h ! what will Caiet do,

"If dear Mamu should die ?

f William Kirlim^ one of the principal Inn-keepen in Chester ^ and oon- aeq,uentl7 a vehement opponent of removal.

X Patis Bit ah, a retail merchant, in CAe^tcr, - 4Uid an aetive partisan in this controversy.

** Jora Hahmuic, Chairman of the GommisslMi for efibeting the removal, and the master spirit of the whole afiiair : of cooraO) exceedingly obnoxious to the people of Old Chester.

ft The reference, here, is either to Eowabo YsaMOli, or to Sowabo Bi<ch- Aaoft: bat which, is now uncertain.

Xt The allusion, here, is to th« capture of Colonel HAmnw, by a party of British Light Horse, - who surprised him one night in his bed, and took him prisoner to Philadelphia.

f Calib Davis, who held the office of Protkonotatyy from 1777 to 1I9I,«-- 4Bd took a lively interest in the q^uestion of removed-

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'(She might have liv'd for many a year,

"And all her children fed, "If Hannum had'nt poison'd her -

"Curse on his frizzled head ."'

Cries little John,§ the youngest sott)

Who just began to crawl - <«If Mama lives, I soon shall ruh ;

If not, I soon shall fall.

*«0h ! may Jack Hannum quickly die -

"And aie in grievous pain ; - *«Be sent into eternity,

"That Mama may remain :

<*May all his projects fail, likewise, -

"That we may live again !" - Then, every one roll'd up his eyes.

And cried aloud, ^^Amen !"

On the 25th of September, 1786 (the new County Buildings being ready), a Law was passed, empower- ing the Sheriff of Chester County [William Gibbons^ Esquire] to remove the Prisonei^ from the old Jail in the town of Chester , to the new Jail in Goshen Town' ship, in said County, - and to indemnify him for the same.

As the County Town is the residence of the Sher- iffs, during their term of oflSce, it may be satisfacto- ry to have a list of those officers - ^with the years of their several Elections, or Appointments, - since West Chester became the Seat of Justice.

William Gibbons, who removed the Prisoners from Chester to West Chester, was succeeded by

Ezekiel Leonard, elected October, 1786.

Charles Dilworth, " « 1789.*

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$ Major JOHH HAJma, a revolutionary officer, who had then recently com* menced tavern-keeping in Chester : of course he was <|pp08ed to removal . Tradition says, he had command of the belligerent foroes which came to de- molish the. unfinished bnildings. He afterwards came to reside in West Ches' t^,~and was, for sometime, landlord of the famous Tutk^s Head tavern.

* ChabIbs Dilwortb «m the last Sheriff elected in Chester Connty, pre^ Tious to the division ; and J'osbph M'GLlfcLAa the Jirst^ after the County x^ae reduced to ite present limits.

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Joseph McGlellan, elected October, 1792.

Ezekiel Leonard, " " 1795.

William Worthington," " 1798.

James Bones, (appointed) April, 1801.

James Kelton, elected October, 1801.

Jesse John, " " 1804.

Titus Taylor, '' '' 1807.

George Hartman, " " 1810-

Jesse Good, " ' 1813.

Cromwell Pearce, " '' 1816.

Samson Babb, « '' 1819.

Jesse Sharp, " " 1822.

Jonathan Jones, " *' 1825.

Oliver Alison, " " 1828.

Peter Osborne, " "- 1831.

Robert Irwin, " '' 1834.

Joseph Taylor,. « " 1837.

William Rogei-s, " " 1840.

Xathan Frame, " '' 1843.

Clinton Frame, (appointed) March, 1844.

James B. Wood, elected, October, 1844.

Brinton Darlington, '' " 1847.

Davis Bishop, " " 1850.

Lewis Heffelfinger, *- ** 1853.

David Mcyutt, '' ^' 1856.

lihi^ first court held in the newCourt House,(d)at the Turk^s Head, commenced on the 28th of November, 1786, William Clingan, William Haslett, John Bar- tholomew, Philip Scott, Isaac Taylor, John Ralston, Joseph Lnckey, Thomas Cheyney, Thomas Levis, and Richard Hill Morris, being the Justices present.

The new Seat of Justice being now secured, the inhabitants became ambitious that their Turk^s Head establishment, in the Township of Goshen, should be dignified in a style becoming its rank ; and accordii#- Ijr, on the 3rd of March, 1788, the Legislature grati- fied thejD, by couverting ft certain district of country,

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in trUck the Court House in Chester County stands, into a ^'County Town,^^

This "Town" - about one mile whI a quarter square, and comprising some six or eight small Farms - ^was then named West Chester, obviously because of its location, some sixteen or seventeen miles North Wes terlyfrom Old Chester. It was taken entire - ^by a kind of Cesjarean operation - from the western side of Goshen Township, adjoining East Bradford, {e)

The good people of Old Chester - finding tne Seat of Justice thus fixed at the Turk's Head, and the place itself erected into a "Town," by act of Assem-' bly - ^very naturally concluded that there was no other way to rescue their venerable Town from oblivion, but by procuring a division of Chester County, - and re-establi^ng a Tribunal of Law and Justice in their deserted Village, Tliey accordingly set themselv^ to the work in good earnest, - and obtained an act or the Legislature, on the 26th of September, 1789, for dividing the County of Chester, and erecting the South Eastern portion thereof - (by a zig-zag line fix)m Chadd's Ford, via Dilworthstown, to Montgomery County - ^)into a separate County, to be called Dela- ware. By this act, Chester County was reduced to its present dimensions; and the ancient Upland re- covered her pristine dignity.

The inhabitants of the rival Towns - Chester , and West Chester - were now severally gratified, by the attainment of their respective objects. Each party ^had the satisfaction to reside in the Metropolis of a respectable County ; and the ancient feud speedily sub- sided into neighborly harmony and good will. It may, perhaps, be questioned whether any other real advan- tag^e has resulted from the sundering of the noble old Bailiwick.

In 1791, a building was erected at the North Weigt cpmer of High and Market streets, for the safe keep- lag of tti« dm*^. l{ecord^,~whicIif prior to tbo^ tm^r

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had been kept, l^ty the oflScers, at their own privstte dwellings* This building was removed, in 1 847 , whea the new Court House, with its flre-proof offices, wa^ completed.

At August Term, 1791, the Justices sat on the Bench, at West Chester, for the last time ; and at November Term, following, the Judges appointed un- der the Constitution of 1790, took their seats, - Wm. Augustus Atlee being the President, and Walter Finney^ and James Moore, the Associates present.

The following is a chronological list of the Presi- dent Judges who have occupied the Bench in West Chester.

1. William A. Atlee^ from November, 1791, to Au- gust, 1793, inclusive.

[At November, 1793, Walter Finney, and his - ^"ompanions," held the Court.]

2. John Joseph Henry, presided from Februarj', -1794, to February, 1800, - both Terms inclusive.

3. John D. Coxe, succeeded in May, 1800, and con- tinued to the end of May Term, 1805 ; though from May, 1803, to 1805, he was often absent, and the Courts were held by the Associates.

4. William jTr/gAman, presided from August, 1805, to February, 1806, inclusive.

5. Bird Wilson, from Aprils 1806, to November, 1817, inclusive.

6. John Ross, from February, 1818, to May, 1821, inclusive.

7. Isaac Darlington^ fron\ July, 1821, to May, 1839, inclusive.

8. Thomas S. Bell, from May (adjourned), 1839, to October, 1846, inclusive.

[Next to Judge Bell, Messrs. Foster and Ml, were temporary, unconfirmed, occupants of the President's seat.]

9- Henry Chapman, (the tost of the appointed Judges,) presided from AprUj 1848 j until November^ 1851, inclusive.

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10. Townsend HaiMs-^ elected by the People, took the seat he now occupies, at January Term, 1852.

Along with the organization of the Courts, at West Chester, it may be acceptable to have a List of the principal officers connected with the same, viz : Pro- thonotary, Clerk of Courts, Register of Wills, Re- corder, and Prosecuting Attorney. The following is such a list :

PROTHONOTAKY.

Caleb Davis, [under the Constitution of 1776] 1777 to 1791. "William Gibbons, appointed by Gov. Mifflin, 1791. Daniel Hiester, « « M'Kean, Jan. 6, 1800.

>^esse John, « " Snyder, Feb. 1, 1809.

John G. Wersler, « « Findlay, March 25, 1818.

Thomas Davis, " « Heister, Feb. 28, 1821.

WilUam Williamson, « " Shulze, Jan. 17, 1824.

David Townsend, « « « August 3, 1827.

Dr. Wm. Darlington, « « « August 17, 1827.

John W. Cuningham, « « Wolf, Feb, 15, 1830.

Beiyamin I. Miller, « « Ritner, Jan. 26, 1836.

Samuel Pinkerton, « " Porter, Feb. 2, 1839.

Do. Do. (Elected) date of Commission, Nov. 14,1839.

AbnerM. Chamberlain, « « " Nov. 12, 1842.

James Davis, " « « Nov. 17, 1845.

Samuel B. Thomas, " « " Nov. 25, 1848.

William Wollerton, " « « Nov. 22, 1851.

James B. Jefteris, « " « Nov. 10, 1854.

CLERK OF COURTS. Caleb Davis, 1777 to 1791. George Fisher, Feb. 15, 18^0.

William Gibbons, 1791. J. W. Cuningham, Feb. 15, 1830.

Daniel Hiester, Jan. 6, 1800. George Fisher, April 29, 1833. Jesse John, Feb. 1, 1809. J. W. Cuningham, April 29,1833.

Jno. G. Wersler, March 25,1818. P. Frazer Smith, May 2, 1835. Thomas Davis, Feb. 28, 1821 . Horatio G. Worrall, Jan. 26,1836. Henry Fleming, Feb. 28, 1821. James M. Kinnard, Feb. 2, 1839. Joseph Pearce, Jan. 17, 1824. Do. (elected) Nov. 14, 1839. Wm. Williamson, Jan. 17, 1824. Cheyney Nields, Nov. 12, 1842. Joseph Pearce, Dec. 21. 1826. Alex. Marshall, Nov. 17, 1845. David Townsend, Aug. 3, 1827. Thos. P. Williams, Nov. 25,1848. Dr. Wm.Darlington, Aug. 17,1827. James Sweney,Nov. 22, 1851. Simeon Siegfried, April 23,1828. Thos, W. Parker, Nov. 10, 1854.

REGISTER OF WILLS. Persifer Frazer, 1786. Eber Worthington, April 23, '28.

Stephen Moylan, April 7, 1792. Robert Ralston,* Feb. 15, 1830. John Hannum, Dec. 18, 1793. Nimrod Strickland, April 29, '38.

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18 HiSTORT am west Chester.

Richard M. Hanniim,Dec. 6, '98. James Walker, Jan 26, XSS&, Jahn Christie, Jan. 6, 1800. Jesse Coulson, Feb. 2, 1839. James Bones, Feb. 22, 1804. Do. (elected) Nov^ 14, 183^,

Charles Kenny, Feb. 12, 1809. George W. Parke, Nov. 12, 1842, Jesse Sharp, March 25, 1818. Henry Buckwalter, Nov. 17, '45.- Daniel Hiester, Feb. 28, 1821. William Baker, Nov. 25, 1848. Joseph Pearce, Jan. 17, 1824. Alexander Leslie, Nov. 22, 1851.

Hickman James, Nov. 10, 1854.

RECORDER OF DEEDS.

John Beaton, 1785. Nimrod Strickland^ Feb. 15,1830.

Stephen Moylan, April 7, 1792; Robert Ralston, April 29, 1834. John Hannum, Dec. 13, 1793. Edward Bartholomew, Jan. 26, '36 Richard M. Hannum,Dec. 6, '98..George Hartman, Feb. 2, 1839. John Christie, Jan. 6, 1800. Do. (elected) Nov. 1839.

James Bones, Feb. 22, 1804. Abner Williams, N^v. 12, 1842. Charles Kenny, Jan. 12, 1809. Wm. McCullough, Nov. 17, 1845.- Jesse Sharp, March 25, 1818. Edward H. Hibbard,Nov. 25, '48. Daniel Hiester, Feb. 28, 1821. Thomas Walter, Nov. 22, 1851. Stephen MarshallJ Jan. 17,1824. Robert F. Hoopes,Nov. 10, '54.

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.

Wm. Bradford, Jr., Nov., 1780. Philip S. Markley,Nov. 1829. Jared IngersoU, Aug., 1791. H. H. Van Amringe, May, 1830, Robert Frazer, May, 1793. Joseph J. Lewis, May, 1835.

John Sergeant, May, 1800. Wm. Darlington, Esq., 1836.

Thomas Sergeant, Aug., 1803. Joseph Hemphill, 1839. Wm. Hemphill, Nov., 1803. John Hickman, 1845. John Duer, Jr., Feb., 1809. Joseph J. Lewis, July, 1846. Robert Frazer, July, 1816. John Hickman, Jan., 1847.

Isaac D. Barnard, Jan., 1817. John H. Brinton, April, 1847. Isaac Darhngton, Jan., 1821^ Washington Townsend, Oct., '48.. Wm. H. DilUngham, July, 1821. J. Smith Futhey, April, 1849. Thomas S. Bell, Jan. 1824. Paschall Woodward, 1851.

H.H. Van Amringe, Aug.,1828. J. Smith Futhey, B864.

WiUiam Bftitler, 1856.

In 1794, when President Washington made a re- qiiisition for a military force, to quell the famous Whiskey Rebellion, in Western Pennsylvanm, Govern- or Mifflin came to West Chester, to rally the men of Chester County for the occasion. The Gfovernor - who was good at a "stump" speech - addressed a mass- meeting with such effect, that Htxe people responded in the most gratifying manner.

Two citizens of the recently established Countjr

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Seat went to work, - and each soon mastered a Com- pany of Volunteers, in the town and vicinage.

Joseph M'Clellan, then Sheriff of the County - who had been a Captain of Infantry in Wayne's Brigade, through a greater portion of the Revolutionary War - was promptly at the head of a Troop of Cavalry ; and Aaron Musgrave, a respectable Artisan of the Village, raised a company of Artillery. These companies joined the Expedition to the West, under Governor Henry Lee, of Virginia, - and faithfully performed their tour of duty, as good citizen Soldiers. It is pleasant to add, that our ancestral County Town - the ancient Upland - was never among the missing, at the roll- call of patriots. On that occasion, she sent a fine corps of Infantry, under the command of Captain William Graham. Twenty years afterward, also, - in the War of 1812 - she famished a noble Company to Camp Dupont, commanded by the late Dr. Samuel Anderson.

The State Road, from Philadelphia through West Chester to Strasburg, commonly called " The Stras- burg Road" - a valuable thoro^hfare, but most inju- diciously located over hills, which might have been readily avoided - was authorized on the 11th of Aprils 1793, and confirmed, April 19, 1794.

The Cestrians (bs the West Chester people may be classically termea,) went on very cautiously, for a time, to improve their "Town," - ^by building some houses in it ; and after a few years, they began to aspire to corporate privileges.

Accordingly, (m the 28th of March, 1799, the Town of West Chester was erected into a Borough, by an act of the Legislature. This elevation required Bur- gesses and Assistants, to manage the municipal af- fairs ; and the following is a list of the Chief Bur- gesses, who have been anlmally elected (and some^ times re-elected) to look after tiie welfare of ihsu Borouglu

20

HIBTO&T OF WEST CHESTER*

The first Chief Burgess was

1. William Sharpless, elected 1799.

2. Jacob Ehrenzeller,

((

1800.

3. Philip Derrick,

((

1801.

4. Jacob Ehrenzeller,

«<

1802.

5. Bichard M. Hannum,

-1

1803.

6, Joshua Weaver,

«i

1804-5.

7. William Bennett,

«

1806.

8. William Sharpless,

(C

1807.

9. Emmor Bradley,

l(

1808.

10. George Worth,

((

1809.

11. Joshua Weaver,

«

1810,

12. William Sharpless,

«

1811.

13. Jacob Ehrenzeller,

c

1812-13.

14. Joseph M'Clellan,

l<

1814.

15. Daniel Hiester,

<(

1815-16-17.

16. Jacob Ehrenzeller,

u

1818 to 1824.

a7. Ziba Pyle,

u

1825.

18. Jacob Ehrenzeller,

(<

1826.

19. Ziba Pyle,

<(

1827-8-9-30.

20. Thomas S. Bell,

u

1831-2-3.

21. William Williamson,

<(

1834-5.

22. William Everhart,

((

1836-7.

23. Thomas S. Bell,

11

1838.

24. Joseph J. Lewis,

u

1839 to 1843.

25. William Williamson,

u

1844.

26. Uriah V. Pennypacker,

u

1845-6.

27. William Darlington,Esq.

ii

i

1847.

28. Uriah V. Pennypacker,

ii

1848-9.

29. Francis James,

it

1850.

30. James H. Bull,

It

1851.

31. Townsend Eachus,

ii

1852-3-4.

32, Joseph P. Wilson,

ii

1855-6-7.

Having attained to the rank and dignity of a cor-

poratioUj the acme of Cestrian

^ ambition seems to have

been reached, for the nonce ; and our goodly Borough

- ^like a great man enjoying otium cum dignitater^ i

or rather, like a hybernating i

Fi,nim

lal in Winter, - de-

mSTOBY OF WEST CHESTER. 21

alsted from all further efforts at aggrandizement, or progress, and sank into a state of torpor, much re- sembling suspended animation. The truth of history, however - and justice to two or three individuals- require the mention of an attempt, near the close of the last century, by three young Printers (Jones, Hoff, and Derrick), to establish b, weekly J^ewspaper, in the Borough, under the title of "TAc West Chester Ga- zetted A Monthly Magazine, called "The Literary Museum," was also commenced, by Philip Derrick and Nathan H. Sharpless. But both enterprises were de- cidedly premature, and consequently abortive. A few numbers, only, of each were published ; and are now extremely rare, it is doubtful whether a single speci- men of the Gazette is yet extant

It should also, perhaps, be stated, that about the period of those Literary attempts, a tri-weekly line of Stages, for carrying Passengers between West Chester and Philadelphia, was started by John Riley, - a somewhat enterprizing Shop-keeper, in the VU- lage, - ^which in a few years excited an Opposition Line ; and these before the era of Railways arrived, had reached the importance of two rival daily lines, (g)

In the year 1799, the apprehension of fire induced the formation of the First West Chester Fire Com- pany, - ^which is still kept up, in good condition ; with two other efiScient companies, - viz: the Good Will, organized in 1833, and the Fame, organized in 1838.

The condition of general torpor, above spoken of, continued for about a dozen years ; and the popula- tion scarcely increased a hundred persons in all that time.

The following exhibit shows the growth of the Borough - including the occupants of the farms with- in the chartered limits - at the several decennial en- umerations, viz :

Census of 1800, Population, 374. ** 1810, " 471.

« 1820, « 553.

« 1830, " 1244.

" 1840, " 2152,

" 1850, « 3172.*

« 1857, (estimated) 4500 (A) At the Census of 17yO, West Chester was but four years old, a mere embryo "Town," by the courtesy of the Legislature ; and was only counted as a portion of Goshen Township.

In 1802, a small Market Hotise was built in the rear of the public offices; but it was seldom occupied, - as the market people, in those days, preferred to call on the town's folk at their dwellings. Those early, and rarely used shambles, were at length superseded, in 1831, by a more capacious establishment, in Market Street, one hundred feet in length, - ^which has been extended by two or three similar structures, since.

In that same year, 1802, a Post-route was establish- ed, from Downingtown, by West Chester, to the Brick Meeting House, in Maryland; and a cross-mail was carried on it, once a week.

Cromwell Pearce was one of the earliest, if not the first Post-Master, in West Chester, The business was then so trifling, it was difficult to find a person in the Borough willing to accept the office.

Jfow, there are two daily mails to and from Phila- delphia, - ^and others (weekly, and oftener) radiating from West Chester in all directions ; and the office ranks among the most important in the State - out of the chief cities. No place, of its population, does so much business through the Post-Office.

West Chester had been the Seat of Justice nearly twenty years, before an Execution for capital crime took place, there. The following have occurred :

*0f thoie 317i, in ISSO, 461 were blacki, or eolored.

tyr>-

HISVBaEtlr OP 16WT CffiSSTBR. 2S

Eaimah Miller, (black) in 1805. ) p„T-i- Edward Williams, (black) 1830. j ^"^^^-

Charles Bowman, (black) 1834. j cl.^. t>„. „.^ .

T«r^„ Tj^x,^ 1QJ;; f yemi-rrivate m

Jabe« Boyd, 1845. S ., p . ^ ,

George Pharaoh, 1851. ^ ^^^ "^^^^ ^ ^^'

In the year 1809, - some ten or twelve years after the failure of the West Chester Gazette - a Weekly Newspaper was commenced in the Borough, by Den- nis Whelen, under the title of " The Chester and Del^ aware Federalist.^' It was apparently suggested by the circumstance of a Weekly Paper having been start- ed, the preceding year, at Downmgtown, by Charles Mowry. Mowry's .paper was intitled *' The Temper- ate Zmie^^^ and was neutral in politics 5 but when Whelen!s appeared as a Party paper, Mowry's natur- ally took the other side, and came out Democratic, iunder the na&^%f,the ''American Republican,^^ - which it still retains. The title of Whelen's was changed to that of the ^^Village Record,^^ in 1817, - when it came into the hands of Charles Miner. Both these papers have been successfuL The Republican was brought to West Chester, in 1822, - where it is still continued, by George W. Pearce, and the Record Jias become semi-weeldy^ in the hands of Henry S. Evans. Several dtjier papers - political, anti-masonic, and temperance - have been started, since, and enjoy- ed a brief existence, at different places in the County, - ^at Edentown, Downingtown, Coatesville, Phoenix- ville, aud Kennett Square; and two other political pa- pers are still published weekly, in West Chester, en- titled '^The Jeffersonian" and **TAe Chester Counts/ Times:'

In 1*09, a Medical Society was formed in West Chester, of the Phjsicians of the place, and vicinity; but it -soon dissolved for lack cf members. In 1828, another one was erganized, for :the County. This, after flourishing a -short time, and then suffering sus- pended animatien &r a number 0£ jears, is now ite-

24 HISSORT CKP WEST CHKSTEft.

Buscitated, and promises well. The State Society^ m pursuance of an invitation by the County Institution, honored our Village by holding its annual meeting among us, in May, 1857.

In 1811, a Survey was made for a Turnpike Road, from near the twenty-six mile-stone, on the Philadel- phia and Lancaster Turnpike, through West Chester to Wilmington, - and a law was obtained authorizing the work ; but the Delaware people - who proposed to make the lower six miles, in their own State - re- fused to make common stock of the entire road, - the Pennsylvanians thereupon abandoned the project in disgust. In 1854, a Plank road was projected on the same route, and a portion of it actually made, viz: from West Chester to Dilworthstown.

The first efficient and enduring intellectual move- ment, in the Borough - after a torpid kind of animal existence for a quarter of a century - was in the erec- tion of the West Chester Academy ; and even that partly originated in dissatisfaction with the absurd location of the so-called "Chester County Academy," - then recently endowed with the sum of two thou- sand dollars by the Legislature. By the energetic efforts, and liberal example, of William Hemphill, Esquire, nearly eight thousand dollars were volunta- rily and promptly subscribed, by the citizens of West Chester, and vicinity, for the Academy; a handsome building was erected, in 1&12, on an acre lot, south side of Gay Street ; and the Institution duly incor- porated. In the same year (1812), the Society of Friends built a Meeting House on what is called "Quaker Hill," on the North side of the town.

The division of the Society, known as '^ Orthodox ^^^ built for themselves, in 1830, a Meeting House on the* North West corner of Church and Chestnut streets,, which they occupied for sonve years; but in 1844, they erected another neat edifice, in a beautifully im* proved lot, on the north side of Chestnut, between

HISTOBT OF WEST CHESTER. 21

Church and High streets. The former House was then converted into a dwelling.

Prior to 1812, the only Church Edifice in the Bo- rough had been a small Roman Catholic Chapel - built in 1793 - ^at the Western end of Gay street, near the brow of what was long known as "Chapel Hill." It is now replaced by a much larger and handsomer buil- ding, erected in 1853.

When West Chester was founded, the nearest pla- ces of Worship were the Friends^ Meeting Houses, in Birmingham, Goshen, and Bradford, - each about four miles distant. Churches of other denominations than those above mentioned, were introduced in the follow- ing order:

Methodist Episcopal, in 1816, on Gay street, - su- perseded by a large and commodious building, on Mar- ket street, in 1842.

Presbyterian, in 1831, at the South East corner of Miner and Darlington streets.

Baptist, in 1833, on the West side of Church street,, - superseded by a fine large one, on High street, in 1854.

Protestant Episcopal, in 1838, on the North side of Gay street, - to be superseded, perhaps, by a larger one, at the South East corner of Church and Union streets*

The occurrence of the War with England, in 1812, prevented that attention to the operations of the West Chester Academy, which otherwise might, and ought to have been bestowed upon it. It lingered along^ with varying periods of prosperity and adversity, un- til it was placed in charge of Anthony Bolmar, in 1834, - when it became a decided success ; and it has mainly so continued since. The present Principal, William P. Wyers, A. M., has well sustained the rep- utation which the Institution acquired under Mr. Bol- mar.

In the Summer of 1812, a recruiting Rendezvous^ for United States Soldiers, was opened in the Borough^

26 HISTORY OP Wm CUEBTittU

by Captam Isaac D, Barnard, of Delaware County, - afterward a gallant Major of the Army - a popular Statesman, and our esteented fellow-citizen of West Chester, - ^to whose memory and services an appro- priate Monument was erected in the "Oaklands Cem- etery," in 1854. He enlisted more than one hun- dred men, at this station; while the strains of martial music kept our streets in a continual state of excite- ment, until the recruits were marched off to Canada. In 1813, the War began to assume a rather mena- cing aspect along our borders - both maritime and inland ; and some of the prominent citizens of th« Borough - without distinction of Party - started a Military Company, of Volunteer iTtfantry, for the de- fence of altars and fire-sides, ft was styled the ^'American Greys," - and the command was given to Titus Taylor, a worthy old gentleman of the vicin- age. The Company gradually filled, with both youth- ful and middle-aged citizens of the Village, and ad- jacent country, and frequently met for drill and disci- pline. The older officers labored to fill the ranks, by appeals to the jJmor Patriae of the young men, and the Orderly Sergeant - as in duty bound - tried his luck at rallying all hands, fit for service, by the fol- lowing recruiting song :

AMERICAN GRETS.

TUNE - THE BAED'S LEOACT.

When the Ahebioan Greys parade,

And marshaPd by their Chieftain, stand Prompt and ready to lend their aid,

To guard their Rights, and native land Oh ! then, the Poet, his Lyre sweeping.

Shall sing of the Patriots, firm and trae, Who left Wives, Sweethearts, and Daughters weeping,

And march'd to meet the invading Foe.

Though, Freemen-like, in the hours of Peace,

On minor questions we disagree, - Just let an Enemy show his face.

And we'il aJl, like Brotheis, united be*

HlBIOlXr OF WEST csutwsu 27

Slegt with ft tree Ameckaa vjfixitf

Should any nide foe on our shores descend^

Our sacred Homes, and the Rights we inherit, In solid column we'll rush to defend.

And if in battle we chance to fall,

Our Sons shall tell it with honest pride. That at our injur'd Country's call,

Their fatheiis fought, and nobly died. But if we safe return fVom slaughter -

And all subsided are War's alarms, - Oh ! then, each Sweetheart, Wife, and Daughter,

Shall fly to clasp us in their arms.

-

These exciting occupations continued until the Au- tamn of 1814, - ^when, the Capitol at Washington be- ing destroyed, and Baltimore threatened* - the Gov- 6rnor of the State invited Pennsylvania Volunteers to assemble at Philadelphia, for the protection of that dty. In pursuance of that call, Captain Taylor i?su- -ed marching orders to his Company ; and every man paraded, fully equipped for service, in West Chester, on the morning of September 8, 1814, - ^when the -** Greys" proceeded direct to the Rendezvous, at Bush Hill, Philadelphia; and thence to Marcus Hook Camp, on the Delaware, - ^where they were received into the service of the United States, and faithfully performed their duty until regularly discharged, on the 5th of December following.

The Commissioned OflScers,of the Company, when they marched from West Chester, were Titus Taylor, Captain - Isaac Darlington, First Lieutenant - Joseph PearcBy Second Lieutenant - and Dr- Willliam Dar- lington, Ensign. The Ensign being afterward elect- ed to a Majority^ in the Second Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Light Infantry, John Duer was cho- sen Ensign in his stead.

In the Winter of 1814-15, a Library Company was formed in the Borough, - and a small, but valu- able collection of Books was purchased. The Library

2S HISTOBT OF WEST CHEBTEB.

was (gradually increased, until the Company was final- ly united with, and merged into, an incorporated So- ciety, entitled " TAc Chester County Athenaeumf^ - located and still existing in West Chester.

The Bank of Chester County - established in 1814 - was located at West Chester; and contributed to the advancement of the village, by giving activity to capital previously dormant, and drawing both business and business men to the place.

The chief oflBcers of the Bank, from its establish- ment to the present time, have been as follows :

PRESIDENTS.

Joseph M'Clellan, September 9, 1814.

James M. Gibbons, November 25, 1816.

Joseph M'Clellan, November 24, 1817.

Richard Thomas, Jr., November 22, 1819.

Dr. Wm. Darlington, February 23, 1830.

CASHIERS.

Daniel Hiester, September 9, 1814.

David Townsend, October 1, 1817.

Washington Townsend, April 10, 1849.

The Directors, by their successful management of

the Institution, were enabled to erect, from the profits,

a substantial and commodious Banking House ; which

they did, on the East side of High street, nearly op-

e)site the Court House, in the years 1835-6. The difice has a noble Doric Portico, of Chester County Marble. The Architect was Thomas U. Walter, of Philadelphia.

It is remarkable, that our Town was almost forty years old before the authorities thought of providing accommodation for Pedestrians. In 1823, they first caused the side-walks, or foot-ways, to be paved with bricks; and not until 1829 and 1830, were the two principal streets Macadamized, and provided with crossings, (i)

Previous to those improvements, the depth and te* nacity of the clay, in the streets, rendered it expedi*

mSTOBT OF WEST CHESTER. 29

ent, and rather customary, for the West Chester La- dies to take leave of each other on the approach of Winter, and hybemate in their several dwellings, nn- til the frost was fairly out of the ground,, and the streets dry.

. It may be added, however, that our Town can now show about as well-paved side-walks, as any place of its size.

On the 26th of July, 1825, General La Fayette (who had arrived in the United States, aa the "Na- tion's Guest," in August, 1824) visited the Brandy- wine Battle Ground, - and was thence escorted by the Volunteer Soldiery, and assembled citizens of Ches- ter County, into the Borough of West Chester ; where the Hero, with his Son, and accompanying friends, were entertained by a Committee (consisting of Col. Joseph M'Clellan, Col. Jacob Humphrey, Col. Isaac Wayne, Dr. Jacob Ehrenzeller, Col. Cromwell Pearce, Gen. Isaac D. Barnard, Gen. John W. Cuningham, Dr. William Darlington, Gen. Joshua Evans, and Dr. Abraham Baily), with a Dinner, in the Grand Jury room of the Court House.

When the company had assembled at the table, his old comrade in the fields of Revolutionary toil and danger - the venerable Col. M'Clellan - rose, and on behalf of the Committee of Reception, addressed the gallant Chieftan as follows:

"General : It is our liappiness to be appointed, by our fellow-citizens, to greet you upon your visit to the scenes of your youthful gallantry, on the banks of the Brandywine, - and to bid you a sincere and cordial welcome to the bosom of our County. Language, in- deed, can but feebly pourtray the joyous and grateful emotions with which we behold amongst us, after a lapse of eight and forty years, the illustrious Friend of Human Rights, who relinquished the endearments of his domestic circle in a distant land, to aid the Fathers of our country in their struggle for Indepen-'

30 ^ filBTORT or WIHT €HBST!3t«

dence, - and who, on thisgronnd, sealed with bis blood his devotion to the cause of American Liberty.

In you, Sir, we recognize, with the profoundest re-" spect and veneration, the early, disinterested, and' steadfast champion of our glorious Revolution - the! companion of our Washinchon, our Wayne, and their gallant compatriots in arms< - the youthful Volunteer, who shared the toils of our Fathers to secure the blessings of Republican Freedom to our land, - and who, by the favor of Heaven, has been preserved to witness the happiness, and receive the benedictions, of their grateful offspring.

We exult in the contemplation? of a character whose pure, intrepid, and uniform devotion to the Rights of Man, has been equally con^i^uous in the battle-fields of the Western - and in the Councils, the* Courts, and the Dungeons, of the Eastern Hemisphere.

We rejoice that a signal opportunity has been af- forded to our countrymen to repel the slander of Des- pots, and their hirelings, that Republics are ungrate^ ful : and although the plain and unpretending citizens of the ancient County of Chester do not presume ta vie with their brethren of our opulent towns and cit- ies, in the splendor of your reception, - ^yet we flatter ourselves that you will receive, with your wonted kind- ness, the spontaneous and unaffected homage of a hap- py community, who welcome you with eyes beaming with reverence and delight, and hearts fiUed with the purest sentiments of gratitude and affection."

To which the Gbserai* rnade the following Reply :

*' While I have with unbounded gratitude enjoyed the fondly anticipated happiness to meet in this town the citizens of the County of Chester , - and the ad- ditional pleasure to be here most kindly welcomed in the name of the people by an old companion in arms, - - 1 have also to acknowledge the affectionate greetings that have this day hailed your brother Soldier on the grounds of one of our moat important battles.

BISTORT or WEST CHESTER. 3t

Althougb, owing to some accidental occurrences, rictory was not that day on our side, - tiie manner in which it was disputed by our patriotic Troops did, no doubt, contribute to inspire several of the British Leaders with a spirit of caution more than once ben- eficial to us. The thought of its having been my first action under the American Standard, and our great and good Commander-in-Chief, in company with your* gallant Chester Countyman, my friend G-en. WaynCr and my other comrades, - the honor to have mingled^ my blood with that of many other American Soldiers,^ on the heights of the Brandywine, - had been to me a source of pride and delight, near half a century b^ fore it has lately become an occasion of the most hon- orable, kind, and gratifying remembrance; as it is now* an object of your friendly congratulations.

Happy I am, also, in your testimonies of aflfectioa and esteem, for my conduct in tiie vicissitudes of my life, on both Hemispheres ; and I beg you, my dear Sir, - and you. Gentlemen of the Committee, - to ac- cept in your own name, and in behalf of the people of Chester County^ my affectionate and respectful acknowledgments."

When the dinner was concluded, the following* Toasts and Sentiments were drank, - accompanied by the music of the excellent Bemd belonging to Captain Joseph Peairce's Company of Junior Artilierists.

REGULAR TOASTS.

1. Our Country r Blest with the oldest ^^Legiti* mate Government" now ins existence.

Music, Hail Columbia.

2, The President of the United States.

President^ s March. 3* The Governor of Pennsylvania.

Governor's March. 4L The Memory of the Father of his Cotmtry.^

Roslin Castle,

S2 HISTORY OP WEST CHBSMH*

5. The Heroes and Statesmen of our Revolution*

Washins^ton^s Marchx

6. The late Presidents of the United States : En- joying in their dignified retirement the benedictions of a fi*ee and grateful people. What a lesson to the occupants and supporters of Thrones !

In the downhill of Lifk,

7. The ^^J^ation^s Quest:" While our Country re^ veres and lauds her Washington, and our County justly boasts of her Wayne, - the votaries of rational Liberty, in both Hemispheres^ claim an interest in Lafayette.

Cheers : Marseilles Hymn.

[When this Toast was drank, the General rose, and after thanking the Committee for the honor done him, proposed the following, - which was cordially greeted by the Company :

By General Lafayette : The County of Chestet^ and the Memory of her gallant citizen, Gen. Wayne: May the blood spilled by thousands with equal merit in the cause of Independence and Freedom, be to the ensuing generations an eternal pledge of unalloyed Republicanism, Federal Union, Public Prosperity, and Domestic Happiness.

Music, Stony Point,']

8. The llth of September^ 1777: A day consecra^- ted to Liberty, by the blood of her Votaries on the banks of the Brandywine ; - though the sacrifice was great, the reward was rich, indeed.

Auld lang Syne, (k)

9. The amiable Family of La Grange : Who pos- sess the only prior claim we can ever recognize to the person of our illustrious Friend and Benefactor.

Life let us Cherish,

10. The Army and Jfavy of the United States: The shield and buckler of the Nation, - ^wielded only in defence of its just Rights.

Yankee Doodle,

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11. Bolivar: Great is the character which h6 has to sustain f - for he has nobly acquired that of Hhe Washington of the SouthJ^

Hail to the Chief.

12. Greece: May her §ons be animated with the spirit of their Ancestors, until she is restored to her ancient Liberty and grandeur.

ga ira.

13. The American Fair : Whose virtues adorn the Republic, and whose smiles reward its Benefactors.

Green grow the Rashes 0.

VOLUNTEER TOASTS.

By the Hon. Isaac Wayne. - The People of the United States : May they ever feel grateful for that Protecting Hand which has safely conducted to each of the twenty-four States of their Union, the gallant Defender, the earlv and stead v Benefactor of their

/ft/ 'ft/

Country - The Xation^s Guest, - the good, the amia- ble, and intelligent Lafayette.

By Capt. William Anderson. - The genuine Re- publican, General Lafayette : Who has in all, and tlie most trying situations, adhered to and promoted the cause of Liberty.

By Gen. John W. Cuningham. - The Memory of Washington : In the Cabinet, and in the Field, we ne^er shall look upon his like again.

By ZiBA Pyle, Esq., (Chief Burgess of West Ches- ter.) - Gen. Lafayette: His visits to Chester County y in 1777 and 1825, will be held in grateful remem- brance by its citizens.

By Brigadier Gen. Joshua Evans. - Our honored Guest : In his youth, he shed his blood on the banks of the Brandywine, in defence of American Liberty; and in his old age, he will be borne on the grateful bosom of *'The Brandywinb " to the embraces of his Earn-

f.

By Doctor Wm. Darlington. - The fields of the JBrandywine : Irrigated, on the Cadmean system of

3*

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Agriculture^ with the blood of Revolutionary Pati i- ots, - the teeming Crop must over be Independent Freemen.

By the Hon. Louis M'Lane, of Del. - TAe Battle Ground we have viewed to-jiay : Whether the thea- tre of victory or defeat, let the eflfect» be tested by the free industry and happy population which now crowd its surface.

By Abraham Baily, Esq. - The Memory/ of Ma- jor General Anthony Wayne: - His distinguished services, as a Soldier and Statesman, eminently enti- tle him to the grateful remembrance of his country- men.

By the Committee op Reception. - Our Brethren, the City Councils of Philadelphia : To whose gen- tlemanly kindness and attention we are greatly in- debted, on this happy occasion.

By Joseph S. Lewis, Esq., of the City Councils. - The cordial affection existing between Philadelphia and her Sister Counties : May it always continue and constantly increase.

Early on the following morning - aeoompanied by Col. M'Clellan, CoL Humphrey, Col. Pearce, and Gen. Barnard, of the Committee of Chester County, - ^the venerable Guest of the Nation set out for Lancaster^, and took a final leave of scenes which will be forever associated with his honored Name.

On the 18th of March, 1826, - exactly forty yearg after the act of Assembly which settled the question of establishing the new Seat of Justice, - a Society was organized in West Chester, with a view to pro- mote a knowledge of Jfatural History generally, - and especially of the indigenous Products of Chester County; which Society was incorporated, in 1831, by the name, style and title of "TAe CJkester County Cabinet of J^atural Science.'^ The working portion of the members commenced their operations witb

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commendable zeal ; and soon accumulated an interest- ing Museum of Specimens^ in the three great king-, doms of Mature.

Such was the success of the Institution, that, with the aid and encouragement of liberal fellow-citizens, a Hail was erected on Church street, in 1837, at a cost of five thousand dollars ; - in the third story of which, were placed the collections made by the Soci- ety. Among these are good specimens of the known Minerals and Plants of the County, and of the greater portion of the Birds which usually visit it, - beside a handsome collection of the most interesting birds of England - presented by the late Dr. Bromfield, of the Isle of Wight. The Herbarium now contains speci- mens of nearly eight thousand species of Plants, from the various regions of this terraqueous globe, - with a recent accession of beautiful Algae, from Australia, collected by Professor Harvey, of Dublin, - all com- pletely catalogued, and so arranged-^-according to their natural affinities - ^that any one of them can be promptly exhibited on demand.

The miscellaneous treasures, and curiosities, in the Museum, are also, by the kindness of friends, quite numerous : among which may be mentioned an origi- nal Portrait of Gen. Washington, in Revolutionary costume, taken by C. W. Peale, at Valley Forge, - a present from Mr. John Neagle,of Philadelphia; - ^the autographs of most of the distinguished men of the Revolutionary Army, - taken from letters received by General Anthony Wayne, and presented by his Son, Isaac Wayne, Esquire; also, authentic specimens of the Charter Oalc, of Connecticut, - ^kindly furnished by Mrs. Catharine Stanley, of East Hartford.

The Cabinet Library - though not yet large - con- tains the contributions to knowledge, of the Smithso- nian Institution - and a number of excellent works on Natural History, - ^including the magnificent one of the State of JWto York ; with the prospect, ere long,

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of a valuable addition to the Botanical department.

In 1826, a descriptive Catalogue of the native, naturalized, and useful cultivated Plants^ foutid in the vicinity of the Borough, was issued from the West Chester Press, under the title of Flornla Cestrica. A second, and enlarged edition, with detailed descrip- tions - embracing the entire County, and entitled Flo- ra Cestrica - was printed in 1837 ; and a third- arranged in the Natural ilethod - appeai-ed in 1853.

The original Plan of the Village, or town }n'0|»er, of West Chester, consisted of four contiguous squares, with two principal streets crossing in the centre : and yet - simple as it was - with that utter disregard of symmetry, and lack of good taste, which character- ized the projectors of the plan, and early building's, neither of the streets crossed at right angles: and con- sequently, none of the so-called squares was rectan- gular ! An oblique policy, strongly redolent of bar- barism, seemed to prevail among the primitive Ces- trians, - and its sinister influence was longperceptil)le.

In 1829, however, several additional streets were opened, and new squares were formed - from the old Trego, or Rankin farm, on the South Western side of the iirst Town Plot - by William Everhart, Esquire. People then began to perceive the advantage of setting private dwellings back from the street - of having side-yards - and of planting ornamental shade trees and shrubbery. Until this improvement was intro- duced, - and those trees planted, which now render the streets of West Chester so umbrageous and pleas- ant, - our pedestrians found nothing to intercept the glare of the Summer sun, save here and there - at long intervals - a straggling relic of a decaying Lom- bai-dy Poplar !

In 1830, a State Road was surveyed and authorized, from New Hope, on the river Delaware, through Doylestown, Norristown, West Chester, Unionville, jand Oxford, to the Maryland line, in a direction tow-

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ard Baltimore - a distance of 80 miles: a valuable improvement, so far as West Chester and Chester County were concerned.

Among the causes which, about this time, be- gan to impart additional animation and Adtal ener- gy to the Borough, was the construction of the West Chester Railroad (nine miles in length), in the years 1831-2. The track af the road was originally con- structed of yellow pine string-pieces, plated with flat iron bars. - the motive power being Horses. Those string pieces were once renewed ; but Steam power, by heavy locomotives, being introduced, in 1845, the wooden track becam<e so crushed, that it was deemed expedient, in 1849, to substitute iron edge rails ; which have made it a substantial road. By the use of locomotive engines, the- business of the road re- ceived a new and powerful impulse.

Nothing has done so much as that road (connecting us, as it did, with the city of Philadelphia, and the great Public Works of the State), toward keeping us alive to the movements of this progressive age. With- out it, our favorite village would have been lost sight of, and left utterly in the lurch. The remark may be added, - in justice to John P. Baily, Esq., who had charge of the enterprise - and also for the edification of the curious, - ^that this was the Jirst work, of the kind, completed in Pennsylvania ; and, so far as known, IB' the only one ever finished, anywhere, within the time contracted for, and within the cost estimated by the Engineer. (/.)

The mere prospect of such a road, led to the erec- tion, in 1830, of Price's valuable and well known Boarding School for young Ladies, now so flourish- ing under the auspices of the Misses Evans. It also induced the building,, in 1832, of the spacious Hotel, or Mansion House, at the South East corner of Mar- ket and Church Streets, by Wm. Everhart Esq.

The importance of the West Chester Eailroad, to

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the Town and Vicinage, became at length bo obvions, that it gave rise, in 1861, to the project of an inde- pendent one, called a "direct" road to the city, on a Southern route, by way of Media, the new seat of Justice in Delaware County. That undertaking, in- deed, has pioved arduous and expensive; and being managed, moreover, in the style and spirit which pre- sided over the birth of our beloved Town, - ^when, ac- cording to the definition of the Poet, all was

"Harmony not understood,"

the work is not yet completed. When that event shall be happily established, and the contentious ele- ments shall have duly subsided. West Chester will be doubly supplied with the most potent of modern im- provements, and cannot fail to become one of the most accessible, magnificent, and agreeable of Villa- ges.

The first West Chester Railroad, as already stated, was considered - and justly considered, as of vital im- portance to our Borough ; but the Projectors of the "direct" road took a more enlarged and comprehen- sive view of the subject. They were animated by the belief, that it would exert a most salutary infiuenoe upqji the city of Brotherly Love. They were devot- ed admirers (as who is not ?) of the pleasant city of Pexn; and often indulged the hopeful idea, that Phil- adelphia might be made a fii'st-rate place, if it was not quite so /ar from West Chester. The "direct" road was regarded as one obvious remedy for that de- fect. In this age of Progress and annexation, we all go incontinently for the annihilation of time and the monopoly of space. The CtYy, also, soon became sensible of the disadvantages resulting from distant location, and like an incubating Hen, she met the emergency by spreading herself. She expanded over the whole County, in which she sat, and thus, in the handsomest manner, advanced several miles toward us. If she should keep on growing in that way (as

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Wc may reasonably expect, when the new road is fin* ished), she will soon be near enough to enjoy all the benefits arising from proximity to our village.

In noting the animating results of the old Bail Eoad, and the evidences of its awakening influence upon 6ur population, the procuring in 1835, of a Town Clock, constructed by that excellent mechanician, the late Isaiah Lukens, of Philadelphia - must not be forgot- ten: while the multiplication of <ScAoo/^,for the culture and discipline of juvenile intellects - proceeding pari passu with the advancement of physical conveniences and comforts - deserves especial mention. In the year 1834, that veteran Teacher, Joshua Hoopes, was in- duced to open a Boarding and Day School, in the Bor* ough, and in 1836, to erect a large and commodious edifice, on Biddle street, fronting on Marshall Square, expressly designed for the business. Other Semina- ries followed, making West Chester widely known as a place of Education; until, in 1837-8, a joint stock company - of which Townsend Eachus was the public- spirited and munificent prime mover - built a perfect- ly palatial edifice, on the North Eastern side of the Borough, for a Young Ladies' Boarding School, which flourished signally, as such, while under the char^* of the accomplished Mrs. Lincoln Phelps; and wnich, since 1840, has been owned and conducted by that Napoleon of Teachers, Anthony Bolmar, as a Board- ing School for Young Gentlemen - a Seminary which ha^ acquired a world-wide celebrity.

In 1838, a new County Prison was erected, at the North East Corner of Market and New streets, ac- cording to a plan for solitary confinement, and labor of convicts, furnished by Thomas U. Walter, Esq.

The keepers of the Prison, under the new system, have been

Robert Irwin, from 1839 to 1853.

Christian Peterman, from 1853 to 1854.

Benjamin P. Haines, since January, 1854.

40 BflSTOBT OF WEST GHBSTER.

In this year, also (1838), a second enlargement of the Town Plot was made, from the Matlack property on the Northern side of the Village, adding several squares and streets; and that was soon followed by a similar operation on the Eastern side, on the old Turk's Head, or Patton estate ; and subsequently, an outlet for ToVn growth on the North Western side, has been afibi'ded by John Eutter, Esq.

The next important improvement, was the introduc- tion, by steam power, of good Water through all the principal streets, from the fine old ^^Bath Spring,^^ North of the Village, in 1841 ; and in order to secure a further supply, when required, additional works were established on Chester Creek, in 1854.

Speaking of the introduction of water, recalls tO' memory an enterprise, which- - though not especial- ly flattering to our Geological lore - claims a passing notice, as an historical item, A number of our worthy Burghei^, appreciating the necessity of an increased supply, as the Town grew, - bethought them of vari- ous devices. They had heard and read somewhat of Artesian wells ; and without considering,, or knowing, or even caring, much about the 'philosophy of the pro- cess, - in reference- to the stratification, or strm^ture of "the Earth's crast, usually deemed essential to success^ - they began, in August, 1825, to bore for water into- primitive rock, on the summit of a dividing ridge, or water shed, between two streams ! The spot sekcted^ was near the curb-stone, on the West side of Church street, a few yards South of G ay street. After a per- severance worthy of success, - continued through the greater portion of a year and a half, - boring through the hardest kind of solid rock, to two or three times the depth of a common well, - using up, or breaking, lots of the best tempered augers, - and expending up- ward of seven hundred dollars, - the contributors be- gan to regard the project as rather unpromising ; and ia tiiie Spring of 182T, it was reluctantly abandojied.

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Amid all these evidences of "Progress," tRe Com- mon School System had so far advanced, thart it be* came necessary to erect a large Public Schoof Hous^ in the Village, in order to give ''Young Ames'ica*' a fair chance to develope his faculties, and qualify hinv self to become an intelligent and worthy citizen of this mighty Republic. This was accordingly done, in 1841, on the South side of Barnard street, between High and Church streets ; where the School is now flourishing like a green Bay tree, under the adminis- tration of Sanford Culver, and his Assistants.

In 1846, the Chester County Horticulturnl Society was established in West Chester, where its meetings, and exhibitions, were directed to be held ; for the ae- commodation of which, the Socfcty erected a noble Hall^ on High street, in 1848, - it being the second edifice in the United States, l3uilt expressly for the promotion of Horticulture.

About the^time* the Horticultural Society was fornv ed, two- valuable Jfurseries of choice Fruit and Or- namental Trees, and Shrubs, were established in the Borough, by Ptischall Morris,, and John Butter-, Esq.; which aided greatly in promoting tiie growth of good Fruit, and good Taste, in all the community^ round about.

Another valuable Nursery was^^ established, in 1855, at ''Cherry Hill," a little north of the Borough, by Josiah Hoopes, an intelligent and enterprising young Florist.

These Institutions, followed up by the new and en- larged establishment of the Morris JVursery, by J. L. Darlington & Co., on the South Eastern side of the Borough, afford every facility for such desirable im provement; while at the Rose Garden, the Shrubbe- ries, and Green Houses of Joseph Kift, on South High street, the amateurs, of Floral Beauty,, and ex- quisite Bouquets, can be* accommodated to their hearts' content.

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To fill out, and give an appropriate finish to tbese rural Institutions, - ^a large Agricultural Warehaust was erected, in 1851, at the South East comer oi High and Chestnut streets; and in 1856, the Ches- ter County Agricultural Society procured suitable grounds, on the south side of the Borough, for the annual display of fine animals, and all kinds of Agri- cultural and Household Products.

In the year 1848, a valuable public improvement, named Marshall Square^ was inaugurated on the Northern side of the Village, in pursuance of the fol- lowing Ordinance^ by the Borough Authorities:

"Whereas, it has been deemed expedient and prop- er to improve the Public Square, on which the upper reservoir connected with the water-works of the Borough is situated, by laying out the same in suitable walks, and introducing various ornamental trees and shrubbery: and whereas it will be convenient and necessary to designate the said Square by some appro- priate name : and whereas the late Humphry Mab- SHAiiL, of Chester County, was one of the earliest and most distinguished Horticulturists and Botanists of our Country, having established the second Botanic Garden in this Republic ; and also prepared and pub lished the first Treatise on the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the United States, and diffused a taste for Botanical Science, which entitles his memory to the lasting respect of his countrymen : Therefore

Resolved^ By the Burgesses and Assistant Burges- ses of the Borough of West Chester^ in Council As- sembled, That the Public Square, aforesaid, shall for- ever hereafter be designated and known by the name of "The Marshall Square," in commemoration of the exemplary character, and scientific labors, of our distinguished fellow citizen, the late Humphry Mar- shall, of West Bradford township, Chester County.

Passed March'13, 1848.

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Marshall Square contains about five and a half acres of ground, and upward of two hundred ornamental trees and shrubs (comprising about one hundred and sixty different species), planted so as to admit of please ant walks being made around and among them. Tho trees are now tolerably well grown ; and the square will soon be ready to be opened to the Public, - when it will, if properly cared for, became one of the most interesting and attractive places of resort,in the Town.

It would hardly be fair, or just, in any descriptive Sketch of our Village, to omit a notice of what may be termed Amoenitates Cestricae, - or the attractions of the immediate vicinity of West Chester. The pleas- ant Drives, which radiate from the Borough, in al- most every direction, - especially those along the mar- gin, and diver the classic grounds, of the Brandywine, - are admired by all who can appreciate rural Beau- ty, or feel an interest in historical associations.

To those who delight in the evidences of successful Agriculture, - or are curious to survey a Revolution- ary Battle-field, where our Fathers contended for the Boon we now enjoy, - ^few excursions can be found more attractive than the following:

Proceed to Jeff crises Ford, where - on the 11th of Sept, 1777 - Sir William Howe crossed the Brandy- wine with the main body of the British Army ; from thence, follow the route of that Army, by Strode'a Mill, over Oshorne^s Heights, on which Sir William stood, and surveyed the advance of his Troops to Bir- mingham Meeting House, where the fight began; thence, over the principal battle-ground, to Dilworths- town where the British ceased the pursuit of our re- tiring forces, and encamped for the night, and a day or two after ; thence, along the road leading by George Gilpin's, where Gen. Howe temporarily took up his Quarters, to the Birmingham vallej'', formerly known as ^the Bottom;^ thence, by the former residences of Gideon Gilpin, and Benjamin Ring - once the Quar-

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ters, respectively, of Lafayette, and Washington - to Chadd^s Ford; thence, along the left bank of the Brandywine, up again to Jefferis^s Fordj - and back to West Chester. The circuit, here designated, aflfords a delightful Drive of about fifteen miles.

Shorter excursions - and scarcely less agreeable - may be made, to Chester Valley, - to Goshen Meeting House, - to Westtown School, - or to tlie Oaklands Cemetery and back - diverging, on tlie return, at Tay- lor ^s Locust Grove, through the Hoopes and Cope farms, in the sweet little *'vale of Avoca," to the Strasburg road, and thus to West Chester.

In the belief that those who come after us ought to know what was attempted' for their benefit, as well as what has been accomplished, - it is deemed proper to be mentioned, as an historical item, that a proposition was formally made, in 18S3^. by the Vestry of the Episcopal Church, in West Chester, that the seveml Congregations owning Lots, as burying ground, in the Square formed by Barnard, Wayne, Union, and New streets, should unite in tendering the whole to the Borough authorities, at a reasonable price, for the pup- pose of a Public Square:, forever, - to be called "Wayne Square." That proposed Square would have formed an appropriate counterpart to the Mar- shall Square, on the Northern side of the Town, - and would furthermore have averted the nuis^- ance - so often and so absurdly tolerated - of burying grounds in situations soon to be densely surrounded by the habitations of the living. The Presbyterian Qiurch promptly and cordially acceded to the coi>- templated overture ; but the others (with a few libep- ftl^ individual exceptions,) demurred, - objections were made - opposition was excited - and the project conse- quently failed : a failure not particularly creditable to the magnanimity, or forecast, of the Cestrians of our day, - and which the enlightened portion of the future inhabitants will probably regret.

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It is exceedingly desirable, that the Lot of Wood- iandj on the South Western side of the Borough - known as ''Everharfs Grove^^ - should be dedicated, permanently and irrevocably, as a place of resort for the People ; - for Children's Pic-Nics; Fetes Cham- petres ; and great Public gatherings. It affords the last and only chance, for securing an aboriginal syhiui appendage to the Town : but whether the present gen- ea^ation can be made to comprehend and feel the im- portance of the measure, remains to be seen. If w^ omit the performance of so obvious a duty, no one can entertain a doubt concerning the verdict which Po^ terity will render against us.

In 1851, the Telegi'ciph wires were extended into West Chester, - aftbrding us the benefit of that most wonderful of modern discoveries; giving us a commu- nication, of Lightning celerity, with tlie principal pla- ces in this extended Empire, - perhaps, by tlic Atlarh- tic cable, with the chief cities of the ohl world : - and next, in 1852, an enterprising Company was formed, for the introduction of Gas into the Borough, - by which a brilliant and unwonted Light was diffuse^l throughout our dwellings, our streets, and public build- ings.

With all these noble institutions, - these useful ap- pliances, and ornamental devices, among us, - cafcula- ted, as they are, to make life comfortable and pleas- ant, - the inevita])le destiny, that awaits us all, was not to be ignored : and hence it was becoming, in a thoughtful and refined community, to provide a suita- ble resting place for the dead. Accordingly, a Com- pany was organized in 1852, who procured a tract of some twenty-three acres, adapted to the purpose, about a mile and half North of the Village. It is known as the ^^Oaklands Cemetery ;" and a place of more natural beauty, or greater susceptibility of ap- pr6priate adornment, would be diflScult to find. When the drives and walks through the grounds were laid

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out, and graded, - and other requisite preliminaries completed, by an Engineer of taste and skill, - the ceremony of Dedication took place on the central and ))eautiful eminence, called "Chapel Hill," December 10. 1853.

The day was fine, and a respectable company were in attendance. Among the interesting and impressive services, on the occasion - ^preceding the able and pol- ished Address, by Hon. Samuel Bush - was the fol- lowing Ode, by George W. Pearce, Esq., which was sung by the united Choirs of several Churclies, with admirable pathos and effect.

DEDICATION ODE,

OF THE 0AK1AN1>9 CEMETERY, NEAR WE9r OHJESTER.

Solemn and slow, with measured tread. We come to hallow for the dead,

A calm and holy fane. Where sweet and undisturbed repose, Shall o'er the weary pilgrim close,

When Death shall round him reign.

Those arching trees and shadowy dells. Where nature's purest beauty dwells,

A scene of tranquil bliss ; We consecrate by rite and prayer, To human love, affection's tear.

The last, the parting kiss.

O sacred be this spot of earth \ - From foot profane and idle mirth.

We ask it to be pure : For here shall moulder into duvt. The good, the brave, the meek, the Just,

The noble, the obscure.

When Death has beat his signal drum, Hither the sable train shaU come,

To give the sleeper rest; WhUe out from yonder Village towers. The kneU shaU float, like passing honrsj

And die amid the West.

Here shall the living heart repair. When the fnU tide of woe is there. To pour its note of wail s

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And chasten'd and subdued by grief, Shall drink those draughts of sweet relief, From streams that never fail.

Amid the Winter's blighting breath, With Faith's uplifted eye, to Death

These sylvan shades we give, - And wait the summons that shall call, Forth from its dark and gloomy pall

The prisoned clay to live.

This Ode is inserted here, under the impression that it forms at once a fitting conclusion to the pass- ing notice of our Cemetery, and to this desultory Sketch of our Borough^s history.

Should the career of our pleasant Village be mark- ed by greater events, or loftier aims, in the future, - no doubt a more competent Annalist will be provided^ to tell the more interesting story.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES.

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Noie a - Mason and Dixon. Every body lias lieard of the reinarkuble Line, which bears tlio names of the Surveyors, and forms part of the Soiithorn boundary of our ancient Baihwick ; but everybody- - even in Chester Coniv- ty - does not know its exact history, - -nor how that curious httU? I)eak, on tlie nia])s ol our territory, liai)i)ened to run tapering down to a mathematical point, between tlie curved hne of New Castle County and the right line of Maryland. It is one of our geographical celebrities ; and deserves to bo understood by all in- te.lh<rent persons residing in its vicinit}'. The phrase, ^^Moson and Dixon's Line," has boo i echoing in our ears ever since 1820,-^ when, during the excited debate in Congress, on the question of excluding Slavery from Missouri, that eccentric genius, John Kan- dolj)]! of Roanoke, was continually harping on the words ; and tliose words were as constantly reiterated through every Xewspa- j)er in the land. The phrase thus became as common and familiar among th^ people, as that other, used by old Felix "V^alker, of IV^orth Carolina, on the same occasion, - who, when the "question" was impatiently demanded, declared that his constituents expected to hear from him, and that before the vote was taken, he must "make a speech for Buncombe"- - one of the counties of his district.

This is not the place, nor is the writer of this note the person, to furnish a complete, detailed account of the memorable controversy between the Lords Baltimore and the family of Penn, - which lasted from 1682 until 1767; yet a full history of it, with all its romantic, ajnd sometimes riotous, Border incidents - notwithstanding the in- teresting Memoirs already written - is still a desideratum ; which, no doubt, the accomplished pen ofMr. Latrobe could well supply, if his engagements permitted.

The object here, however, is merely to attempt a synoptical view, or condensed sketch of the protracted contest, - and especially of the operations of the two men who carried out, as nearly as they could, ihQ final agreement of the contending Parties, after an in- veterate and costly dispute of more than three quarters of a cen- tmy.

At the first planting of British Colonies, on the Atlantic slope of this Continent, the whole Territory seems to have been compre* hended under the names of Virginia and New England, - includ- ing some settlements of Dutch and Swedes on the shores of tlu9 Hudson and Delaware - then called the North and South rivers* The States which now intervene, had no existence at that day.

In 1632, Charles the First granted to Cecilius Calvert, Lord Bik> ron of Baltimore, «all that part of the Peninsula, or ChersonesOi lying in the parts of America between the Ocean on the East, and the Bay of Chesapeake on the West, divided from the residue thereof by a right line drawn from the promontory or headland^ called Watkin's point, situate upon the Bay aforesaid, and neaf the river of Wighco [Wicomico ?] on the West, unto the main Ocean on the East, ana between that boundar}"^ on the South, and that part of the Bay of Delaware on the North, which lieth under the fortieth degree of latitude, where New England terminates.''

Under this grant. Lord Baltimore Mid his descendants claimed the whole Peninsula, from the above mentioned «right line'' to the 40th degree of latitude ; but his title, in strictness, only ex- tended to that portion of it hitherto unsettled, or uncultivated (hactenus iriculta), - and the Dutch and Swedes had previously settled on the Western margin of the Delaware. The Duke of York subsequently conquered not only the Dutch settlements East of the Delaware (now parts of New York and New Jersey), - ^but also those on the Western shore, and exercised Sovereignty over them, until 1682, - when he transferred his claim on the Western shore, and Bay oi Delaware, to William Penn, who had early per-, ceived the importance of owning that -side of the River all the way from his Province to the Ocean ; and hence the annexation of the <<three lower counties on J)elaw«nre,'' row constituting the State of that name.

The title being contested, anA the la^ owner being noW King James the Second, it was ordered by a decree of his Council, in 1685, <<that for avoiding further differences, the tract of land lying between the Bay of Delaware and the Eastern Sea on the one side, and the Chespeake Bay on tbe other, be divided into equal parts, by a line from the latitude of C&pe Henlopen to the fortieth de- gree of North latitude, the Southern boundary of Pennsylvania by Charter, - and that the one half thereof lying toward the Bay of Delaware and the Eastern sea, be adjudged to belong to His Majesty, and the other half to the Lord Baltimore, as comprised in liis Charter."

The decrees of Royalty udt being as debatable. Just then, at they have been since^ - of course, the recent conveyance of tho Eastern half of the Peninsula (- William Penn by His Majesty ,whil« Bnke of York, was regarded as entirely valid. This decree, how- ever, did not remove H^e difficulty existing between the Propriety, ries ; for the true situation of Cape Henlopen was still uncertaini and the middle of tke Peninsula was yet to be ascertained.

The occurrence of dea^ among the parties, and the existeiiM

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of a litigfaas spirit, protracted the dispute until the 10th of Ha}, 1732, - when an agreement was entered into by the Sons of William Penn and Charles Lord Baltimore, great grandson of the original Patentee of Maryland. They mutually agreed, <Hhat a semi-circle should be drawn at twelve English statute miles around New Gas. tie, agreeably to the deed of the Dulce of Yorls to William Penn, in 1682 ; tbatan Kast and West line should be drawn, beginning at Cape Henlopen - ^which was admitted to be below Cape Cornelius [the present Gape Henlopen] - and running Westward to the exact middle of the Peninsula ; that from the exact middle of the Pe- ninsula, between the two Bays of Chesapeake and Delaware, and the end of the line intersecting it in the latitude of Cape Henlo- pen, a line should be run northwardj so as to form a tangent with the periphery of the semi-circle at New Castle, drawn with the radius of twelve English statute miles, whether such a fine should take a due North course or not ; that after the said Northwardly line should touch the New G&stle semi-eircle, fl she«ld be run farther Northward until it reached the same latitude as flfteeo English statute miles due South of the most Southern part of tbe- Gity of Philadelphia ; that from the Northern point of soch line, a due West line should be run, at least for the present, across the- Susquehanna river, and 25 mile» beyond it, - and' to ^e Western^ limits of Pennsylvania, when occasion and the improvements of the country should require ; that that part of the due West lino* not actually run, though imaginary, should be considered to be the- true boundary of Maryland and Pennsylvania;" ^nd «<thatthe route should be well marked byirees^andiottier natural objects, and designated by stone pillars, sculptured with the arms of the contracting parties, facing their respective possessions.^'

This important document, though seemingly so free from am- biguity, was afterward the subject of much litigation ; but was fihally carried into complete effect, in all its parts«' It accounts fbr the remarkable boundaries of the "three lower Cbtm<i«," - which counties, however, would not stay annexed to Pennsylvamia, but took-an early occasion to set up for themselves (something like tiie Fi*ee-S6il&r3- of Kansas, at Topeka); and at the BeTolotion^ became the valiant little State of Delaware,

The quiet of the Provinces continuing to be interrupted, by the oonflicting claims..ofl settlers along the Border, - both parties ap- plied, in 1737, to the King's Council, for some order which should lessen or allay these ferments. An amicable temporary Arrjing^^ ment, however, was in the.mean time effected by the parties ; and they agreed "that all the vacant land not now possessed by, or under either of them, on the East side of Susquehanna river down an far 2A fifteen miles and a quarter. South of the latitude of. the most Southern part of the City of Ph'Hadelphia, and on the West side of Susquehanna, as far South as fourteen miles and three quarters South of the latitude of the most Southern part of the City of Philadelphia, should be subject to the temporary and provisional jurisdiction of Pennsylvania ; and that all vacant kmd notp*osteM-

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^ b^ or under either, on both sides of the Susquehanna, South Of the said temporary limits, should be subject to the jurisdiction Of Maryland, until the boundaries were finally settled, - ^but to be Without pr^udice to either party." And when this Convention was reported to the Council, His Majesty was pleased to order, that the Proprietaries of the said respective Provinces of Mary- Wd and Pennsylvania do cause the said agreement to be carried into execution.

The order was accordingly promulgated by proclamation in the Provinces, and Commissioners were the following year appointed to run the temporary line; Richard Peters and Lawrence Growden, pn the part of Pennsylvania, and Col. Levin Gale and Samuel Chamberlaine, on that of Maryland. These Commissioners com- menced their active operations in the Spring of 1739 (their place of beginning does not appear) - and after proceeding as far as the Eastern bank of the Susquehanna, were interrupted by the de- parture of Col. Gale, on account of death and sickness in his family, and the declaration ot Mr. Chamberlaine, that he had no authority to continue operations without the attendance of his colleague.

The Pennsylvania Commissioners, deeming their power to pro- ceed limited to a joint operation with those of Maryland, were thereupon instructed, by Governor Thomas, to proceed alone. They accordingly did so ; and ran the line Westward of the Sus- quehanna, "to the most "Western of the Kittochtinny Hills," which now forms the Western boundary of the County of Frank- lin. The course run, by these Commissioners, formed the famous ^Hemporary /i»e," - so well known to the lawyers and* early settlers along the Southern border of Pennsylvania.

The controversy, nevertheless, still continuedT-; the cause got y

into Chancery, on the construction of the Agreement of May 10, 1732, and was not decided until 1750. On the hearing, Lord Bal- timore's Counsel contended that it could.not be carried into effect, by reason of its vagueness, uncertaintj?, &«. The Lord Chancel- lor (Hardwicke), however, overcame all the objections, urged in a long-winded argument of five days diiration, - and decreed a per- formance of the articles of agreement. He directed that new Commissioners should be appointed within three months after the decree, who should commence their operations in November fol- lowing. He further ordered, that the centre of the semi-circle should be fixed as. near the centre of the town of New Castle as may be, - ^that it* should be described with a radius of twelve English statute; miles, «so that no part of the town should be furSier than that" distance from the periphery; and that Cape Henlopen should" be taken to be situated as it was laid down in the Chart accompanying the articles of agreement" (1. e. at FenuHck't hlandy atiout' fifteen miles southward of the present Cape Henlo- pen.)

The Commissioners were appointed agreeably to the decree, and met at' Kew Castle on the 15th of November, 1750»- They fixed

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upon thfi Court House in New Castle as the centre for drawing th^ semi-circle ; but Lord Baltimore's Commissioners conjured up a new aaA unexpected difficulty, by insisting that the radii of the semi-ciicle should be measured superficially, without allowing for the inotualities of the ground, - ^regardless of the absurd conse- quences resulting from such mode of measurement in creating in« equalily in the raidii, and the consequent impossibility of describ* ing any thing deserving the name of a semicircle. Tet, as the objection was persisted in, the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania were again under the necessity of a further application to Chancery ; and, in 1751, obtained a decision in favor of horizontal measure- ment.

The Commissioners again proceeded in their task. Having run the semi-circle in conformity with the Lord Chancellor's decree, and marked it on the ground, they commenced fheir operations at the point then known as Cape Henlopen,

The fixing of the Slouthem boundary of the "three lower coun. ties" at Fenwick'8 hland, requires explanation, - inasmuch as the Chart adopted by the Proprietaries, in their agreement of 1732, gives to the Cape o^^osite Cape May, at the mouth of the Dela- ware Bay, the name of Cape Cornelius (afterward, for a time, call- ed Cape James), and to the point, or *<false Cape," at Fenwick's Island, the name of Cape Henlopen ; while the Charts of the pres- ent day transpose that order. How, or why the names became thus transposed, on the Charts and Maps of our time, seems not to be clearly understood ; but that they have changed positions, since 1732, is an unquestionable fact.

As the Lord Chancellor had decided that Cape Henlopen should be taken to be where it had been agreed to be, nineteen years be- fore, - the ingenuity of the Commissioners of Maryland could de- vise no further objections in that particular ; and they proceeded, in conjunction with those of Pennsylvania, to run the line across the Peninsula, and to ascertain "the exact middle," as a point from whence to run the Northwardly line to form a tangent with the semi-circle at New Castle.

The line between the two Bays, in the latitude of the Cape Hen- lopen of that time, was then run ; and after some further delay, and cavilling about the distance, by his Commissioners, Frederick Lord Baltimore - ^weary of the controversy - entered into articles of agreement with Thomas and Richard Penn, July 4, 1760, which at length effectually closed their tedious and irksome altercations. By this agreement it was covenanted, that the semi-circle, as already run, should be adopted ; that the distance across the Peninsula, in the latitude of Cape Henlopen, should be taken to have been right- ly run, at 69 miles and 298 1-2 perches from the stone pillar East of "the Mulbeny tree, at Fenwick's Island," marked with the arms «of the contracting parties ; that the middle of such line should be Ascertained, and a stone pillar should be fixed at that point ; tiiat ifrom such point a Northwardly line should be run, whether the siKQ^ should be due North or not, so as to form a tangent with the

semi-circle at l^ew Castle, drawn with a radius of twelne English statute hoidzontbl miles from the Court House in that ^lace, - and past the said point of contact further North till it reached the lati- tude of 15 mUeit South of the most Southern part of Philadel- phia; that from^ said 15 mile point,a line should be run diie West - to the utmost liwgitude of Pennsylvania; that all claimv should be released to the Territory within those limits then to be ascertained, - and thi^ the Penns should appoint Commissioners to ran the lines as yet unfinished.

"The Commissioners appointed! under the deed ofe 1760, ad- dressed themselves, at once, to the completiofl of the peninsular East and AVestline, and to tracing the twelve mile circle - appoint- ing; to this end the best Surveyors they could obtain. The mode of proceeding was to measure with the common chain, holding it a* nearly horizontal as they could, - the direction being kept by sighting along poles, set up in what they called vistos, cut by them through the forest. But the progsess made was very slow ; and at the end of three years, little moue was accom- plished than the peninsular line and themeasurementof a radius.''

This left to be ascertained and established, "the tengent, from the middle point of the peninsular line to the tangent point, - ^the meridian from thence to a point fifteen miles South of the most Southern part of the City of Philadelphia - with the arc of the circle to the West of it - ^the fifteen miles distance - ^and the par- allel ol latitude Westward from its termination."

It reuaains now, simply and as succinctly as practicable, to re- late - that on the 4th of August, 1763, the Penns, Thomas and Richard, and Frederick Lord Baltimore, then being together in London, agreed with Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, "two Hatlsematicians and Surveyors," "to mark, run out, settle, fii&aad determine all such parts of the circle, marks, lines, and bounda- ries, as were mentioned in tiie several articles or. commissions, and were not yet completed;" that Messrs. Mason aad'Bixon arrived in Philadelphia, November 55, 1763, - receivecE their instructions from the Commissioners ol- the two Provinces, December 9, 1763, and forthwith engaged in the work assigned to them ; that they as- certained the latitude of the Southernmost part of the City of Philadelphia, (viz : 39 deg. 56 min. 29.1 sec. North - or more ac- curately, according to Col. Graham, 39 deg. 56 min. 87.4 sec), which was agre'ed to be in the North wall of the house then occu- pied by Thomas Plumstead and Joseph Huddle, on the South side of Cedar Street; and then, in January and February, 1764, they measured thirty-one miles westward of the City (probably from the margin of the river Delaware), to the forks of the Brandy- wine, where they planted a quartzose stone - ^known then, and to this day, in the vicinage, as "the Star-gazers' Stone" - on Joel Harlan's land, a short distance west of the Chester County Alms House, in the same latitude as the Southernmost part of Philadel- phia (which stone is 6 miles 264 perches west of the Meridian of the Court House in West Chester ; and a due east line from it in-

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tenects said meridian 446 1-2 perches, or neariy a mile and a half South of the Court House, in a field of Amos H. Darlington); that in the Spring of 1764 - after a satisfactory ^^star-gazing," in the folks of the Brandywine - ^they ran, fiom said stone, a due South line fifteen English statute miles (in the^rstmile, crossing the West Brandyvine three tkne$), horizontally measured hy levels each 20 feet in length (and this was remeaflured in like manner nearly three years afterward), to a post marked West, ascertaining there, also, the latitude of the place (then computed at 39 deg. IB min. 18 sec, now, more exactly calculated to he 89 deg. 43 min. 26.8 N.); that they then repaired to a post, marked Middle^ at the middle point of the peninsular West line runing from cape Ilenlopen (Fen- wick's Island,) to Chesapeake Bay, - and thence, during the Sum- mer of 1764, they ran, marked and dscribed the Tangent line, agreed on by the Proprietaries. Then, in the Autumn of 1764, from the post marked West, at fifteen miles South of Philadelphia, they set off" and produced a parallel of latitude Westward, as far as to the river Susquehanna; then they went to the tangent point, and in 1764-5, ran thence a meridian line Northward until it in- tersected the said parallel of latitude, at the distance of five miles, one chain, and fifty links - ^ttius and there determining and fixing the Northeast comer of Maryland: next, in 1765, they described such portion of the semicircle round New Castle, as fell Westward of the said meridian, or due North line -fom the Tangent point. "This little bow, or arc" - reaching into Maryland - "is about a mile and a half long, and its middle width 116 feet ; from its upper end, where the three States join, to the fifteen mile point, where the great Mason and Dixon's line begins, is a little over three and a half miles ; and from the fifteen mile comer due East to the circle, is a little over three quarters of a mile - room enough for three or four good Chester County farms. This was the enly part of the circle which Mason and Dixon ran."

The Surveyors appear to have moved about considerably, and to have repeated their operations at several points, - but finally they proceeded with the intention 6f continuing the West line, beyond the Susquehanna, to the end of five degrees of longitude from the river Delaware, in the parallel of said West line, - and in the years 1766-7, Ihey extended the same to the distance of 230 miles, 18 chains, and 21 links, from the beginning of said line, at the Northeast corner of Maryland (op !244 miles, 88 chains, and 36 links, from the river Delaware), near to an Indian War-path, on the borders <«f a stream called Dunkard Creek ; but were there prevented, by the aboriginal Proprietaries, from continuing the said line to the end -of five degrees of longitude (the Western limits of Pennsylvania) - which, in the latitude of said line, they found - and the Commissioners agreed - to be 267 miles, 58 chains, and 90 links; at the rate of 58 miles, 167.1 peroh- .es, to a degree. Col. Graham, however, estimates the length 9i the Southern boundary of Pennsylvania at 266 miles, 24 chainfly «nd 80 links.

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. The line thus run, was subsequently (via : November 9, 1768,) X)ertified by the Commissioners to' have been marked, described And perpetuated, by setting up and erecting therein stones at the «nd of every mile, from the. place of beginning to the distance of 132 miles, near the foot of a hill called and known by the name of Sideling Hill, - every five mile stone' having on the side facing the North, the arras of Thomas Penn and Richard Penn graved thereon, and on the South side the arms of Lord Baltimore. Those stones were imported from England, and were hewn from that variety of calcareous rock known as Oolite,- or Roe-stone.

. The line thus marked, is stated to have been measured horizon- tally, - the bills and mountains with a sixteen and a half foot level ; and the vista, cut through the forest eight yards wide, was ''seen about two miles, beautifully terminating to the eye in a point."

The residue' of the Southern boundary line of Pennsylvania - something less than twenty -t;wo miles - was afterward (viz: in 1782,) run by other Surveyors : it was not, however, completed and permanently marked, wntil 1784.

The interference of the Indians having arrested the further proceedings of Mason and Dixon, those gentlemen returned to Philadelphia and reported the facts to the Commissioners ; when they received an honorable discharge on the 26th of December, 1767, - having been engaged in the service about four years.

They were allowed twenty-one shillings, each, per day, for one «nonth, from June 21, of the last year, - and the residue of the time, ten shillings and six pence, each, per day,. for the expen- ses, &c., and no more until they embarked for England ; and then the allowance of ten shilling and six, pence sterling, per day, was Again to take place, and continue until their arrival in Eng- land. The amount paid by the Penns, under those proceedings, from 1760 to 17^8, was thirty-four ihousand two hundred pounds, Pennsylvania currency.

Dr. Mask^yne, the Astronomer Royal, in «n Introduction to the Observations of Mason and Dixon, in the Philosophical Trans- actions, ^remarks - *'In the course of this work, they traced out and measured some lines lying in and near the Meridian, and extended, in all, somewhat more than one hundred miles ; and, -for this purpose, the country in these parts [i. e. on the Penin- sula,] being dll overgrown with trees, large openings were citt through the woods, in the direction of the lines, whi6h formed the straightest and most regular as well as extensive vistos that, .perhaps, ever were made.

'^'Messrs. Mason and Dixon perceived that a most inviting op- portunity was here given for determining the length of a degree of latitude, from.the measure of near a degree and a half. More' over, one remarkable circumstance very much favored the under- utaking, - which was, that the country, through whioh the lines

TttH, was, for the most part, as level as if it had been laid CfabXiy »rt."

The astronomical observations for determining the length of a degree of latitude, were begun on the 11th of October, 1766, and continued to> the 16tii of that month. The degree of latitude measured 363;763'jB6et',, - about 68.9 miles. Calonel Graham says, 'Hheir measurement foi^- determining the length of a degree of latitude," was performed^ "in the year 1768, under the auspices of the Royal Society of London, after they had finished the markitig of the- boundary between Maryland^. and Pennsylvania, and were discharged from the seriaee of the Commissi oners ^' ihe difference of latitude, of the Stone p1lk»ted in the forks of Brandywine, and the Middle Post, ih tifie Western Peninsular line - or the amplitude of the celestiaT' arch, answering to the dis- tance between the parallels of latitude passing through these points - has been found, by S^tor, to be 1 deg. 28 min. 45 sec.

Untira mere comprehensive and complete account of this cele- brated controversy shall be giren - with all the proceedings and occurrences connected therewith, - the lover of historic parti oni- lars will find much to- interest and instruct him, in the scientific Report of the labors of Mason and Dixon, in Volume fifty-eight of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, publish- ed 1769; in the lucid Memoir, by James Dunlftp, Esq., read before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, November 10. 1825; in the able Report of Col. Graham, of the U. S. Topographical En- gineers, who revised the S4irveys at the junction of the three States, in 1849-50 ; and in the eloquent Address, before the said^ Historicid S'ociety, by Johai H. B. Latrobe, Esq., of Maryland, November 8, 1854.

A copy of i\\e final agreement, between Lord Baltimore and th&- Fenns, is preserved in the fourth volume of the* PennsylvaniOr- Archives, prftitedin 1853; there is much of their correspondence, alsO) concerning their diflSculties, in our Colonial Records, re-- eently published ; and there is a manuscript copy of the Minute»- of the Commissioners who directed the operations of Mason auA Bixon^ in the Library o-f the American Philosophical Society. To these valuable Documents^ tiie Compiler of this crude and im- perfect Note has been chiefly ihdebted for his materials.

i^ Postscript. - Since the foregoing Sketch v?as prepared, And the printing commenced; the writer has had the pleasure of a hasty perusal of the admirable History of the Line in question,, by James Veech, Esq., just published at Pittsburgh. It appears* io comprehend the substance of every thing which it is material tD know, or likely to be written, on the subject of our Border difficulties; unless, indeed, some Walter Scott should arise to embellish the story - or some Babington Macaulay to distort it. . The works here referred to, are exceedingly interesting ; and taken altogether, inay now be regarded as sufficiently complete, iiftt^ttheless, a consolidated, or S Bbm^sJkt,^ ^/ivni/ edition, wouU

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be a yeiy fitfce^table performance. There are a few t^^pefraphi- cal errors in Mr. Dunlop's Memoir; and in Mr. Latrobe*s Ad- dress, the Pirinter, at page eight, puts Charles the Second in place Of Charles; tiB© First; while in Mr. Veech*8 History, page 37, the baptismal names of Messrs. Mason and Dixon have been transposed by the compositor, after the manner of the names once applied to the Capes Henlopen and Cornelius, West Chester, Pa,, September, 30, 1857.

Note b. The old; Tftivem House, mhioh always displayed the' Head ot^ the Grand Turk for a Sign^ is yet standing, at the North East eomer of High and Market sheets, - and continued to be a Tavern until 1854 ; but it has been considerably modified and enlarged, - and is now;- known as "The- Student's Home ;" a Sfeminary for Young Ladies.

Note c.

The mention of MarmadJiike Wyvil awakens reminiscences of several othen* human oddities, - once well known to our primitive Villagers.

West Chester, in its early days, was remarkable for the eccen- tricity, and broad humor, of a race of Tavern-loungers, who have entirely disappearsd. These were led on, and madfe use of, by in- genious, miaehief-loving young Lawyers, who had much idle time on their hands, and were prone to all sorts of the coarsest waggery. The ready wit - the quaint original phrases, and eccentric deport- ment - of the singular characters referred to, were familiar to every one. The* young lawyers, between Terms, would institute what they called "Flaxseed Courts," and.get one of those waggish crea- tures for presiding Judge, - ^when they would have "lots of fun.'* If any pompous, conceited fool, happened to stray into the place, be was Quickly detected, and often stared at through leather spec- tacles, until he was fairly "looked! out of town." As but few now remain, who can recollect those men and times, it is not deemed! expedienttto give the names, onto detail the pranks, of the promi- nent actors*

There were, however, two colored fellow-citizens, who were

Revolutionary characters, great favorites of the frolicking

"i'hoys" of the time ; and, no doubt, still remembered, by some^ They were known as "Yellow. Bob," and "Tom Bug." Bob had! been the faithful Squire of Captain (afterward Chief Justice) Jtfiar- shall, in the war of Independence ; lived to be a Revolutionary Pensioner, by the kind interposition of his old captain ; and was a first-rate rider, at a scrubjhorse-race. Tom was also an old Soldier, - and always contrivedltto get into some kind of military costume, on National Holidays - especially the 4th of July ; and was de- lighted to march through the streets, with a noisy crowd of "l^bung America" around him. But those queer specimens of humanity are all gone ; and those rude times are with "the years beyond the fibodl" Hbw much better we rcaZ/yare, in this fast siffpf than our* rough^hewn. forefathers, it may not become u&^ta0> tfanfidentiy. tD^QioDounce..

Note d.

The first Court House erected in "West Chester, under the management of Col. Hannum, was a miserable specimen of archi- tecture, - as, indeed, were all the buildings put up under his direc- tion. He seemed to have no conception of such a thing as archi- tectural symmetry, or beauty. Sixty years afterward (viz: in 1846-7), another Court House was substituted for the first - accor- ding to a plan furnished by T. U. Walter, Esq., - which (with the exception of the unfortunate Mastic^ on the walls,) is worthy of the taste and resources of our ancient County, Various documents were deposttett, July '4th, 1846, in a corner stone of the Court House, at the South Ea^ comer, nearly about the height of the top df the lower 'winflow. We can now point to an essay, at least, at each of the following Sirchitectural Orders, in our Borough, viz : Tuscan, in the portico of the Cabinet Hall - Doric, in the Bank portico - Ionic, in the Vestibule of the Presbyterian Meeting House - Cannthian, in the Court House - Vothic, in the Episcopal Church - and Norman, in Horticultural Hall.

Note e.

Our young ('Town,'' at that day, had a decided advantage, ae reai^ects visibility, over the one ^hich we are told "Yankee Doodle" went to look at, and

"Vow'd he could'nt see the Town, Kiere waa so many jfiToMses."

There were, then, very few such impediments in "West Chester ; Tjut now, it must be coiiiessed, they do begin to obstruct the view, considerably.

Note f - page 1^.

Dear Old Chester - £tfter enjoying *her recovered honors for «i additional half century - has been again despoiled of her rank, as a County Town, by the. removal of the Seat of Justice to a new wid rather more central location, yclept Media ; But it is pleas- ant to know, that the ancient Upland is now flourishing more than ^ever, by the operation of her own, tardijy awakened, inherent en- ergies. The place which first greeted the arrival, in our Common- wealth, of its wise and good Pounder, can never cease to be re- .garded with feelings of reverence and respect.

Note g.

In those early staging times - especially at seasons when the IVofit was coming out of the ground - the road was often so miry a«d heavy, and the watering places always so numerous and at- tractive, that the Drivers would take from breakfast time till can- dle light in the evening, to get from the City to our Borough. On one of those irksome occasions, when Judge Darlington and Olol Stromberg were among the passengers, the Judge made the inter- jectional remark - "What along road ! from Philadelphia to West ^Chester." 'Olof concurred inthe opinion ; but added, "it is a good ^ing for U8;that it is so." ""Why so?" asked the Judge. "Be- cause" replied Olof, ^Hf it was not so long it would not reach*''

Note h.

The taxabk anhabxtant« of West Chester,.in 1850, were 596. I&

1857, they amoi^nted to 1014. The assessed value of private prop- erty, in 1856, was :

Real Estate, .^ $1,110,178.

PWsonal, 1,019,774.

Aggregate, $2,129,947.

Of the personal property, abont oneimillion consisted of money at interest, stocks, &c.

The State ^ox paid by the Borough, in .1866, was $6903.20. DittOf by Chester .County, about $75,000.

The Borough debt, this present year of our Lord (1857), amounts to the snug sum^f $72,785. Nearly one-fourth of this debt re- sulted from the Borough Subscription^ in 1864, of $20,000 to the "Direct Railroad,'' - a subscription, which a majority of the Bur- ghers were rather more eager to make, than they are now to pay. The balance of the debt accrued chiefly from street improvements, and procuring a supply of good water.

Note i.

The first foot pavement in front of private property, in West Chester, was made in 1809, by Doctor William Darlington. The»e being no bricks then made in the Borough, rough /ag-«/07i€« were used for the purpose. The example was immediately followed by Ephraim Buffington, who resided opposite,at the present White Ball Hotel, in Gay street; and then, "William Hemphill, Esq., - with more ambition, and better taste - procured bricks from abroad, and paved neatly in frotft of his dwelling, on High street, where the Bank of Chester County now stands. These were the voluntary acts of individuals: 'but the process found :few imitators, until the Corporate Authorities required the side-walks to be regularly gra- ded, curbed, and paved.

Note k.

When the 8th Toast was drank, the following Song was volun- teered by Doctor Darlington :

L'APAYETTB AT BRANDYWINE.

Tune, jiuld lang Syne. Should days of trial be forgot.

Although those days have fled ? Can we neglect the sacred spot, Where Patriot Heroes bled ?

Ah, no ! those days of auld lang syne,

We never can forget, - When, with our Sires, to Brandywine, Came gallant Lafayette.

By Brandywine's enchanting streaon,

Our swains in peace abode, - Until the Tyrant's minions came

T« stain its banks with blood. Ant oh ! those de^s &c.

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60 gUPPLEKBKTABT V0TK8.

To meet the Foe-men on the plain,

Each Patriot onward press'd ; And there, with WASHiifOTOH and Watite,.,

Appear'd onr honor'd Gueat, Those anxious days &c.

And there he bore him in the ran,

Where Washington still led ; And to sustain the Rights of Mauy

The youthful Warrior bled. Those fearful days &c.

Then, long a» our romantic stream

Shall roll its silver wave, Its vales shall echo with the name Of Lafayette, the, brave. .

For ah ! those days of auld lang syne;.

We' never can forget, - When, with our Sires, to Brandymne, Came gallant Lafayette.

Note I.

A due- attention to the minutiae of history, renders it proper to notice a little excrescence, which,in 1836^, was formed near the termi- nus of the first West Chester Railroad, under the name of the "extended?' road. The idea was, to carry the accommodations of the original road to every door, by extending the track throughout the streets of the Village. The project, however, proved as abort- ive-inits results, as it was crude in its conception ; the superero- gatory appendage was soon regarded a»» a nuisance, and abated ac- cordingly.

Note m.

It should be mentioned, in this connection {Town Clock,page 39), that Mr. John Hall, Watdi-Maker, - an old and respected in- habitant, - the faithful curator and regulator of the Town Clock - has just now (August, 1857,) erectbd, and presented to the Borough, a beautiful Sun-dial, on a neat and substantial marble pedestal, - planted on the South side of the Court House. Let us hope it may long remain, an appropriate emblem and me- morial of the worthy Donor, - ^who, to all the demaadis of good citizenship, has ever proved himself

"True as a Dial to tHe Sun, Although it be notishined upon.?''

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DIRECTORY.

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ABBREVIATIONS^

Ab. above; anc. ancient ; att'y attorney; av. ave- nue ; beli beioTT; bet, between ; b. h: boarding house ; c corner; carpt. carpenter; conv. conveyancer; E. East; Fr. French; gent, gentleman; gentw. gentlewoman; Ger. German; inst institute; L.Latin; lab. laborer; manufi manufacttirer; mer. merchant; mkr. maker; mod. modern; N. North; nnrs'm nurseryman; R. R. railroad ; r. residence ; SI South ; S. R. Strasburg Road; suv. surveyor; W. West; wid. widow.

A

Able Wm. S., harnsmkr., No 4 N Chb h 30 E Miner

AflSick H. Malin, salesman, 14 E Gay

Allen Thaddeus, assessor, 24 S Walnut

Andress T., tobacconist, 41 E Gay

Arnold G. C, tr of anc mod langu's& muc at Bolmar'i

inst. Augee Samuel, hat store, 22 E Gay Apple Wm., plunir & gas fitter, 84 E Gav Apple Theo., do do 100 E Gay

Apple Edwin do r 84 E Gay Atwood Jas.,gent., 57 S Cliurch

B

Babb John W., gent., 21 S Church Baily J. P., att'y, 8 W Market Baily Jesse J., nurs'n, r 38 W Market Baily Wm. P., carpt, b h E Church ab Matlack Baldwin Ann,gentw;N Darlington bet Guy &Chesnut Baldwin Eliza C.,gentw, N. do do do do Bddwin Rebecca*, seamstress, 26 E Gecy r N Darling- ton bet Gay ArChesnut

i)IRBCTORY OP WEST CHfiSTER. 64

Baldivin Henrv, carpt, b h 26 N Netv,

Baldwin Philip H., printer, 13 & 15 N Church b k

87 S High Baker Saml., paper hangr, N W «o©r Gay & High b h

42 W Market Bardin A Z., M D, 55 S Church Barnard & Painter, lumber yd, N W c R R Chesnut Barmon Thos., lab, E Miner below Walnut Barbour Jno., gent, 146 E Gay Barnard S., lumber yd, N W c R R & Chesnut r

Washington betw High & Walnut Barnard Joseph W., mer, r 5 W Market Bates Benjamin S., crier of court, r 69 W Gay Bateman Thomas, carpt & builder, 90 W Miner Battin M., bricklayer, 112 W Gay BattinC, do 50 N Church

Battin S., stone mason, E Miner below Franklin Becket Wm., lab, N E c E Gay & Boot road Becket Caine,do, Matlack bet Barnard & Miner Bell Thos. S. jr., office 23 N High r 31 S Church Bell Thos S., atty, do do do r 31 S Church Bennett J., farm, N of Strasburg road Bennett M., do do do do

Bennett Edwin, painter, r 32 North New Bennett Titus, trader, r 14 N New Bennett E. J., upholster, Strasburg road Bergstresser H. C, teacher, at Wyers Berry Abram, lab, Matlack above Union Betson Geo. W. gent, b h White Hall, Bird Chas., gent, 124 S Church Bishop D., livery stable, E Market below Walnut

r 56 E Market Bishop F. T., convy & real estate agt, office 37 N High

r29 SHigh Bishop J. F., gentw, 29 South High Bishop D. T., gent, 29 S High Black A. D., underkeeper of Prison, r 83 W Chesnut Blenkin N., lab, Strasburg road below New

BmBCTOBT OP WEST CHESTER. 65

Bolmar A., inst for young men, Boot road N of Boro.

Bosee H., printer, 43 N High r 52 W Market

Bowen B., lab, E Miner bei Wanut

Boyle Emma, gentw, 9 N Walnnt

Bradley C. H., surv & conv, 30 E Gay r Barnard ab

Darlington Bradford Mary, gentw, 120 E G^ Bradford Jas fl., M. D., Dean bet Church & Darling- ton Bright Wm., cab maker, 46 W Gay Brinton John H., att'y, 8 E Market Brinton John B., M. D.,'29 W Miner Brinton Geo., gent, N W c Church & Dean Brinton Alfred, baker, 26 W Market r 4 W Market Brinton Jane, gentw, 23 E Gay Brister D., lab, Matlack bet Barnard & Miner Brown D., gro, 35 W Gay r c New ife Gay Brown Mary, confectionary, 43 E Gay Brown John, waiter, 25 Strasburg road Brown Charles P.,carpt, 141 West Market Brown Wm., stone mason, W Barnard ab Darlington Broomhall M. B., druggist, 5 N High r 79 N High Broomhall H., machinist, r 32 S Darlington Bruce Isaac, gent, 30 W Chesnut Buckwalter B. P., teacher of mathe's, at Bolmar's inst Buckwalter Henry, real estate agt ife conv, 7 N High

r47WGay Bull James H., att'y, 35 N High r 82 N High Bullock C, J., baker, 26 W Market r N W c High &

Gay Bullinger Jos., cooper, b h 89 E Gay Burdsall Alex L., confec & baker, 22 S Church Burns Samuel jr., bricklayer, 147 W Market Bums John D., potter, r 147 W Market Burns Jas., carpt, b h 64 E Market Burns M., do b h 54 E Market Bums Michael lab, 66 N New Burns Sam., bricklayer, 147 W Market

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66 DIBECTOBT 0S^ WEST CHS8TEB*-

Bums John, bricklayer 70 S Walnut Burns Henry, harness maker, 54 E Gay Burnett Josiah, shoemaker, 5 Strasburg road' Bushman Chas., gunsmith, 38 W Gay Burtin P., porter, r South Church S of Dean Butler Wm., att'y, 48 E Gay r 90 N High Butler Jos., carpt, b h Black Bear

C

Caldwell E. H.,gentw,Dean bet Church & Darlington^

Caldwell Jno., lab, b h N W c Union & Darlington

CainThos., lab, 31 Strasburg road

Cain Jno., lab, 33 do do

Cain Jeremiah, oyster & eating saloon, under 7N B5gh

Camp F. M., salesman, b h W Hall

Carmel C. S., cooper, b h 89 E Gay

Carpenter Thos jr., bar tender. Green Tree

Carr A- C, gentw, 60 E Market

Carruthers fl. W., printer, 13 & 15 N Church b h 37 S High

Carsal Thos., lab, Matlack ab Barnard

Carter Pat., shoemaker, 87 W Chestnut

Cery Jno., lab, 35 N Darlington^

Cassatt R. S;, gent. Chestnut bet Walnut & Matlack

Chamberlin A. P., carpt, 28 E Mfoer

Chandler M. T., pro Blaxjk Bejff Hotel, S W c Mark- et & High

Cheyney Ann, seamstress, 73 W Chestnut

Cheyney R., do do do»

Cheyney Margaret, gentw, 64 S Church

Cherington Rachel, gentw, 33^ S Church

Clark Lambert, book binder, 50 W Gay

Clark Jno., contractor, 38 S Church

Clayton J. S. & Co., dentists; Eagle Hotel N W c Gay & Walnut

Cleland Jas., Baker, r 143 W Market

Cloud Jesse, livery stable, back Court House r 45 W Miner

Cloud Wm., coach manuf, 70 & 72 E Market

DmECTOBT OF WEST CHESTEK. 67

Clottd Michael, lab, W Market bel New

Cod^y. Pat., lab, 35 Strasburg road

Coffhaan Bdw., bar tender, AVhite Hail

Cogan Thomas, lab. Union ab Darlington

Cogle Ephraim, hostler, r W (rf Higb bet Uiiion and

Market Conlin Elizebeth, wid, IT Strasburg' road Conlin Sarah J„ fancy trimming store*, 9 W Gay Conlin Mary J., trimming store, 29 N Ch»cH*Gh Connor Hannah, gentw, 108 W Gay Cooper Ottley B., bricklayer, S Walnut bel Market Cooper Wm. M., M. D., 98 W Gay Cooper C, stone mason, 77 E Miner Cooper S. A., wheeler, r back Chester Co Cabinet Cooper Thos-, brick mkr, Bolmar bet Market & Miner Cooper Wm. L., brick mkr, Chesnut bet Wayne & New Cope Paschal, street com,Walnut bet Magnolia &Lacey <s^ Cope Eli, clerk, S E c Gkiy & High r N W e Barnard

& Walnut Conghlin Jno., gardner, N New near Chesnut Court Geo., stage driver, 9 S High Court J A., dress maker, 9 S High Court Hannah, gentw, 9 S High Court Rachel D., salesw, c Gay & Churcbr 9 S High Creigh James J., atty, 12 E Market Cresson A. Miss*, teacher, at Misses Evans^ School Crossman E. H.,. clothing store, 14 E G^y Crowell R. M., druggist^ 28 W Gay Culver S., principal public school, r 25 S Church Cummings Thosi, brick moulder, 17 W Barnard Cummings Jas., brick moulder, E Gay bel Franklin Cummings Jerry, lab, Strasburg road Cunningham E. F., seamstress, 18 N New Currey Thos., lab, B Barnard bet Chesnut & High* Cusic John, wheelwright; r 105 W Market

D

Dallings William, painter, r 75- W Chesnut Damion! Lorenzo, W Ctester agr worksj E Market bel Matlack

68 DIRBOTORY OP WEST CHESTER.

Damon & Speakman, W Chester agricultural works,

N W c Union & Franklin Darlington Wm., M. D., Pres't Bank Chester County

r 41 S Church

Darlington Hannah, gentw, 8 W Gay Darlington Wm.,att'y. Office Church bet Gay & Ches- nut r 2 E Chesnut

Darlington Sidney, gentw, 6 E Chesnut Darlington B., gent, 78 N High Darlington Jane, gentw, 34 S Church Darlington J. Lacey, gent, 56 S Church Darlington T. C, gent, 50 S Church Darlington Clement, clerk, r Church bet Miner and Barnard

Dary Wm. W», lab, N E c Matlack & Miner Davis & Martin, grocers, N W c Strasburg & New Davis Norris, grocer, r 17 N Church Davis Isaac W,. lab on R R, 8 Snare^s row E Chesnut Davis Joseph, carpt, Washington bet Walnut and Matlack

Davis & Lewis, steam plaining mill, Walnut bet Wash- ington & Chesnut

Davis Thos, R., drover, N Darlington bel Biddle

Davis P. P., cashier Coatesville Bank, r 78 W Miner

Davis W. W., cabinet mkr, 30 W Gay

Davis L. H., machinist, r 4 E Miner

Davis John, lab, 83 E Miner

Davis Amos, plasterer, 61 W Barnard

Davis J. Miss, teacher, at Misses Evans' School

Davis Reuben, teacher of Belles Lettres, at Bolmar'B

Davis Emeline, gentw, 64 S Church

Davis Hannah P., gentw, 74 S Church

Dawney Abigal, tailoress, 28 W Chestnut

Dayley Pat., lab, Strasburg road bel Now

Denney Jos., lab, E Barnard bet Church and High

Dennis Emma S., teacher, 64 W. Gay

Deisem T. W., salesman, 50 E Gay

DIB£CT0R7 OF WE8T CHESTEB. 69

Devoe Jacob, provision dealer, 30 W Market', r S B c Gay & Franklin

Dickey J. C, gentleman farmer, 88 W Miner Doland Jas., carter, 155 W Market Dolby Thos., lab, Strasburg road bel New Donley James P., potter, % W Gay Donley George, potter, 96 W Gay Donley James, gent, Market bet Walnut & Matlack Donley Hugh, l?ib, 16 N New Donley Eward, grocer, 2 r 4 N New Dorsey Michael, lab, Strasburg road bel New Downing & Pinkerton, editors and publishers Chester County Times, 14 E Gay

Dunlavy Bridget, widow, 139 W Market Duck Wm. H., printer, 13 & 15 b h 37 E High

E

Eachus Townsend, gent, 44 W Market Early Milton, carriage manu, 46 r 56 N Church Ebbs Wm., gent farmer. New N of Town Edwards Hannah B., gentw, 3 N Walnut Ehrenzeller Geo., hatter, 20 E Gay, r 29 E Miner Elder James, gent. Union bet Church So High Eldridge Augustus, servant, 121 W Market Elfrey T. B., cooper, r Penn's Row E Miner Ellicott N. H., gent, E Chestnut bel Matlack Elton Emmor, gent, Washington bet Walnut & High Embree James, gen, 43 S Church Embree Pierson, Machinist, r 43 S Church Embree Wm., gent, 43 S Church Embree Hannah, teacher, 43 S Church Embree Sibilla, teacher, 43 S Church Embree Rebecca J., gentw, 43 S Church Emlin James, gent, 19 W Chesnut England M. B., teamster, 11 Strasburg road Enos Geo., brick-moulder, Franklin Entriken E. S., sadler and harness maker, 54 E Ga^ r Washington bet High & Walnut

70 DIBBCTO&T 'OF WBBT CHESTER.

Entriben J. F., harness maker, 54 E 6ay)r34 W

Marbet Entriken Wm., gent, 13 S Orarch Entriken Wm. W., clerk, agricultural ware house,

b h 13 S Church Entriken Davis W., agricultural ware house, 45 N

High r Chesnut bet Walnut & Matlack Entriken Washington S., chairmaker, 21 r 25 W Gay Entriken Sarah A., M. D., 69 E Market Entrup B. H., teacher of Greek, Latin and German,

at Bolmar's Institute Evans Susan, indow, 44 E Gay Evans Levi, blacksmith. Snare's Row, E Chesnut Evans Mary, gentw, 24 E Biddle Evans P. C. <fe S. P., Female Seminary, Union bet

Church & High Evans Phebe, widow, boarding house, 34 S High Evans H. S., editor and publisher of Record & Regis- ter, 13 and 15 N Church r 37 S High Everhart William, dry good mer, N W c Market &

Church r 12 W Miner Everhart Ben]., mer, N W c Church and Mark€t Everhart J. B., att'y, 12 E Market Everhart J., M. D., 13 E Market Evison Ann, widow, 56 W Miner

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Fahnestock J„ teacher, at Misses Evans' school

Fairlamb C, mer, S E c Gay &High r 42 Walnut

Farley Jno., lab, 149 W Market

Farley Jas., do do do

Farley J., lab, Matlack bet Barnard & Miner

Fassnacht Geo. B., soap and candle manu, 34 W Gay

Fawkes Isaiah, gent, 22 S Darlington

Fell R. H., gent, 10 W Miner

Fendall Mary A., trimming and variety store, 12 bh 4

W Gay Fergus Thos H., prof of music, Straeborg road below

Chesnut

mBEOTOBT tfF WEST CHBXEEB* Tl

Ferrell A., shoemaker, 66 S Walnut

J^imple R., lab, Worthington bet Walnut & Miner

J^inegan Jas., grocer, 9 N Church

iFinegan Pat., clerk, 9 N Church

Finegan Peter, lab, 145 W Market

PineganB., lab, N W c Miner and Darlington

Pinegan M., lab, Miner ab Darlington

Pinegan Jas., wheeler, Matlack bet Miner & Barnard

Pithian L*, shoemaker, 9 W Market, r 73 W Barnard

Pithian R. P.,pEinter, IS and 15 N Church, b h 73 W

Barnard Pitzpatrick Wm., lab, 64 N New Pitzsimmons Geo., plumber and gas fitter. Market

bet Church & Darlington, r 16 S Church Pleming Henry, carpt, 13 E Biddle Pleming Henry, justice of peace, office 7, r 13 SHigh Plines Wm., wheeler, r Matlack bet Barnard & Mner J^osterThos., shoemaker, 57 W Gay Poster Thos jr., shoemaker, 57 W Gay Praley Jos., cedar cooper, r 89 E Gay Prame R. Maris, supt of gas works, S Walnut above

Miner Prame Jane, gentw, 13 N Walnut Prame Clinton, lab, 91 E Gay Preeman H. B., watch and jewelry, 15 E Market Preeman Mrs., S. C, milliner, 15 E Market Preeman B., carter, 31 W Barnard Puld David, clothing mer, 2© E Gay Purlong A., carpt, b h 27 W Market PuUerton P., oyster saloon, -under Manaon House,

r 62 E Market Passelback Jno., cooper, bh 82 E Gay Puthey J. Smith, att'y, 29, r 83 N High Puthey John S., gent, 29 S Church

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Gaintner J. M., printer, 35 W Gay

Galiner Jas., gent, 42 W Market ifrardioar Wm., paintei;, j6AS Wtisgai,

72 mRECTOBr of wxsr Chester;

Gardiner Esther, gentw, 64 S Walnut

Gardiner Mary, widow, 16 W Miner

Garrett J. B^ boot and shoe mer, 10 W Gay

Garrett Margaret, 63 W Ohesnut

Garrett A Jones^,marbleyd, High bet Ghesnut & Wash- ington

Garrett Emma, confec, 49- E Gay, b h Biddle bet Matlack & Wahiut ^

Gastrell Mrs., wig mkr and ladies^ hair dresser, 6& W Gay

George John, tailor, E Market bel Matlack

Gheen L. A., gent, 80 W Market

Gibbons Hannah, gentw, 9 E Chesnnt

Gibbons Jane, gentw, 9 E Ghesnut

Gibbons Abram, gent, E Chestnut bel Matlack

Gibbons B. F.& D., coach mkrs,E Market bel Mailacfc

Gibbons Jos. G., gent, 79 E Market

Gibbons J., lab, E Miner bel Walnut

Gibson S. M., widow. 80 W Miner

Ginnon Jno. P., harness mkr, 4 N Church b h 30 E Miner

Givin Jas., drug'st, 3 N Ch«r«h, r Barnard betweea Darlington & New

Gladman Jno., livery stable, r48' E. Market

Gladman Louisa, provision store, 4& E Market

Gladman Alex., barber, under 7 N High

Gladman A. E. Mrs., 78 S High

Glenn Samuel, painter, 18 W Miner

Golden Jas. E., carpt, 40 E Market

Gold W. T., painter, S E c Chesnut & Darlington

Gold E. W., dress mkr, S E c Chesnut & Darlingtott

Good Julia, gentw, 23 E Bid die

Goold Payne, tobacconist, 32 S High

Grant Rosanna, gentw, 45 W Barnard

Grant Jno., brick moulder, 45 W Barnard

Gray Gibbons, gent, 7T E Market

Gray Slarah D., gentw, 4 W Gay

Go'ay Bjith Ann^ dress maker, 22 N New

IKnrfiCTOBY OF WEST CHESTER. 73

Gray Jos. B., nurseryman, r N E e Walnut & NWds GravesMary, gentw, 78S High ^ Green Jesse C., dentist, 17 WGay Green Wm., carpt, N Darlington below Biddle* Green John, lab, 93 W Market Green Chas., brickmaker, Franklin bet Market & Gay Green Mariam Mrs., 10 W Chesnot Gregg Benj., carpt, 61 W Chesnut Grier Geo., contractor, 62 S Church Griffith J. J., tailor, b h Walnut bet Barnard & Miner Griffith H., lab, on R R b h 8 Snare's row E Chesnut Guhlman Charles, shoemaker, 85 E Gay Guilkey J. C, shoemaker, b h 27 W Market Guillemet D., Fr. teach, Clinton Square N Parlington Guss Harry R., pro of Green Tree, N E c Gay & High Guss Samuel jr.,. livery stable, 14 N Walnirt Guss Samuel sr», gent, UN Walnut

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Hayes Benjamin, gent, 100 W Miner

Haines Hon. Townsend, Judge 6th judicial district r

N" E c Miner and Wayne Haiues S. W., gentw, 58 W Chesnut Haines E. & Son, grocers, 23 W Gay r 20 W Chesnut Haines. E. D^ 1st clerk in Bank, r 20 W Chesnut Haine» A. carpt, Washington bet Walnut & High Haines Abram W., carpt, 68 S Walnut Haines Benj. F., prison keeper, N E c Market & New Haines Geoge D., carpt, b h 12 W Miner Haines Eugene T., teacher, at pub School, r 77 W

Barnard Haines John T., carpt, 7 E Barnard Halderman R. J., mer, 15 r 13 E Gay Haldum Joseph K., carpt. Market ab Wayne . Hall Thomas H., 2nd clerk in Bank, r 22 N Walnut Hall Edward, coal yard, c R R. & Franklin to h 22: N

Walnutv HaBahan Pat., gardner, at Boloiar's Hamer Em«line, wid, 84 W Miner

74 Z>2nCT0R7 OF WEST €HB9T13U

Hammond S. K^ clerk, 30 E Gay b h 65 E Maifcrt

Hampton Ruth gentw, 30 S Darlington

Hannum Alice, dry good and grocerS E c Miner & New

Hanthom Sidney L., seamstress, 48 W Gay

Harice Martin, lab, Matlack bet Barnard & Miner

Harlan E., dress maker, 31 S High

Harley & Eelley, carpet weavers, 33 N N<ew

Harley James, carpet weaver, r 104 E Gay

Harley J., soda manra, 104 E Gay

Harmond Jerrey, trader, forks Strasburg R <fe Chesnut

Harry Samuel, butcher, 84 W. Market

Harris George L., wheelwright, Matlack bet Chesnut

& Gay r 95 E CJay Sartman W. D., M. D., 61 E Market Hatch Mary A., wid, 44 S High Hawley George W^, gent, 60 S Walnut Hawley Thomas P., gent, 5S S Walnut Haws Hannah W^ gentw, 3 N Walnut Hayes & Phipps, proprietors of Mansion House, S E c

Market & Church Heck C. C, carpt, 4 Snares row E Chesnut Hazar T. P., shoe maker, 27 Strasburg road Heed Samuel S., hatter, 14 E Gay Hefflefinger Jacob, Deputy Steriff, b h 37 S Market Heines Gustavus, gent, N Church bel Biddle Heines C, A. M. prof, of Ger, Classics, Mu'c and Drw

46 S. Walnut Hemphill James, gent, b h 81 E Miner Hemphill R. Coleman, gent, 44 S Church Hemphill Wm.C.,liverystable,MinerbtChurch &High Hemphill H. C, gent, b h White Hall Hemphill Joseph, att^, 7 N High r 52 S Church Henderson Mary G., gentw, 66 N Church Henderson Charles, bricklayer, 65 W Barnard Hennessy Wm., carpt, b h 156 W Market Hennessy Thomas, shoe maker, 36 W Gay Hennessy Michael, lab. 79 W Chesnut Hennessy J., carpt, Eliz'hAv'e bet High and CbHrck

waseroBT of wsist chestek. IS

Henry E. C, shoe maker, W Chesnut belNew

Henry Ellen, widow, N E c Union & Matlack

Hepburn Moses, gent, E Miner bel Franklin

Hepburn Moses jr«, barber, 6 E Market

Hesson H. A., pro White Hall, S E c Gay & Church

Hesson Abram S.,harnesmr,4N Churchb h SOEMiner

Hewes Charles P., sup phosphate dlr, SO E r 4 W Gay

Hewes Margaretta, salesw, 15 E Gay

Hibbard Walter, conv, 33 N High r 39 S Church

Hickman John, att'y, .27 N High r 60 W Gay

Hickman E. C.,liarnessmkr,7 W Gay r Biddle bet

Walnut & Matlack Hickman R. H., wid, 87 E Miner Hickman Eber, gent, 24 S High Hickman Francis, shoemaker, 21 S High Hickman Hannah B., wid, 63 W Gay Hilderman A., lab, 114 E Gay Hilderman Jacob, lab, 79 E Miner Himes Joseph, gent, 24 S Darlington Hodgson John, editor and proprietor of Jeffersonian,

East Market, r 57 S High Hodgson and Dennis, triming store, 28 N Church Hodgson Mary, li68 W Gay Hoeber Fred., cake baker, 15 W Gay HoflFman W., cabinet mkr, 51 E Gay, b h Eagle Hotel Hoffman Levi, engineer on E R, 2 Snare's Row Hogans D., lab, 37 W Barnard Hogans M., wheeler, 26 W Barnard Hollon LiQcy, widow, 32 W Miner Hood Benj., drover, 97 W Miner Hoopes Mary, millinery, 26 W Gay Hoopes Phoebe, confectionary, 24 E Gay Hoopes A. C, gentw, 15 W Chesnut Hoopes Joshua, teacher, S E c Matlack & Biddle Hoopes Curtis, gent, N W c Matlack & Walnut Hoopes R F., Recorder, 19 E Biddle Hoopes C, gent, 15 E Biddle Hoopes Jno M., stone mason, New N of Chesnut

76 DntECTOBT OF WEST GHESTEB.

Hoopes Ezra, gent, 72 W Market

Hoopes S., carpt, 20 S High

Hoopes James J., carpt, 26 W Gay

Hoopes J., hatter, 14 W Gay, b h E Miner be High

Hoopes P M., harness maker, 54 E Gay

Hoopes Stephen, shoemaker ,Everhart's grove W Miner

Hoopes Rebecca, gentw, 11 E Market

Hoopes Margaret, gentw, TIE. Market

Hooton Francis C., atf y, office Church bet Gay and

Chestnut Houghton Wm., lab, 102 E Gay Houpt Jacob, carpt, E Gay bel Franklin Howard L., lab, 34 W Miner Howard A. M., laundress, 34 W Miner Howarth Richard, plumber, 22 S Matlack Howarth N., plumber & gas fitter. Miner bel Walnmt Hughes Jas. M., & Jas. T., gent'n, r N E c Market &

High Hunter J. Benton, printer, b h 57 S High Hunter A. W., widow, book, stationery &c 45 E Gay

r 34 S High Hunter Emma, telegraph operator, r 34 S Church Hunt Joseph, carpt, 24 N New Husted Daniel & Son, boot & shoe manuf, 18 W Gay Hustin Ann, 99^ W Miner

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Illingsworth James, turner, Darlington bel Chesnut Ingram John, blacksmitb^e Matlack & Gay r 9 Snare's

Row E Chesnut Ingram Wm. John, blacksmith, r Snare's Row Chesnut Ingram A. P., butcher, Strasburg road Ingram Wm., gent, 33 W Miner Irwin Robert, R R contractor, 14 N High

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Jackson John, real estate agt, 30 E Gay r 44 S Walnut Jackson L. Mrs., seamstress, 58 W Miner Jackson Mary S., r 11 E Chesnut Jackson Jane, milliner, 52 W Church

MBECTORY OP WEST CHESTER. 77

Jackson J. B., shoemaker, N of Union bet High &

Walnut Jackson S. S., conductor on P R R, r 52 N Church Jackson Seth S., farmer, r 19 Strasburg road Jacobs Thomas B.,pro. boarding school, 102-4W Miner Jacobs Charles, segar maker, b h 47 E Miner James Francis, att^, 31 N High r 75 N High James Hickman, Register of Wills r E Gay bel Frank- lin James F. H., teacher of vocal music, r Clinton Square James E» F,, book, card & job printer^ 30 E Gay r

E Gay bel Franklin James Jesse, gent, 86 N High James & Devoe, provision store, 30 W Market James Rachel, widow, 82 W Miner James Harriet M., widow, 67 W Barnard Jeffecy Owen, lab, 49 E Miner Jefferis J. Bayard, Prothonotary, r N E c Church &

Lafayette Jefferis Wm. W., Cashier of Bank, r 73 N High Jefferis M. T., drug'st, 21 N Church b h 20 W Chesnut Jefferis John P., M. D., b h 10 W Market Jefferis Joseph A., lab, E Miner bel Franklin Jefferis Cheyney, speculator, 124 W Gay Jefferis Joseph, gent, S Church bel Miner Jimmerson R., lab, Worthington bet Market & Miner Jester David Y., wheelwright, E Market bel Matlack John S., clerk, 23 W Gay b h 20 Chesnut John Thomas, shoemaker, 58 W Miner Johnson Geo, R., cabinetmr, r N Darlington bel Biddle Johnson Charles, carpt, Washington bet Walnut and

Matlack Johnson John, lab, 18 N Walnut Johnson James, lab, Matlack bet Union and Miner Joice Sarah wid, Nurse, 19 W Miner Jones Joseph, iron mer, 37 r 39 W Gay Jones Josiah S., confectioner, 71 W Gay Jones Edith, wid, 106 W Gay

T8 BIEEGTORY OP WEST CHHSTERV

Jones David, marble yard, N High bet Chesnut and

Washington Jones S. P., M. D; , &2 W Market Jones Wm., lab, 58 S High

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Kane Wm. P.. cabinet mkr, 51 E Gay r T5 W Barnard Kannon David, farmer, Wm. Ebb's ten h N New ^ Kaoagh Martin, contr, Clinton Square N Darlington Kay Jane E., gentw, 74 W Miner Keames W., lab, 29 W Miner Keedi Abner, stone mason,Clinton Square N Darlington Keiser Rev. James R.,118 E Gay Kenney Alice, seamstress, b h 34 E Miner Kelley R., shoe mkr, Strasburg road bel Chesnut Kelley Wm. H., express agt, Washington bet Walnut

and Matlaek Kelley Hugh, carpet weaver, 33 N New r Strasburg .

road bel New Kelley Elizabeth, wid, 14 N New - Kelley Thomas' G., Machinist, N W c Union and

Franklin b h E Market bel Matlaek Kennedy T. J., map pubisher, b h 28 N New Kerr George, carpenter, 5 W Chesnut Kervey L. W. H., mer tailor, 7 N Church r 65 E Market Kessler H. S;, carpt, Washington bet Walnut & Matlaek Kift Joseph, florist, S High bel Union Kimby A., lab on R R, b h 8 Snare's row E Chesnut < King P., taiIor/)ver P Or Clinton Square N Darlington . Kirk W. S., 2nd teller in Bank, r 80 N High Kirk Alexander H., gent, 47 8 Church Kirk M. James, blacksmith, r 93 E Gay Kirk Ruth M., wid. 47 S Church Koncle Eliza, tailoress, E Miner bel Walnut Konner John, lab, Washington bet Walnut and Matlaek Kurtz Rev. M. D., 9« W Miner

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Lack John, milk vender, W Gay bel New

LacbC. D., ladies^ boot and shoe mkr, W ©ay bel New

»IEBOTORY OF WBBIT CHESTER, 7>

Lackey Wnu, lumber merchant, r 29 W Market Ladley Greorge, clerk, r E Market bel Matlack Lambom Martha, gentwoman, 122 B Gay Lambom Priscilla, teacher, at Pu. School r 122 E Gay Lavery James, shoe findings, 9 E Market Lavery John, lab, 131 W Market Le Barbier F., teacher of Fr & Spanish, Bolmar's Inst Lee C. v., coal mr, EGay rS W c Darlington & Union Lee Richard, brick mkr, c Barnard and Matlack Lent John, stove manu, 20 r 18 N Church Lent Mrs. S. H., dry good mer, 18 N Chureh Leslie Alexander, gent, 17 E Biddle Letford John,. H., confectioner, 12 N High Levis R*. W. & Bro., groceries, S W c Church and , Market r 19 S Church

Levis Lewis, teacher, of English at Bolmars Institute Lewis L. Thomas, bricklayer, 15 S High Lewis Wm^ carpt, E Gay bel Franklin Lewis Joseph J., att^, 14 E Market r55 W Gay Lewis' I>. Clinton, carpt, Washington bet Walnut and

Matlack Linch Wm., shoemaker, r 17 S High Linesley Sarah, nurse, 13 N Walnut ^

Logue Emma, fancy trimming store, 27 N Church b h

h 14 N High Longstreth Benjamin,caTpt)Everhart's Grove W Miner Lowry Rev. Robert, r 42 S High Lowry Wmv, carpt, Worthington bet Market and Miner Lowry Robert, carpt, Washington bet High and Walnut Love Mary A., gentw, 86 W Miner Lucas Ann, seamstress, N W c New and Union

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Macartney G. A., auctioneer, 34 S Darlington Mace Margaretta, mantua mkr, 6 S High Mace Sarah, widow, 6 S High Mahar John, lab, 55 E Miner Maguire Wm., mer, E Gay bel Franklin Mailand Thomas, lab,. 5 Snare's row E Chesnut

80 DmECTORY OP WfiST CHESTER*

Malany W. S., M. D., 25 N High b h White Hall

Mailly A., teacher of Fr., at Bolraer's Inst

Manderfield Harry, printer, b h 57 S High

Maris William, baker & confectionary, 4 W Market

Markley Curtis, lab, Miner bel Franklin

Marshall Ann, teacher, r 9 W Chesnut

Marshall & Lackey, lumber yard, R R bet Walnut &

Matlack Marshall John, druggist, hardware <fe Iron store, 15 N

High r 14 W Market Marshall Alexander, brick yard, r 50S Walnut Marshall Lewis, lumber merchant, b h 69 E Market Martin Caleb R., grocer, r 3 Strasburg road Martin John, moulder, N W c Union & Franklin b h

E Market bel Matlack Massey John, printer, 30 E Gay r 34 E Miner Matlack Phebe, gentw, 71 E Market --Matlack J. Hoopes, gent, 71 E Market Matlack Margaret, gentw, 71 E Market Matlack Rebecca, gentw, 71 E Market May Addison, att^, N W c Church & Lafayette McCabe Patrick, porter, W C depot r Matlack bet Bar-

^ nard & Miner McConnell Wm., painter, 28 W Market McCorkel George, plasterer, b h 54 E Market MCormick Robert, pro W C hotel, forks Strasburg &

WGay McCormick Wm., West Chester hotel McCuUough Wm., clerk, 80 W Miner McCuUough J. L., printer, b h 112 E Gay McDavit Jno., lab, 106 E Gay McDavit Jas., 106 lab, E Gay McDermot Peter, shoe mkr, 16 S High r 16 N New McDonald Sam., coach maker, r 110 W Gay ^McElree Jas., carpenter, 52 S Walnut McEnen Jas., lab, Matlack bet Union & Miner McFadden Jas., lab, N High N of town McFall Jane, shoe binder, Union bet Church & High

niRBCTOBY OF WEST CWmm* 81

McFarlan Ann, gentw, 67 W Gay . McGuin John, lab, Strasburg road bel New McGuin Williaai, lab, East Barnard ab Darlington McHall Pat., blacksmith, Matlack bet Gay & Market McLeer Alfred, lab, 8 Snare's Row E Chesnut McLeer George, machinist, b h 8 Snare's Row E

Chesnut McMichael Mrs. A. C, trimming & variety store, 26

E Gay McNutt David, Sheriff, 37 E Market Mc Williams Wm, carpt, b h E Market bel Matlack McVeagh Wayne, att'y, 14 E Market r 45 W Gay Mellen Mary Ann, tailoress, 77 E. Miner Maelia John, lab, Strasburg road bel Chesnut Mellen Mrs. Jane, seamstress, 77 1 Miner Meconkey D., banker, 8 N High Meguigan C. P., carpt, 36 S Darlington Mendenhall Cyrus, gent, r 19 E Biddle Menagh Bowen, pro Eagle Hotel, c Gay & Walnut Mendenhall N., gent, E Chesnut bel Matlack Meppen U. P., gardner, 91 N Chesnut Mercer Mrs. E., milliner, 17 N Church Mercer P., dentist, 19 N Church Mercer George A., clerk, 9 E Gay b h 12 W Miner Mercer Eliza, gentw, 12 W. Miner Mercer Newlin, carpt, 55 W. Barnard Mercer Robert, shoe mkr, r 40 S High Meredith George, butcher, Strasburg road bel New Meredith Lewis, cabinet mkr, b h 30 E Gay Meredith D. B., butcher, 69 W Miner Meredith T. Darlington, butcher, 69 W Miner Meredith George, carpt, b h 80 W Market Mertz John, teacher French & Germau at Wyers' Miles Yearsley, gent, 82 E Gay Miles Gideon, builder, E Market bel Matlack Miller Lavinia, gentw 11 W Chesnut Miller J. K., ladies' shoe store, 6 N Ohurch r Miner

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Miller JUin B., house and^aigii paints, 44 B Mttrtet^ r 31 E Miner

Miller C. D., blacksmith, r 74 S High Millison Eli, pattern mkr, r E Market ab Matlack Millison 0. P., ostler, r £ Ghesnut 2 doors ab R R Monaghan R. E., att'j, 19 E Gay b h White Hall Monks Sarah Ann, confectioner, 79 E Miner Monks Zillah, teacher,.19 E Miner Moffitt S. J., Milliner, 32. W Market Moore William A., P. M., r E Chesnutab Matlack Moore Rev. William K, 20 W Miner Moore Robert S., carpt, Washington^; bet Walnnt & Matlack

Moore Francis, lii), 59 W Barnard

Moran James, clerk 13 E Market r 23 W Miner

Moran William, contractor;. E Miner bel Eranklina

Morgan Joseph, gent, 12. W Market

Morgan Patrick, lab, 101 W Market

Morris Paschall, Pres W fiT R R, 81 N High.

Moulder G., blacksmith, r 7-5 E (Jay

Myers P., boot & shoe mkr<40 W Gay

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Nash Sarah Ann, widow, 103 W Miner Naylor James H., plasterer, 53 W Barnard" Naylor Samuel, plasterer, 53>E Miner Nearmar Thomas, engineer, N W c UnioK J^ Franklin- r E Gay bel Franklin

Newlm John W., printer, 14 E Marfcdtr 7A W Gay

Newlin Benjamin, g^t, 21 N Chesnut

NewUn Jdlm, surv & conv 74 W Gay

Newton Rev. W«l., N W c Ghesnat:& Darlington

Nields Gheyney, cony 103 W Market r 23.S Glnuth

Nields J'ohn, ptiBter, b h 23 S Ghurehj

Nields Daniel, cab't mkr 81 E Gay

NoUe Jolui, drover, t 66 E Gay

Nutter Aiimi, tniiec, N W« JiiQer&MatlaoK

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O'Brien Patricfe, lab, 41 Strasburg road"

Ogden Elizabeth Miss, 72 W Gay

O'Neal James, maeon, S W c DarUogton ^ Bwuiid

O'Neal John, ostler, r 68 B Gay

Ormsby William^ lab 'ZS' W Ghesnnt

Osmond Charles B., ei^t,.& h Washington al> Walnut

Otley Edwin, carpt, 26 N New

Otley William, bricklayer, c Biddle & Walnntr

Ottey Thomas'E., esffpt^E Oheenat ab IMbilack

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Painter Samuel M^ Sec W CT K B?r N W c Chesnut

& High Painter Cyrus K, printer, 30" B Gay r 34 E Miner Painter Uriah H», lumber dealer, N W c il R & Ches- nut r N W c High & Chesnut Parke Prancisj gentleman, 38 S High Parke C. Mrs., boarding house, 27 W Market Parker & Barnard^ dry good merchants, 7 E Market Parker John J., ooal mer,.r T21N High Parker Abigal N^, gentw, 11' E» Chesnut Parker Thomas W., Clerk of Courts, r 63 E Market Parker & Lee; coal mer, 3d door ab Depot Parker Sami^d J., mer, r 11 E Chesnut Parker N. J., pBotograjdiic artist, 48 E Gay b h Green

Tree Parkin Rebecca, widow, 96 W Miner Pasdiall Stephen,, gent, 66' S Ch^^^ Passmore Benjamin J.,clerk of Conmiissionersi r 73 B

Market Passmore B. HL,.cI^k of R^ooider of Deedist r 73 E

Market Passmore Sarai!; gentir, 13 W Gheesiiri^ Patten JamiDSf oarpt, r N Daiiihgtoi abCbesimt Fatteraon DtmS R., eaipt, r 2S B Mfi^r ' Patterson Martha G.,.gentw, 13 W'Olbes&ut

U mSBOTOBT OF W18T CRBBTBR.

PaxBon Henry, m)cer, r 105 W Miner Pearce George W ., editor and publisher of Bepublicaa & Democrat, 43 N High r 30 S Church

Peftrce Ann E., gentw, 101 W Miner Pearce Harriett P., gentw, 101 W Miner Pearce Margaretta, gentw, 181 W Miner Pearce Joseph, lab, 20 N New Pearson Benjamin, gent, 7 N Walnut Ponnock P., blacksmith, b h Black Bear Pennypackcr U. V., att'y, 50 E Gay r 67 N High Peonypacker Sarah W., gentw, 99 W Miner Pierce John E., currier, N W c Gay & Church r IJ E Ghesnut

Pettit John D., att'y, 27 S High Phillips Hannah, gentw, r 58 N Church Phipps Samuel, baker, 8 r 6 N New Pike Phebe, gentw, 32 S Darlington Pirn Ann M., gentw, 4 W Chesnut Powell Thomas, blind mkr, 79 E Gay b h Eagle Powell James, carpt, 25 S High Pratt Preston, teacher, Washington 8 doors bel Wal- imt

Pratt Mary C, teacher, rear of Chester County Cabi- net b h 43 S Church

Prendergrast Rev. I. F., pastor of St. Agnes' church Gay r 61 W Gay

Price Lucius D., harness mkr, 7 W Gay r 63 W Bar- nard

Price William H., book & stationer, 12 N Church r 38 W Miner

Price Ann J., widow, 92 W Miner Pnce Isaiah, dentist, 14 S Church Price Jacob, M. D,, 32 8 Church Price Henry, wheeler, E Gay bel Franklin Pugh Miss Bebeccaj teache^i at Mias Pratt's, b hN W c Miner & Walnut

John, Queens' ware mer, 80 £ Gay

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Ftlsey Jesse, salesman, 121! Qs,j

Pyle B. Franklin, att'y, N £ c Church and Qay r 31

W Miner Pyle Mrs. L. A. W., confectioner, 15 W Qnj Pyle Miriam, gentw, 3 B Gay Pyle John J., confectioner, 15 W Gay Pyle Eli, mason, 15 W Gay Pyle Henry, carpt, 15 W Gay

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Quay Elizabeth, gentw, S W cor Gay & Darlington Qnin Michael, lab, E Miner bel Franklin

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Bawlings John P., house & sign painter, 23 N Ohureh

r 98 E Gay Reed Jonathan, carpt. 71 W Barnard Reed Ezekiel, gent, 17 S Church Reeder G., painter, 18 W Miner Reid Wm., hardware mer. 5 E Market r 27 W Gay Reid Wm. P., silver plater, 5 E Market r 70 W Gay Reid John, printer, 13 & 15 N Church b h 37 S High Richards Miss Elizabeth W., young ladies' boarding

school, 96 B Gay Richardson Franklin, door spring mkr & machinist,

12 B Market r Miner ab Matlack Riley Barney, lab, Market ab Matlack Riley Barney, fence builder, 76 S High Roach Patrick, lab 37 Strasburg road Roark B., lab, E Miner bel Franklin, Robb John boot & shoe mkr, 77 W Chesnut Roberts Jacob R., clerk, 3 N Church Roberts Esther, widow, 6 W Chesnut Robinson Benj. W., foreman brick mkr, r 56 S Walnut Robinson Henry, brick moulder, E Gay bel Franklin Rodeback Sarah, widow, 21 W Miner Rodeback David, lab, 21 W Miner Roe Davidj shoe mker, 6 N Church r 31 W Market Rocker C, baker, 108 B Gay

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Began &2m H., dry geodB 4i Mbx»uBg store, ^ BDgers T. C, teaieliisr pemlmatiship k book-kseplng

Bolmar's Institute Bogers Jdhn^ lib, E Baniard ab DarHngton Bogers D., lab, ^ M Miner Sogers Fsrtiid^ kb, 1 14 W Gay Bomans David, eaifift, 3B! Market bel Matlack Bnssel J. W. & W. S^ %ouse, sign & coach painter,

Matlack bet G«y4fe Church r 75 W Miner Bush Samuel, gent, M S High Bush Mary Ann, grocer, t& E Market Buih Mcotiecai T., cleft Prothonotary's <ffice, r S

Walnut -ab Union Buth Edwin, loachinist, W Snare's Bow E Ghesnut Butter John, att'y, 19 ar 17 E Gay

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--i Sahler A. T)L, clerk, 15 E Gay

Sander E. M., teacher drawing Bolmar's Institute Saner Predenck, watch mkr, 92 E Gay ScluMiidt Adolgpfcus, gardner, Price bet Church & Dar- Hngton Schwab Jacob, fclothingmer, 12 East Gay Schwab Isaac, salesman, 12 E Gay Scotten Dainel M., pgfinter ft paper-hanger, 8 S High

r 16 E Barnard See Theodore, ^cai^t, ^2 S High Seller Charles, fiinner, 3 Snare'fl Bow E Chesnut Sergeant Jackson, druggist, 21 N Church Shaner William J., tallow chandler, 43 N New Sharp Nathan, fence mkr, 26 W Chesnut Sharpless James, gent, Clinton Square N Darlington Sharpless Alice, gentw, Clinton Square N Darlington Sharpless Jesse, gent, W Barnard bel New Sharpless Ann, gentw, W Barnard hel New Sharpless H. P., builder, 68 S Church Sharpless Joshua, gent, 40 W Market Sharpless J. C, civil engmeer, 40 W Market

Sltatples Phifip P., sup W G B. B, 82 S Ghwdi Sharplees S. £., brick mkr & coal mer, r 81 S GliBrch Sharpless&Hall, brick mkrs & coal mers, S E c Union & Franklin & S W e Franklin &RU

Shaw Marshall, bntcher, 84 W Market Shaw Charles, shoe mkr, b h 27 W Market Shaw William, harness mkr, 54 £ Gay Shea Hannah, grocer, 44 W Gay Shea Edward, lab, 37 r 44 W Gay Sheldon Rnth J., widow, 28 N New Sheppard Ann, gentw, 84 N Blgh Sheppard Richard, farmer, ByerharPsgroite W Mii^r Shields Edward, farmer^ r 4«6 W Gay Shields Lewis W., plasterer, b h 1*6 W Gay Shields Wm. F., plasterer, c Washington 4 WsJnnt Shoemaker Benjamin, teacher mathematics & natural science, Bolmar^s Institute

Showalter Joseph, road master on E R, r W Snare^s RowiBvOhesnut

Shur Richard, blacksmith, 83 BGay fiimcox C, wheelwright, 88 W Gay ;Simcox L. B., lab, E Miner bel Franklin -Simcox Worthiugton, stone mason, S Walnut bel Market

?Slack B. E., bricklayer, c Walnut & Biddle

^lack Eliza, 63 W Chesnut

Slane Patrick, lab, 39 Strasbur^ road

Sloan Mary, seamstress, b h E Chesnut bel Matlack

Smedley Edward, nurs'm, N B c Ohesnut & R R

Smiley Mary, gentw, 81 B Miner

Smith J. Curtis, mer, S W c Gay & Church

Smith Mrs, A., trimming store, 14 N Church

Smith Elizabeth, widow, 89 E Miner

Smith Sarah, gentw, 29 E Gay

Smith John M., catpt, 27 W Union

Smith John, bar tender, at Mansion House

SmiJb Mary, wJdaw> 74 W Market

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Smith P. P., att'j, 10 S Church Smith Charles, lab 26 S High Smith Panny, widow, 68 8 High Smith G. P., baker, 16 West Chesniit Smith Joseph M., plasterer, 1 Snare's Row E CSiemiit Smith Jacc* W., plumber, B Gay bei Praaiklin Smith Amy, Miner bet Walnut and Matlaek Snare S. G., mer tailor & clothier, 20 W Gay Snare Miller, grocer, 60 E Gay Southwood Jacob, sexton, N W e New & Miner Speakman Henry H., gent, E Market bel Mafclack Speakman Wilson, gent, 38 £ Miner Speakman Jonathan W^ W C agricultural works, JT W c Union & Frankliot r N W c Miner k Walnut

Spencer H., restaurant, 55 E Gay Spragg Martha, Widow, 3*4 S High Springsteel John W., segar mkr, 32 S High Springer Mary, gentw, 30 S DUrlington Stager Augustus, gardner, 6 Snare's row E Chesnut Steen James, plasterer, 79 W Barnard Stephenson Richard, lab, 148 E Gay Still Abram, coach mannf,. c Gay & New r 22 W Gay Still Hannah J., straw & fancy milliner, 22 W Gay Stiles R. C, M. D., 144 E Gay Stott Z., gent, Black Bear S W c Market & High Stott Jacob, l3ar tender, Black Bear S W c Market &High

Stow Charles, printer, r 44 S High Strickland Nimrody Canal Com., r 25 W Market Stromberg Olof, gent, 14 S High Strycker L. H., 102 & 104 W Miner Sweney Williaaa, chair mkr, 21 r 25 W Gay Sweney Charles, chair mkr, r 33 W Gay Sweney John R., music teacher, r 10 W Market Sweney Mrs. B., widow, 33 W Gay Sweney Joha H., clerk, r 10 W Market Sweney Thcmias, lah^ 133 W Market

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Taggart S. C, carpt, b h 75 E Gay

Taggart Mary, gentw, IS N Walnut

Talley A. L., carpt, 60 N New

Talley Mrs. Mary, geiit^, 13 N New

Tanguy D., saleswomcm, 9 E Gay

Tapley George S., maehiBist, N W c Union & Frank*^

lin r N W c Walnut & Miner Taylor & Cloud, livery stable, back of Court House Taylor Wm. H., livery stable, r 46 E Market Taylor James^ gent, 41 W Gay Taylor Joseph L., gent, 43 W Gay Taylor Joseph fi., coack mkr, Darlington bel Chesnut Taylor Charity, milliner, 6 W Gay Taylor H. M. & A. B., fancy trimming, 36 E Market Taylor Franklin. M,D.,sirperintendant of public schools

of Chester county, r 122 E Gay Taylor C, salesman, 45 N High r 56 N New Taylor Mary Ann, gentw, 60 N Church Taylor Anthony,, gent, 68 E Market Taylor Mrs. Harriett K., N Darlington bet Chesnut

& Biddle Tavlor Sharpless, grocer, N E c Church & Market r

^ 77 N High Taylor Wm. A., carpt, r N W c High & Barnard Taylor Emma, teacher, 40 W Miner Taylor Edwin O., bricklayer, E Barnard ab Darlington Taylor MoseSy carpt, 15 S High Taylor J. G., butcher, c Goshen & High Temple Charles, carpt, 62 E Market Terrels J^mes, shoe mkr, 56 E Gay b h 156 E Market Thomas Isaac, M. D., N W c Gay & Boot road Thomas MatQda R, fancy cap and trimming store, 29

WGay Thomas Levi E., dentist, 17 r 116 W Gay Thomas Abram, lab, 116 W Gay Thomas Enos, gent, 7 W Chesnut Thomas John, lab, N E c Gay & Boot road

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TlympKm Charles, ^uor de&ter, r jS ihAet hil

-liatlack ThiMpaoB Joel, gent, fiO W MaAet Thorn ^Henry, painter, i£ Ghesntit ab1!(flt(}fii4k Tillu8i*'Jame8) gent, 96»^ Ghiup^ Toogood P. L., oysleraian, r *7 -N^ChuFfli Toney J* Wry'dfisistttiit/ cashter mid &^ lellesr Bank

Chester County, r 48 WMwbt ToWBsend JoflUph J,, gent, 4 W ^ay Townsend MrB.tR. A»^ fancy trimming mer^^O E Gay Towi^end T^osias, hfick laj^r, 70 E Gay Townsend E. H.,taer,iS W c<}ay & High, j>S W Gay Townsend Kicli. B^ ishoe akr, Strasburg bel Chesnut Townsend B, ^FittrfkBn, carpt, b h 54 W Market Townsend ^ W., gent, r 66^8 Church Townsend David, gent, N E c 3S4atIack«& E ^E Townsend Emmor,carpt, 58 N New Townsend IVashington, gent, r 9 N High Townsend Eachel, gentw, 28 S High Travilla Jonathan, mer, 25 N Church r 76 W Miner Trout K^ gentw, 36 >S Darlington Trimble Eichard, g^itt, 64 W Gay - Trimble Eebecca F^j'^vridow, 66 N Church

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Valentine C. iMC., dentist, 68 E Gay Valentine Anne, gentw, b h 68 E Gay Vallette MJP., editor Sodalist's Companion,30 E Gay Vanleer Barnard, agent on EE, r 85 W Chesnut Vanosten William, shoe mkr, 27 W Miner Vernon ffohn, bricklayer, Washington bet Walnut & Mii;tlack

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Wafldell William B.,att'y, office 27 N High r 60 S

Walnut Walker I. E., M. D., 47 S High Walls Thomas, variety store, 95 W Market Wallings Henry, constable, 93 W Chesnut Walters (Townsend, County Treasurer, r 15SOb(nii^h

Hral1ieis®»«r. T., dferfc, 28 Nr 15 S Okurdi

"Walton Isabel, gentw, 6 W Miner

Walton Sdgar, mer A grocer, S E c Market & Sigh

SS £ Market Walton Amor, painter, Market ab Wayne Walton James, lab, Strasbnrg road bel Gfaesnut Waltdn George, lab, 112 E Gay Warrington Thomas, dry good mer and grocer, 9 r 11

E Gay Way Samuel, gent, 8 W Miner TVay Geerge, confectioner & fruit store, 6 N Church Webb Margaretta 9C., widow, IE Barnard ab Darling- ton Webb Hannah, gentw, 28 S Church Weber Thomas E., finker, bh 16 S Church Welch William, cai^, b h 91 E Gay Welch James, lab, 3^7 W Barnard Wells William, carpt, E Miner bel Franklin Wetstone Samuel, shoe mkr, 62 N New Whistler Thomas H., plaster, 37 E Miner Whitafcer flPhineas L., auctioneer, 12 N New White P. G., watcTi and jeweliy,« W c GayA Walnut White Mrs. P. G., fency milliner, 72 E Gay White Gnorge, carpt, 54 E MarTset White Thomas S., former, 122 W Gay Whitehead William, dentist, M E Gay Whiting ©enjamln IE., cooper, b li 89 E Gay Whiting William, 'blacksmitli, 25 N Clrarch Witford a., teacher, r 36 S Higli Whitford Ellen A., teacher ptibBc school, 36 S High Whitford Lousia S., teacher ^mblic school, 36 S High Wickersham Esther, gentw, r4 W Gay Wickersham Eliza, gentw, r 4 W Gay Wickersham Townsehd, wagon mkr b h 4 W Gay Wickerdham JeSferis, tinker, r 32 E Miner Willett Elizabetli, boarding house, 52 W Gay Williamson William, att'y, r 35 S High WilKaimasHa Orpha, gentw, 15 W Gay

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Williams If ary, widow, E Miner bel Franklin Williams Moses, carpt, r 48 S Walnut Williams Charles P., teacher of Chemistry, at Wy^rs' Wilson Joseph P., att'y, 25 N High r S High & Lacey Winterbottom P., fancy milliner store, 42 W Gay Winterbottom John tailor, r 20 S Matlack WoUerton Z. C, clerk and master of transportation W

C R R, r 54 N Church WoUerton William, Associate Judge, r S High WoUerton & Walton, grocers & iners, S E c Market

<feHigh Wood & Fairlamb, hardware mer, S E c High A Gay Wood John, hardware mer, S E c Gay & High r N

W c Walnut & Barnard Wood 0. S- & E. P., James, pub of Directory 30 E Gay Wood Samuel J., coach & house painter 81 W Chesnut Wood J. B., M D., 70 N High Woodward Thomas, currier, 1 r 31 W Gay Woodward Jesse, carpt, r Neilds bet High & Church Woodward E., photographer, W Gay over Hughes'

store Woodward James, lab, Strasburg road bel Chesnut Woodward JeflFeris, blacksmith, 32 W New Woodward Sam., shoe mkr, 6 N Church r %8 S High Woodward H. M., milliner, 24 N Church Woodward L. B., harness mkr, 4 N Church r 30 E

Miner Woodward Tacy, widow, 64 S Church Woodward Lee P., printer, 56 W Miner Wood Harriet, gentw, 3 S High WorraU E. P., dentist, 47 N High Worrall George P., book & stationer, 7 r 5 E Gay WorraU J. Hunter, teacher mathematics at Wyers Worth Benjamin, carpt, 76 W Gay Worth Phebe, gentw, 38 W Gay Worth Joseph, boot & shoe mkr, UN Church Worthington John T-, gent, 82 W Market Worthington Wilmer, M, D., 26 S Chnrcfc

BIRECTOET OF WEST CHESTER. 99

Wright Francis H., veterinary, White Hall Hotel Wright John, fanner, Everhart's Grove W Miner Wright Samuel, butcher, N Darlington bet Church Jt

Biddle Wycks C, hair-dresser Cupper & leecher, 8 N Church Wyers WUliam P., Ph. D. A. M., W. C. Academy,

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Yager Arthur, wheelwright, 81 W Chesnut

Yarnall 0. V., coach mkr. 14 W Miner

Yamall Walker, gent, Chesnut bet Walnut & Matlack

Yamall Margaret, gentw, 6 N Walnut

Young Sarah Ann, widow, 36 W Market

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Zell David, R R conductor, r 14 W Church Zell John F., bar tender, Eagle Hotel

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LIST ©F STREETS.

Gay is the dmdiiig street North and aeatli^.8iid Church East and West. Even numbers will always be found on the S6u& side of streets running Eastand West, and odd numbera on the North side; eT«n num- bers on tiie West side of streets running Nortb and South, and odd numbers on the East side.

Adams street, from E Gay to Laoey, E of Fnmklin.

Ashbridge ayenue, from N New to N High, N of Eliz- abeth avenue.

Barnard street, from^S - ayne to Bolmar erfareet, Bo- rough line E^.S- of Miner.

Biddle St., from N Newi;o W C R R, N of Washington^

Bolmar st., Borough line E,.fromcE-6ay to Borough line, S E of Wortfungton^.

Boot road, from E Gay running N E & S W.

€hesnut St., from. Borough line W to Boot road, N of Gay.

Ohurch si, from Gosfien avenue borough line N to Borough line S, between Darlington A High.

Darlii^ton st., from. Stolen avenue, Borough Une N to Borough line S, W of Church.

Dean st., from S Darlington to S High, S of Union*

Eiizabethav., from N New to N Hi^, N of Marshall.

FrsuoUin st., from Borough line N to ElJnion, E Oi Matlaok.

Clay St., from BovougB line W to Borough line E, H of Market.

QoBhenavw, Bovotf^ line N,from N New to Borongh ImeB.

Hlg^ Bt, fromXJOflbm av«, BorMgh line N to Boroo^ line S| E ofi Ciorch.

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Lftcey St., from S High to Bolmar st, Borough line E, S of Magnolia.

Lafayette stjfrom N New to N Matlack, N of Biddle.

Linden St., from S New to Bolmar st., Borough line E, S of Nields.

Magnolia st«, from S High to Bolmar st., Borough line E, S of Union.

Market st., from Borough line W to Borough line E, between Gay and Miner.

Marshall st, from N New to N Franklin, N of Lafay- ette.

Matlack st, from Goshen av., Borough line N to Bo- rough line S E of Walnut

Miner st,, from Borough line W to Bolmar st. Bo- rough line E, S of Market

New St., from Goshen av. Borough line N to Borough line S, W of Darlington.

Nield st, from Borough line W to Bolmar st.. Bo- rough line E, S of Price & Lacey.

Penn st, from E Gay to Lacey, E of Adams.

Price st, from Borough line W to S High, S of Union , ADean.

Railroad av., from E Magnolia to Borough line S & Worthmgton, E of Matlack-

Strasburg road, from c of Gay & New, running N W &8R

Trego ay., from NINTew to N High, N of Ashbridge ay.

Union st, from Borough line W to Bolmar st,, Bo- rough line E, S of Barnard.

Virginia av.^from N New to N High, N of Marshall.

Walnut st, from Goshen av., Borough line N to Bo- rough line S, E of High.

T^ashington st., from N Church to N FrankUn, N of Chesnnt

Wayne st, from c Straabuig & Ghesnut to W Union W of New.

Worthington st, from E Gay to Borough line S, c B R ay., E of Penn.

STATISTICS.

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CHURCHES.

Baptist CHtmcH. - South High street, below Bar* Hard. Organized January 23d, 1834. 180 Members 811(1160 Sunday School Scholars. Sertiees at 10| ^'clock, A. M., and 7} P. M.

Pastor - ^Rev. Robert Lowry.

Deacons - R. M. Frame, U. Vr Pennypacker, E. P. Worrall, P. Goold.

Trustees - E. P. Worrall, R. M. Frame, William A, Taylor, George Fitzsimmons, Payne Goold.

Fbiendb' Meeting - ^Nortb High and Lafayette streets. Meeting every First day, and every Fourth day, except MonUily Meeting week, which is held the last Seventh day preceding the last First day, all oom- Hiendng at ten o'clock. A* M»

Ministers - Stephen Paschall, Ann Jackson, and iiarah Hoopes.

FBIBKD&' Mbbtino. - ^Cbesust street,betwera Chorck* and High - ^Meeting lOo'dock, A. M., First «id< Fifthr day. Monthly Meeting - Fourth day foUowibg the* last Second day.

Ministers - John Wood, Hannah Qtibbons'.

First PrbsbyterUn Church. - Corner of Miiwr and- Darlington streets. Organized January, 1834, 186 members and 180 Sunday Sichool SchoH^ui^ ger-. rices in the morning 10} o'clock, P. M.,and 7|' P. >r.

Pastor - ^Rev. William E. Moore.

Elders - ^Henry Fleming, Esq., Wilmcr Worttliiig^ ton, M. D., P. Frazer Smit&r, X9q^,,.fi4unbertf€lark, Win. F. Wyers,

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Trustees - Henry Fleming, Esq., WilKam William* son, Esq., John Marshall, William Apple, Wilmer Wor- thington, M. D., P. Prazer Smith, Esq., B. Franklin Pyle, Esq., Francis Parke.

Methodist Episcopal Church. - Corner of Mar- ket and Darlington streets. 195 Members and 8 Pro- bationers, and 31^ Sunday School Scholars. Sabbath morning service lOJ o'clock during the year. Even- ing service, from November to April, 7 o'clock; from April to November, 7 J o'clock. Lecture and Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening. Church Bible Class, every Friday evening. Baptisms, first Sabbath of each month, 2J o'clock, P. M. Sacrament of Lord's Supper, first Sabbath of each month, 3 o'clock, P. M. Missionary Concert, last Wednesday evening of each month. Prayer Meeting, every Saturday evening at 7 o'clock.*

Pastor - M. D. Kurtz.

Stewards - Cheyney Nields, John-H. Sweney, James Sweney, John Lent, William Ingram, Caleb J. Mat- lack, T. C. Rogers*

Trustees - Wm. Ingram, J. H. Sweney, James Swe- ney, C. Nields, J. Lent.

Protestant Episcopal Church. - West Gay street between Darlington and New. Pounded 1836. The congregation numbers about fifty fomilies. The pre- sent number of communicants is 86. The Sunday School numbers 100 pupils. Services, 10 J A. M., 3 P. M., Winter; 4 P. M . Summer.

Rector - Rev. William Newton.

Wardens - Lewis Brinton, J. H. Bradford, M. D.

t'estrymen - William Darlington, M. D.,01of Strom- berg, George W. Pearce, James H. Bull, David Me- cbnkey, Minshall B. Broomhall, Thomas B. Jacobs, Henry S. Evans, Henry Buckwalter.

St. AoiTBa' Ghubgh. - ^West Gay between Daiiing- ton and New. Services 8 and 10 o'clock, A. M.; Ves-

StAtlSISCB OF WEBT Cfi^fffi. 101

per 3 o'clock, P. M. 960 membe!?s and 100 Sniwlay School Scholars. Pastor - J. P. Pendergrast.

ZiON A. M. Church. - Everhart's Grove, Miaer street. Pounded 1835. Services every Sunday at 10 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, P. M» 73 Members.

Pastor - Rev. John M. Brown.

SCHOOLS.

West Chester Public Schools. - East Barnard street between Church and High, and West Bar- nard between Church and Darlington streets - White School - Primary Department, 112 Boys, 98 Girls, 4 Teachers; Secondary Department, 58 Boys, 54 GirlSy 3 Teachers ; High Department, 56 Boys, 65 Girls, 3 Teachers. Colored School - 38 Boys, 27 Girls, and 1 Teacher.

Directors - Henry Sharpies, Jesse C. Green, R. Maris Frame, Benjamin Bates, Washington Townsend, Minshall B. Broomhall.

Institute for Young Genti^bmen. - ^Boot Road.

W scholars, 12 tea(5hers. A. Bolmar, Proprietor. i

Miss Barclay's Select School. - No. 96 West,

Miner street. 17 scholars.

Miss Emma Dennib' Primary School. - No. 64 W.' Gay street. 30 scholars.

Miss Hannah Embree's Primary School. - North East comer Church and Barnard. 18 scholars.

Miss Mary C. Pratt's Day School for Young Ladies. - In the rear of the Chester County Cabinet. 45 Scholars, 2 Teachers.

Private Boardin© School for Boys. - ^No. 102 and 104 West Miner. Thomas B. Jacobs, Proprietor. 15 scholars, 1 teacher.

102 8tatxsti08 of west ghebtbe.

Miss E. W. Richards' Yo0no Ladies' Boaadikg

School ^No. 96 East Gay street. 25 scholars, 3

Ibmale teachers.

Student's Home. - North East comer of Market and High streets. A day school for young ladies. Is- abella B. Butler and Sarah Hughes. 19 scholars.

West Chester Female Seminary. - Union street, between Church and H^gh. Conducted by the Misses Evans. 30 boarders, 35 day scholars, 4 male and 3 female teachers.

West Chester Academy West Gay street above

Darlington. Wm. F. Wyers, Ph. D. A. M., Princi- pal. 81 Scholars, 6 Teachers.

Trustees - Joseph J. Lewis, Dr. William Darling- ton, John W. Townsend, Dr. Isaac Thomas, Dr. Wil- mer Worthngton, John Marshall, Washington Town- send, Joseph Hemphill, Joseph P. Wilson.

Friends' School. - North Church between Chesnut and Washington. 16 scholars, 1 teacher.

LIBRARIES.

Chester County Athbneum. - 45 E Gay, No. of volumes, 2092. Manager and Treasurer, Washington Townsend.

Working Mens' Institute. - Located in the second «tory of Townsend's Building, No. 30 East Gay street Incorporated Sept 25th, 1855. The Institute meets the first Saturday evening in every month. The Library is open every Saturday evening* It contains about 600 volumes. Terms of membership 50 cents per annum.

President - L, W. H. Kcrvey.

Vice President-^Daniel Nields.

Secretary - Cyrus P. Painter.

Treasurer - ^B. Maris Frame.

Librarian - ^Paul F. Whitehead.

Managers - ^Lewis Maidball, William Shields, Jos. B. Gray, D. Clinton Lewis, Joseph Kift.

BOROUGH OFPICEBS.

Chief Burgess - Joseph P. Wilson.

Second Burgess - William R Waddell.

Assistant Burgesses - Wm. Ingram, George Brin- ton, Lewis W. Shields, Robert Mercer, Samuel S. Heed.

(Borough Treasurer - William S. Kirk.

Superintendent of Water Pipes - William Apple.

Street Commissioner - Paschall Cope.

Water Committee - Wm, B. Waddell, George Brin- ton, William Ingram.

Street Committee - William Ingram, Lewis Shields, Robert Mercer.

Gas Committee - Lewis Shields, Samuel S. Heed.

Committee on Mill Property - George Brinton, Rob- ert Mercer, William B. Waddell.

Borough Constable and Clerk of Market - G. A. Macartney.

Lamp Lighters - William Lynch, Andrew Perrell.

The regular meetings of Burgesses are held the se- 4X)nd Tuesday evening of each month at the office of the Chief Burgess.

Bank op Chester Countt. - Capital $225,000. Discountdays - Tuesday A Friday, at 11 o'clock, A. M. Bank opens at 9 o^lock,A. M.; shuts 3, P. M. Closedon the 4th of July, Thanksgiving, aad Christmas days.

President - Dr. William Darlington.

Cashier - WillliamW. JeflFeris.

Assistant Cashier and Paying Teller - John W. Tor- rey.

Receiving Teller - William 8. Kirk.

Directors - Di% William Darlington, Smith Sharp- less, BichardM. Thomas, Dr. Isaac Thomas, Jacob B. Morgan, Dr. Wilmer Worthington, George Brmlon, John Marshall, William DarUnetcm, Esq., William Windle, Joel Hawley^ Joseph Dowdall, Joseph P. Wilson.

WEST <mXSTBR FQ8T OSFICE.

East Gaj street OfSce boom &e«i T ^'dod:, A. M., to 7 o'cIo€k^ F. M. &uida7» fironi 12 (/dock, M. to 1 o'clock, P. M.

PoBt Master - ^Willmm A. Mooce. . . Time of departure and arrival of the different Mails:

Philadelphia. Mail. - Per Bailcoad. SenHnftiily, exoBfit Sunday ; l^ives at 6 A. M., said 2 P. M^, ar- rives at 10 A. M. and 6 P. M.

Philadelphia Mail. - Per Stage. Daily, except. Sundays, leaves at 7 A. M., arrives a 7 P. M.

Readikg Mail. - Tri-weekly. Leaver Tuesday,, Thursday and Saturday at 7 A. M., arriv^a MoBdajF? Wednesday and Friday at 7 P. M.

Hummblstgwx Mail. - Leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 A. M., arrives Monday, Wednea^ day.ajid Friday at 2 P. M.

Perryville, Md., Mail. - Leaves Tuesdciy, Th^wi- dfty and Saturday at 11 A. M., arrives Monday, Wed- -eeday and Friday at 12 M.

Wilmington, Del., Mail. - Leaves Tuesday, Tkurfi- day and Saturday at 7 A. M., arrives same days at -* P.M.

Hamobton Mail. - ^Leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 1 P. M., arrives same days at 6 P. M.

SiTGARTowN Mail. - Leavcs Tuesday at 7 A. M.,. arrives same day at 12 M.

MoRTONviLLB Mail. - Weekly. Leaves Tuesday at 7 A. M., arrives same day at 12 M.

Horticultural Society. - Hall North High st.j be- tween Ghesnut ^nd Washington. Fairs semi-anniiaUy.. President - Jonathan C. Baldwin.. Vice President - rPierce Hoop^^ Becprding Seor^tory - Joseph B., Qmy, Corresponding Secretary - Josiafc Hoopes. B,»:ecutive Ow^nitW-^, B. W©od, Wm. & Kirk^ J. G. Baldwin, James Powell, AJi»x£uader MardmS..

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WiBST Ohestsk Basuroaxk - Depot 47 Ssbst Ga^ -ts^eet. Cs^^ leave at 7jf a'eloek, A. M-^aad 3> o^cloek^ P. M- Fare 75 cents.

President - Joseph J. Levis, Esq.

Secretary and Treasurer - S. M. Painter..

Superintendent - Philip P. Sharpies.

Reading Stage. - Leaves Keystone Hotel, Readiog; every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, apad Green Tree Hotel, West Chester every Tuesday,. Tlwrsday and Saturday morning, at 7 J o^dock; pass-^ ing Oakland, Lionvflle, Eagle, Wallace, Loags, Mor- gaiit0i«^n, Joanna Furnace and Beckersville. Fare to Reading, |2. John G Dunwoody, Proprietor.

CocHRANViLLE Stage. - Lcavos Cochranvillo every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, and White- Hall Hotel, West Chester, every Tuesday, Thursday, arfd Saturday, at 11 o'clock, A. M.; passing Marshal- ton, Embreeville, Unionville, Doe Run and Gum Tree. Fare to Cochran ville,$l. Francis Conway, Proprietor.

New Holland Stage. - Leaves New Holland every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and Green Tree- Hotel, West Chester, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, at 7 o'clock ; passing Downingtown,. Gallagherville, Brick, Brandywine Manor, Rockville- and Waynesburg. Fare to New Holland, $1 87 J.. R. Pox, Proprietor.

Wilmington Stage. - Leaves West Chester every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning at 7 o'clock.. Returning, leaves Wilmington at 1 o'clock same days- Pare to Wilmington, $1. George Court, Proprietor.

Pmi/ADELPHU Stage.^ - Leaves Green Tree Hotel,, West Chester, every morning at 7 Ovclock. Return- ing, leaves White Hall Hotel, Philadelphia, at IJ o'clock. Pare to Philadelphia, 62^ cts. Statekhonse- A Co., Proprietors.

West Chester and City ExPBSds. - Tuesdaysy. Thursdays and SatiH*dayei. John Roe% Piopriet(»-.

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FIRE COMPANIES.

FntST West Chester. - Instituted 1799. Engine House No. 26 North Church street. Statiad meetings the last Saturday night of each month. 73 Active a^ 60 Contributing members.

President - Edwin Otley.

Yice Presidents - Jonathan Speakman, Samuel J. Parker.

Secretary - E. P. James.

Treasurer - Jesse C. Green.

Trustees - Jesse C. Green, J. Smith Puthey, Wil- liam Butler.

Engineers - E. H. Townsend, Lewis W. Shields^ Henry C. Baldwin, Washington S. Entriken, Jackson Sergeant, John VV. Newlin.

Good Will - No. 44 North Church street In- stituted in January, 1833. Incorporated in 1846. Meet the last Saturday in January, March and May. '45 Active and 30 Contributing Members.

President - Simon Barnard.

Vice President - Joseph B. JefFeris.

Treasurer - William Darlington, Esq.

Secretary - Henry W. Carruthers.

Chief Engineer - John Lent.

Assistant Engineers - George B. Fassnacht, Joseph Rothschild, Abner M Garrett, Edwin Bennett, Wbq. McConnell.

Fame. - Engine House No. 49 East Market street Organized Feb. 9th, 1838. Incorporated July 29th, 1852. The Company meets the Second Saturday evening in every month. 106 Active and 60 Contrib- uting Members.

President - Wilmer Worthington, Jr-

Vice Pnssident - ^Theodore P. Apple.

Secretary - Henry Fleming, Jr.

Traatorer - C. M. Valentine.

Chief Bj^ne&t^^I). Clinton Lewi&

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Aflsi8ta&t Engineers - FinnciB GoiB, John McKay, T. P. Apple, John Stewart, P. McHale.

Electing Gommittee--S. S. Heed, Jacob Hoopes, James Harley.

Trustees - Wilmer Worthington, Jr., 0. M. Valen- tine, Cyrus P, Painter.

ODD FELLOWS.

PocAHONtAS Lodge, No. 316, 1. 0. op 0. P. - Meets in the Cabinet Hall, on Thursday evenings. Installa- tions on the first Thursday of October, and first Thurs- day of April. Number of Members 103.

Noble Grand - Joseph Kift.

Vice Grand - J. B. Jcflferis.

Secretary - Joseph B. Gray.

Union Lodge. - No. 28 West Market street. In- stituted Sept. 21st, 1850. Meet the 1st, 2d, and 4th Saturdays in each month. 74 Members.

Noble Father - Rev. John M. Brown.

Noble Grand - Francis Moore.

Vice Grand - Alison Williams.

Recording Secretary - Solomon A. Cooper.

PUBLIC AND LITERARY INSTITDTIONS.

Court House - North West corner Market aaid High streets. The regular Terms and Sessions of the Oyer and Terminer and Common Pleas, commence by law, on the last Mondays of January, April, August, and October. The Orphans' Court will be held on the second Mondays of March, June, September, and December.

President Judge - Hon. Townsend Haines.

Associates - Nimrod Strickland, William WoUerton.

Prothonotary - J, Bayard JeflFeris.

GouNTT Prison - North East comer Market and New streets. Benjamin F. Haines, Keeper, Anderson Black, Under Keeper. 29 Prisoners.

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G^BBTER OmWT GilSINBT dF NATURAL SCnKGH.

President - WilMam Darlington^ M. D., LL. D. Secretary and Treasurer - Washington Townsend Curators - Wm. W Jeflferis, Wm. D. Hartman, M.- O., J. Lacey Darlington.

Gas Works. - South East corner Miner & Matlack- President - John Marshall. Treasurer - George W. Pearce- Managers - Dr. Worthington, ^^ illiam Darlington,. Esq., Jos. P. Wilson, Samuel R. Brick, H, P- Sharpies- Superintendant - R. M. Frame*

Oaklands Cemetery. - Annual Election, first Mon~ day in June.

President - Dr. Wilmer Worthington.

Secretary - Joseph Hemphill.

Treasurer - W. Towiisend.

Managers - Dr. Wilmer Worthington, John Mar-* shall, Joseph Hemphill, W. Townsend, J. Lacey Dar- lington.

National Telegraph. - Ofltce No. 45 East Gay st. Connection with all parts of the United States. Ratet^ - ten words 25 cents; each additional word two cents, to Harrisbnrg and Piiriade]])hia, and intermediate sta- tions. To other cities and towns regular tariff rates.

West Chester Police^ Association - Stated meet- ings are held semi-annually, on the first Monday in February, and the first Monday m August, at the White Hall Hotel.

President - L. W. H. Kervey.

Secretary - William Apple.

Treasurer - J. J. Parker.

Crank & Dasher. - Meet weekly during the Win- ter season, in Townsend's Building, No. SO East Gaj^ abxeev.

Manager8-^ohn P. Bsaly, Williinn Shieldh, Lewis Marshall.

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Wbwp Ohestsb FaiALB BOLB SecmT. - Aulili- zry to the Pennsj^vania Bible Society. Hold pMm xneetiiig annually. Book depoeitoiy for the sale of BjbleB i^nd Testamente, at E. H« TawiiaHid'fi Store, Southwest corner of Gay and Hi^ streetek

President - Mrs. Aniia Lowry.

Secretary - ^Miss Harriet Ingram.

Treasurer - Mrs. Sarah F. Worralh

Ladies^ Union Benetolent SocnrrT - ^Distribu- tion commences after the second Wednesday in De- cember.

President - Mrs. Sarah Parley.

Vice President - Mrs. W. Townsend.

Secretary - Miss Elizabeth W. Smith.

Treasurer - Mrs. Catharine P. Darlington.

The Club. - Room in Hemphil^s Buildmg. Liter- ary meetings, Mimday evenings. Social OMetiogs, ev- ery evening, Sundays excepted.

Prerident - Dr. Franklin Taylor. .

Vice President - J. C. Sbarplqss.

Secretary - Cheney W. Niclds. .

Treasurer - S. E. Downing...

Librarian - M. P. JeflFeris.

AcmicOLTUTRAL SociET7. - ^Agricultural Fair {^Id An- nual Meetings held in September, and business meet- ings last Monday in April.

President - Isaac W. Van Leer.

Vice Pr^dents - ^Lewis Brinton, Joseph Dowdall, Dr. J. E. Eshleman, Edward Gheen. ^

Becording Secretaries - James H. Bull, William D. Sugar.

Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer - J. Lacey Darlington.

Executive Conmiittee - Lewis SharplesB, Joseph Cope, C. Brinton, Jr., M. B. Hickman, ThoB. S. Wood- ward, Edwin James,Francis Strode, William Chalfimt, Thomas W. Cheyney, William B. Baldwin.

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Crktb Oomrr Mkdigal Socinnr.--«Meetiiig of Society last Taeaday in each quarter.

nremdent - Ala. K. Gaston, M. D.

Yiee Pre8ideikt» - Isaac Z. Obffman^ M. I^., WilUaqi W. Towii8eHd>, M. IK

Becording Secretary - Jacsl^ Price, M. I>.

Corresponding Secretary - ^Oaleb Swayne, M. D.

Treasarer - William D. Hartman, M. D.

Censorfr-J. B. Brinton, M. D., William W. Town* send, M. D., J. R Edge, M. D.

Natiohal Guards.? - Armory in Everhart's Build- ing. Meetings first Tuesday erening in each month. S5 members.

Captain - ^Robert Irwin,

Secretary - ^ohn P. Bawlings.

Txieasurer - ^Henry R. Guss.

Oknbus of WB»r Gbbbtbb, for 1857 - Taken ex- {iressly for this work:

White Mdes, 182$.

White FemaleB, .*..-..- 2091.

Black Males, 190.

Black Females, - - - 2SS.

Total, 4S67.

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Established in the year 1818, has been under the charge of t^ present Principal since the 1st of May,1854,and has gradually ris- en to a high rank in public confidence and patronage. The course of instruction is very extensive ; its aim, accurate and thorough scholarship ; its design, to prepare boys and young men for College^ or fit them for usefulness in the various requirements of active life. The Department of the Classics and Classical Literatare, embracing

Ancient History & Geog^raphjtArchs&ology & Mythology

is under the charge of the. Principal^ who also teaches .

HISTORY, MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY, AND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

The Engllsili and Matlieniaticai Departments

are taught by gentlemen, whose ability and experience amply qualify them for their respective duties. Instruction in the

FRENCH AND GERMAN LANGUAGES

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have lately been added to the regular exercises of the School* - The Principal is determined to make his School more and more worthy of the liberal patronage, which it has received. He has opened in connection with the Academy a department of

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where young men and others may obtain a knowledge of CHEM- ISTRY in its application to AGRICULTURE and the ARTS, without being regularly connected with the school as pupils. - Lectures on

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1B0MAS M. THORNBUR Y. Stall No. 40, residence, Marshallton.

ISAAC U WALTON,

Stall No. 3. (lower market) residence, Noitii New, North of town.

T, H.B.WEST, Stall No. 58, E. Bradford.

S AMilGL WRIGHT,

Stall No. 30,ixeaiAenoe K. S)arli^gton between Chestnut& JBiddk.

120 BceixESa onuxTroBY.

JACOB SCHWAB'S

NIW & CHEAP CLOTHINnTDBB.

No. 12 East Gay St„ West Chester.

THE EubscriLiT most re. -

spcctfully i»;oriiiH hisciia-

tittDers and ih.; publ.c in

gcDeral Ih it hi- h m upen-

Ltlsnew Clolti.ng Sture,

coDslsting III a v.;ts krgt

Men

Seady m'

BOOTS AND SHOES,

Gentluiii.rh s KurniKhing Qooif &c n I w)),ch h /

CfltlTSlO Hi't'at tllj luw.'si"

maiket raton. To nnki bii«nij83 ttiliitl ictDry cm fldencu must Uo cstuiil.sh ed bctvTi^dti tlie blijiTUTii the Bjlli-r as thurj niunl always bj dillloulty And J delay.wliilurh.Teisd.mb- ' on eitbur aide. Impl.ci relianct) iL])i>ii rbu wurds - of the suUer, axvet and facilitiilus bnsinuBg. Eqnivocntion behind the | counter is the parent of equivocation before the oounleT.fonrliere the former is pr.ictUcd, the latter will be rt^snrted to. Business can be conducted successfully and with infinitely more 8i(JBr.icUon to all parties, without resorting to it. The adoption uf the princi- ples of fair prices, in every instance carefully avoiding the slightest misrepresentation, removes all obstacles, and ensures expSltion and confidence. These are our ideas of business, and this pkih- ciPLb will continue to be carried out at

JACOB SCIIWAB'§, M«w Jt Cbeap Clotliliiff Store, Nd. 13 Eant Gar St., ' In the house formerly occupied by G. F. Worrall, as a Book Store. Sir We olway* take pleasure in sbowjug our good*.

Bosnrass disectort. 121

103 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET,

Four doors below Cheainut,

MANUFACTURER OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,

Syringes, Trusses, &c., Ears for the Deaf, the London Acoustio Auricles, and five varieties of Auricles ; the invisible Sound Mag- nifier and Organic Vibritor; Silver Ear Comets, Artificial Dmm or Tympani, BerhnEar Trumpet, RoussePs Patent Ear Trumpet; Miss Martineau's Ear Trumpet ; Ear Tubes twenty-two varieties of Hearing Trumpets; large assortment of Trusses. Also, the French Truss, Shoulder Braces, Suspensory Bandages, Elastic Stockings for Varicose, or enlarged Veins in the Leg; Knee Cips, &c.; Dr- Mattson's Patent Elastic Syringe, it is light and portable, and can * be carried in the pocket; Maw's Self-Injecting Syringe; a New and improved French Injecting Syringe ; Male, Female and GhiU dren's Syringes; Farriers Instruments; Horse Spring Lancefs,p1atn and with guard ; C ittle Lancets; Nicking Knives, Seton Needles, Horse Syringes, Capon Instruments, &c., &c. Genuine Evans' London Thumb L.inc^ts, Th irrier's French Lancets. Physicians* Bottle Cases, Electro-Magnetic Machines, &c., &c. Gilchrist's American ne plus ultri liazors, also, his celebrated Frame Back Razor; Wado & Butchers old Army Razors ; Rodger's & Wos- tenliolm's fine Razors Rodger's, Launder's Wood's and Snyders's Rizor Strops, Ladies' Scissors of the finest quality; Wostenholm's Pen, Pocket. Bowie and Dirk Knives; over three hundred varieties of Wostenholm's Pen and Pocket Knives.

tt!^ Razors-ground and Honed, Scissors Sharpened, and Cut- lery ground and repaired, by P. MADERI A, l! 3 South Kighth street, four doors below Ghesnut.

Tbe second story of the Fame Engine Boosts

The Boom is 40 by 20 feet, well lighted with Gas, sup- pLed with Seats, and is an excellent Boom for

SINGING OR NIGHT SCHOOLS; EVENING MEETINGS

Op any KIND. Terms Moderate. For further in- formation, apply to either of the undersigned.

WILMER WORTHINGTON, C. M. VALENTINE, C. P. PAINTER,

Trustees of Fame Fire Company.

-mmrmm* v^sil.c^'vj:

UAHUPACTDRBE OF

CABBIAGES & UOHT VEHICI.E8

OF EVERY DESCKIFTION. VO Si 7Q EAST MAEKET STEEET,

o'o^sT xa.. ncxxiXiEsxi.,

House & Sign Fainter, and Glazier,

So. 49 EAST MABEET STKEEI,

WEST CHESTER, PA.,

Ke«pecUtII; Infomu (be citizens of tlie Borougli and Gonnty, th»t thit lie is prepared to do all i^inde of

IMITATIONS OF Att KINOe,

^t the dtorteaC notica, and on the tnoat reaaonablfl tenni. heepi conatuitlf od bimd a large lot of 6I<A8S AVD READT-niXED PAISTS. B7' VAsncviaU aitektio* pub «- ctcirtBr c

mxMt mnm mm

Photographic EmporiunL

Ho. 48 Sast Gay St. West OliMter, Fa.

VWWMMMMMMMWMMMMWIMMMMMMMMMI

VIBST PREHIUH & FIRST CLASS PICTURES!

M«MMMMW««MM

As reference to the superiority of pur Ambroses and Photo- gnpbs over all competitors, we refer to the Exhibitions where we voesiyed the first premium: at the June ^Exhibition of the Ches- ter County Horticultural Society ; at the September Exhibition of the Chester County Horticultural Society ; at the September Ex- hibition of the Chester County Agricultural Society, and at the Exhibition of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society^ lieUl St Philadelphia, September, 1857.

This Estaolishment is unsurpassed in this^orough or State. Kot only are the arrangements the most complete for every style of the Daguerreotype and Ambrotype, but also for Photography, upon GlaiM> Paper, &c.,&c., of all sizes, fVomliOcket to Life 8ize,p3ain or finished in Oil, water color, Indian Ink, or Crayon.

Parties residing at a distance, who mi^ possess a Daguerreotype of a valued friend, can, by sending it by oiail or express to this Gal- IttjT, have returned to them a LARGE PICfURS, in either of the above a^les. This is the only GiMleiyin the oeusty in ^R^^h aU styles of Photographs are taken.

Having constantly on hand a large and f|flendid assortment of Gases and Prames of ^e latest pattems,<richest and most fashion- able styles, we are prepared at all times to fill orders at the short- est notice. 'Cloudy weather the best for taidng pictures. The proprietor having recently added several new rooms to his already large suite, and refitted and refurnished the same throughout, and devoting his own personal attention to operating, he feels confident he Can produce pictures in which are combined faithful delineslions aad beauties of colors rarely found in other establishments. Light-bom and limn'd by Heaven. It is no cheat -

No image but himself, his living shade !

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He seems uot now, but is. And I do Imow^ Or think I do, what meaning fVom those lips Would break ; and on that bold and manly brow There hangs a light that knows not an eclipse, fhe light of a true soul. If art can give The bodied soul this life, who doubts the soul will live 7 Parsons are cordially invited to call and examine i^eclmens, whether wisbh^s p^ctwes or not.

124

BUSINESS DtRECTORT.

ii»i»

»

JOSIAE EOOPES, Proprietor.

The Suliscriber would respectfully in- vite he at ention of all who are in- terested in the culture of

mn & oBHAMEsm

6JIA1»3S YiUBS, &C

to his collection, which he has selecte J with care, both from Nurseries in :his countrj' and Europe.

llxvin;^ recently erected

COMMODIOUS GREEN HODSfiS,

he is prepared to fill orders for

Mmirllili^,^ ¥£.ifcs£:SjiLS.

[ KJl i-«l * IL. l3r jlilL HJL 'IjIi IL.lt -ioL IbIT

and all plants suitable for bedding out through the Summer months.

N. B. - Bouquets neatly arranged and furniflhed at, the shortest notice.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 125

Fruit and Confectionery

ESTABI^ISHMEIVT,

Ho. 4 TXotQi Church Street, West Chester, Fa.

THE siibseriber would inform his friends and the public gener- ally, that he has opened a Fruit & Gonfeotionebt Establishment at the above named place, where may constantly be found every

SUCH A3

Watermelons, Cantakcpes, Fine Apples,Fear8, Feaches, Apples, Plums, Prunes, Grapes,

BAI8INS, OEANG£S, &a, fto.

By strict personal attention to business, he hopes to be able to aatisftc'^orily accommodate both in Qualit> and Price, all who may favor him with their cu»tora.

03^ Goods delivered to any part of . the Borough freeof charg«.

Your patronage is respectfully solicited. GEORGE WAY.

E. H. TOWNSEND,

J

Comer of Gay and High Streets.

"-

A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF

PLAIN, STIFLB AND tMY DM GOODS,

AT THE LOWEST CASH PRICES.

ISS mtmnsas BmEcroBT.

E. P. WDBBALL

as T^B" TT JC SB TT 9 Vo' 47, corner of High and Chestnut Stroet% near the HorticnltnrarEall.

JESSE G. GIEEIT,

jmoTMr m. am rmr^

Office and Seiideiioe~-H«. 17 West Oay Stacoet, WEST CHESTER. PA.

ISAIAH FSICE.

9 ttMUtaateoT PHAa. Ciillegtt or Dental Sui^cri^

Ho. li South Camrch Street»

WEST CHESTER, PENNA.

J. & CLAYTON ft CO.,

9 OHoe, Eagle Hotel, Borth West comer Oay ft Walnut,

WEST €HI»TER FA.

a M. VALENTINX:,

OFFIi^ AlID RIlSIDEMCi: 69 1SA»T GAT STREET, opposite tlie Eagle Ho- tel^

* WEST CSSESIEB. lEHXA^

BDSINBB8 msBcmBX. 127

L. A. W. PYLE'S

m uiMn m umum,

JS/m WHOLESALE ja^ m^AJL

15 "W^UST Gh-^Y ST.,

At IjbkiflaBe there is consUatly on hand) an extensive and varied 4 M )i tmgn t of c«mmos, aad alio of the finest and most

nillHllNTlll COEFICTIOMT.

AN ASSORTMENT OF

JELLIES, PRESERV€8, PICKLES, SYRUPS,

AND EVERY KIND OF FRUIT

IN SEASON CQNSTANTLT ON HAND.

PIc HicS) Weddings, Balls, Oyster Sopperi,

AND

VmYATS PJIRTC33S,

Waited upon in. Splendid Style^ at short Notice.

HEALS $ERyfil> AT ALL H0UB8 OF THE DAT.

ALSO,

SERVED Iir EVERT STYLE M SEASON.

BUSINESS OIRECTORT.

WILLIAM W. DAVIS.

CABINET MJKEH AND DIERTAEER,

sro. ao -v%r:nimT ct.d.-s' st., WEST CHESTER, PA.

Sofas, Sofa Tables, Etegercs, What-Nota, Hat-Racks, Looking Glasses, Mattresses, Reception Chairs, Tea PoyB, Ac, Ac.

C03>TSTA.ITTLTr OlST iiA.asrr».

UNDERTAKINQ AND VPHOLSTEBINfi

Amsan to at fflOBTisi Honca.-TKiuia krasonulk. . GIVE HIM A OALLI

BUSINBSS DIBIKiTOBY. 129

M. C. PRA-TT'S

m scsoot m voottc mm,

r

CHURCH STREET,

Tms Institvtion is located in the centre of the Borough, in i^rtments built during the present year^expressly for the putpod^.

These combine the advantages of retirement, light and eitcenept ?ei)tnatioQ, With ample space for recreation daring the hours of recess.

The Schoof yeaf isdividM into two terms, of five fnonths each; commencing on the first day of the Ninth month, (September) and Second month (February) respectively.

The course of instruction embraces the usual brd,ficties Of kn English education, including GEOKStET, Aloebha, PsiTstoiooty Bof ANT, &c. The F&ENOH Lakouaoe and Drawing are taugjht. at an additional chargo of $5 per quarter, each. Latin tfl in<5ludOd in the lessons of the first clads, without any extra charge. Re- ports, showing the pupil's SucCusS in their istuiies, will hb regtthu^ forwMtled to Parents and Guardian.<<. Clrc^utars, containing terms, can be obtained, by applioatlon to the Principal.

REFERENCES: - H. P. DAyi8,late Principalof Price's Board- ing School, West Chester, Pa.; Wh. I) Arlington, Esq.; Rev. Wm. £. MooKB, Jacob Price, M. D.

JACKSON & BRADLE7,

AND

REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

No. 30 East Gay Strceti

l;^^EST Chester.

D^ Money carefully loaned, and all businiess in their Hoe ^mpUy attended to.

JOHN JACKSON. G. & BBADI<S7.

130 BuanrBss directort.

LIV ERY STAB LE>

The oldest &nd best established Liver; sta. ble in the Borongh of West Gliester. SAMUEL GUSS, jr., successor toSAMUEL- GDSS, Sr., most te-* spectflilly infonns his fHends and patrons, as 1 nov better prepared to ai

than he has ever heretofore been. This is laying nwcli, becauM it is well known that in the purcbose of the lot, the erection of the most commodious and extensive sCabllog thereon, the purchase of carriages and all kinds of Oie mostfbsbioDablevehicles, the beat and safest stock of borscs, the finest of harness and otlier capari- sons and all other secessaiy equipments, no expense has been pared. Tba LOCATION of his stabling is Ho. 14 Mortta Walnut Street, between Gar&DIbrket Streets, Soath of the Eagle Hotel, where bjr camng at any hour of the day or night his patrons will fbid immediate attention given to tlieir wants, on the most reasonable and obliging terms. Saddle horses with dieir equipments for ladies and gentlemen always on hand, and carriages and aJl kinds of veMclea with or without driver* prorided for families on the shortest notice.

SAMUEL GUSS, Jr.

AND wmoow mmz.

To the above I have c(»mected a large and Sue aiSMlment of TIKDOW SHADES, and shall continne to keep on hand, and nmiali to order, every description of Shades, to suit in quality -ad pric«. Also, fixtures of the most approved styles now in use. A jood asKKteient of GKEEN AND BUFF HOLLAND AND Quit CLOTH by the yard. [r^Competeaft WoAmen sent to BiBf paper, if required, in town or conntry..

SAimTEL BAKER, H. T.Oor.Sigh ftOaySU^ Wart COflrtflrTk.

B0SIKBS8 DIBECTOBT.: 131

R. J. HALDEMAN,

No. 15 East Gay St,

HAS ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT

SEISOMBLE, FINCr AND STlPLfi

DRY GOODS

AT CITY PRICES.

Every Variety of Building, Pavine and Orna- mental Brick iiumnfiietured and sold at the SnbBcribers' Brick Yard, between

HOK SI. m THE m BUIBOID,

AT CXJSTOVEARY. PRICES THR

PRESSED BRICK

OF THIS TABD HAS ALWAYS BEEN AWARDED THK

ETLRST premium:

Whenever they were presented in competition at the Indnatrfal Exhibitions in this Borough.

OAK jam FOFL&E WOOD BOVOHl! DT lASOE fOt

SMALL avAimiiEa

MATMITATX ^ THOMPSON.

JL.USMSEMJL. JO£L THOMSSMUH;.

I3i BuaiHESs nasctoBT

LCim BIHBll.

No. 60, W. Gay St.

9>t

RULED AND BODND TO ANY PATTERN.

FEBIODICALS, MISCELLANEOUS, READlNfi

nA Schtol Rooks boHsd i& ihe nsnal style

ftnd at reasouble rateh

HaviDK receWed suLstiintial enconragetneot for the brief time engaged in business here, and feeling tbuDhf^l for p*Bt aappolt, I bersby BoHett the pRtronafe of the citiiens of the Beitiaf^ Hd uiTOundiDg cokuitt7, to m; well-meant efforts to pleitse. Respectfully,

LAMBERT CLUUE.

;<»» ii.r^:'..«iiii;<. Hit,

m

B. EMMEI MOITAOHAN,

Vo. 19 East Gay Street, WEST CHESTER, PA.

03^ AU trasinem promptly atteaded to. 1

n

F. a nooTON,

QOe«~-96rth. dmrclL between High snd ChettVlk WEST CHESTER, PA.

JOSEPH P. WILSON,

Office - Ko. 85 Horth High Street. WEST CHESTER. PA.

J. SMITH FUTHEY,

{Mk»~<Vei 89 Vorth Hi^ Street, WEST CHESTER, PA.

JAMES J. CSEIGH,

Office - Vo. 18 East Market, WEST CHESTER, PA.

3^34 BDBINBSS BIABCTOBT.

NEW nVERY STABLE.

-«--

rlE subscriber having opened a LIVEEY STA- BLE in this Borough, respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he is prepared at all times to furnish them with conveyances at the short- est notice. Those who like safe and

GhOOD HOUSES,

easy and beautiful carriages, would do v^ll by giv

ing him a call.

CARRIAGES FURNISHED FOR FUNERALS

when desired, also careful drivers furnished if requir- ed. Also, orders promptly attended to by the sub- scriber at his Stable back of his residence, No. 48 East Market Street.

JOHN GLADMAN.

---

The subscriber keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of

C ED A. II ^V^^RE,

Bath Tubs and other Wooden Ware,

for sale either wholesale or retail. Also a good as"

sortment of WILLOW BASKETS, CHILDRENS'

COACHES, TOY WAGONS, &c., &c. Butter Tubs, Water Tanks made to order, and nil kinds of repair- ing in his line done at short noticed

JOSEPH FRALET,

. Ho., 64 East Oay Street, West Chester, Fa.

BUSINESS DOtfiCTO^Y. iL86

DAVIS ft LEWS

I

i

MILL

Cor. Walnut & Waslungton Sts., WEST CHESTEH PA>

MIUIIIIS AM MAMFllCniim

DOOBS, SASH, SHUTTERS, BLINDS

and mouldings, of everv des- cription, &c., &c. All kinds of Caipenter work done by machinery.

PROMPT ATTENTION PUD TO ORDW.

DAMON « SPEAKIRAN,

{ORNER HON ST. & NEW RIILROID.

Take this method to infoim tbeic friends und the public that thsy -M prepared to do moat kinds of Casting for Hills and other If*- -hine Woik ; together with Fitting up uid (iijoHral rep«iring. The; also munuliiGture

COOPER'S IMPROVED LIME & GUANO SPREADER*

(Douhle and Single,> For Hand or other Powi-r.

EOBSE BAKES, CUITIVATOBS,

AND A NET AND IMPROVED

Hay* Straw and Fodder Cstter and Crasher,

Of tbeir own Invention ; a Machine adapted to Huid or Horse Power, and vilh the latter it is c^^ahle of preparing from 76 t» 100 bushels of Poddur per houn Srstcutting to any desired length, after whicb it passes between a Spiked Iron Cylinder and Con- cave. It is atau adjustable to crush it to any reaaonable desired consistency. Tbuy are attracting great atteation fiuu tbe fknuen, and are decided to be just the thiig tbey need.

They also manufacture and pnt in Cases

HVBLE ICTMO LITT 01 rOBCE PDMFg,

With w without Watei-wheeli to drive them.

SOD LUMBER & OLD IRON BOUGHT.

}rV£ THE ESTABLISHMENT A CALL.

r

JHKUMW DisiofraT.. IMF

COWFECTrONERY

M « »

- The citizens of the Borough of West Chester, and i^iirrouading neighborhood are respectfully infbrmsd (Hat the subscriber has on hand a large assortment of every variety of

CONFECTIONERY,

suitable for the sea^n. People visiting the Boroi^

would do well to call.

couOTBY mu KEHPHna

will finl it to their advantage to purchase at this es- tablishment.

WnXIAM MABIS,

Market, near C hurch Street*

LIVERY STABLL

-49^-

THE subscribers would inform their friends and the public, that they have removed their stable to the large and commodious Stable of David Meconk^y, situated on the Alley in the rear of the Court House, and that they have added to their Stock several new

HORSES ti CARRIAGES.

No pains will be spared to accommodate all who may flavor them with their patronage; and tl^r assortmrat of horses will be of the best and most l^^liable kind. They are prepared to furnish horses and carriages for attending fimeiAls. Plain and fancy Wagons on hand.

W.W.TAlft-OE, JESSE CLOUD. N. B.-Horses taken at livery on accommodating tenfi»

I

^

438 BUSIKBSS -BIBBCTOB?.

cotffgTtottm tm> m mm.

ALEXAHSEB L. BUItDS.UX

Takes great pleasure hi inlorming the residents of "West Chester and its vicinity, that he has opened the Confectioneiy and Ice Cream Establishment,

No. 22 South Ghurdh Btreet.

Where by close attention to business and an eetmest 'desire (to please he trusts he may merit the patronage of a liberal public.

Alrlr C0MPECTn6MY~0F ^ra^^ QUAUTY*

Mange, which for purity and richness of flavors cannot be excelled^ served plain or in moulds.

Fine Mixed Cakes, Fjuit Cake, Wedding Cake, ftueea Cake, Jelly Cake, Boston Cake, Lady Cake, Spiced Ginger Cake, Scotch Cake, Pound, Cocoanut; Citron, Plain, and Almond Sponge Cake, Macaroons, Lady Fingers, Wafers, Wafer Kisses, Egg and Choco- late Kisses, Charlotte Kuss. Cocoa and Lemon Puddings, Pies, Cream Puffs, Tea Cakes and Milk Biscuit. PryamldS and

all kinds of ornamental confectionery made

to order* Public and private Parties supplied with Refresh- ments of the best quality, at the shortest notice.

C^REFEREWCE.- -Mr. .A. L. B. refers with pleasure to Mr. ISAAC NEWTON, of Philadelphia, at whose well-known Establishment he has been engaged for the last nine years.

no. 14 W. Gay Street,

WEST CHESTES PA.

Particular attention paid to hats for Friends wear. Buflfalo robes and Ladies furs in season.

BUSINESS DIBECTOBT. li^

aTTORIttV AT tAW,

Vfflce~iro. 14 East Blarliet Street,

HICKMAN & WADDELL,

ATTORNEYS ftT tAWt

Office~Ifo- 3Y Mortli Hlgli Street,

-9 JOHN HICKMAN, WM. B- TVADDELL.

JAMES H. BULL,

ftTTORNEV AT tAWt

Office - Ho. 35 Mortb Hlgli Street,

FRANKLIN T. BISHOP, Civil Engineer, Surveyor and Conveyancer,

Office - Ho. 3V mrortli Illgli Street,

"SATESO? CHESTER, DP-A.-

. II I - - ^^^ I I » ^ » ^ III - -! - I - .-MlM - - . , I II ^ ».^^^^ - ^» - ™-

DAVIS W. ENTBIEEir, DEALER IN iORICVLTURlL IMPLEMENTS,

FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS, Soutb East corner Hlgrb and Ctaesnut,

lift BUfONBBS NBBCTOAT*

JOHN MARSHALL

No. 15 North High Street

WEST CHESTER PENN.,

UKALBR IN PURE

Chemicals, Paints. Ois, Varnishes^ Dye-Stuff», Glass- ware, Brushes, Window Glass, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Genuine and Popw- lar Patent Medicinesi ALSO, a complete assortment of building Hardr v&re, Mechanics' tools, Farmin«: Implements, Fam^ Hardware^ Iron and Steel, iin bars. plMes and sbeets^

JIWBIIY BSTyilSfiNEIT,

Ho. 72 East Gajr Street. West Cbester, Pa.,

Where you will fin 1 a spiendiJ assortment of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, of English and Swiss

makers, of disect importation. American Lever Watches of the heat quality. Also a complete Stock of GOLD JEWELRY of Use <|vaUty and at low price.

ALL KINDS OF HAIR JEWELRY, SUCH AS BREAST-

PINS, EAR-RINGS, BRACELETS, CHARMS,

CHAINS, &c., &c., &c.,

made to order.

. (T^My OPTICAL DEPARTMENT cannot he excelled in tUf

Borough; all kinds of Spectacles, Glasses changed to suit any i^,

hotii concave and eonv ex. English and American Glasses of th^

hettqnality.

Ct^Repairing and eleaoing watches; Glpdcs and Jewelry of ttv- er> description promptly attended to, and engraving letters on aU kinds of Table-ware and Jewefay neatly ezecnted.

BusunaBs DUtBDrdiiT. 141

J. L Msnmws & co/s

GREEN-HOUSES,

HAVE BEEK

FROM THEIR OLD STAND ON THE HILL, NORTH SIDE OF THE BOROUGH,

mt&m m'^^i^ss^Tt

fhrte Sqnares Sooth of the Conrt House -

BOVqVETS MABi: TO ORBER.

J. EIFT, Florist S. J. COHLIN'S

Fancy Trimming Store,

No. 9 West Gay Street^

PINKIIIQ NEATLY BONE TO OKDSB.

CHBISTIAX ROCEEB,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Ho, 108 KASTOAT STREKT,

142 BUSINESS DmECTORr.

HOUSE & SIGN

ntmt%

No. 16 East Barnard st.

GLAZING

>

PAPER HANGING,

SEAIILT EXECUTED, O^ REASOKASCE TEBMS.

^im3^M,'Si<&M

WOOD & aiJlRBUS.

PAFEB FDBNISHED IF DISIKED.

BUSINESS DIEECTOllY.

143

SHARPLES ^ HALL

WgST G3IESTGa PA

Are prepared to furnish at the lowest cash prices the best qualities of

LEHIGH, BLACK DIAMOND & SCHUYLKILL COAL,

prepared expressly for family use. Also, the celebrated Broad Top BitmninonB Coal, for Blacktmithing,

By the Gar-Load or Bushel, at their yard comer of BOOT ROAD AND OHESNUT STREET,

AND AT THEIR BRICK YARD,. CORNER OP

UNION STREET AND NEW RAIL ROAD. They haive constantly on hand, a good a^'ticle of

PRESS, PAVING, JARD, OVEN, CHIMNEY S^ NfFTER

At the* lowest price. All orders, from town or eoantryi promptly a4;tended to.

TA.KSV I¥ TBAOB FOK COAL OE BSXOK.

8. BKLnr SffABPLBB.

BDWABD H. BUiL.

144 nataam Monroftr.

FASHIONABLB AITP STAPLE fiOODS.

Among which there is a& extensive assortment of the best

Telvets, Cloths Sl Casslmere^, Bomestic €lotliii,

DOE SKIN CASSIMERteS, SATTINBTS, VESTINGS, kc.

BOLTING- CLOTHS,

'Warranted of the best ever imported, and at 25 per cent, lower than can be bought elsewhere. Also, a general assortment of JkmggaQ Goods, such as ICusuflrs, Tiokivqs, Ghboks, Orash, &e.

CNINA AND QUEENSWARE OF EVE RY DES ORIPTIOH.

liTilAnri JI^VJlLiCHAItT»

Chester County Real Estate Qfficei

Ho. 10 East Market Street, West Chester, Fa.

BBAlTllSTATE OF IsVEBTlDESGBIFTIOir SOLD OH

COMHISSIOH.

A large number of valuable Farms, Houses, and desirable Town Lots, for sale at all times, at this Office, and every facility giv- 4*en to purchasers for viewing the same.

CONVEYANCING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES:

Legal Instruments of every kind. Deeds, Bonds, Mortaobs^ WntLS, Petitioms, Releases, &c., executed with neatness and care;

mONEY LOANED

ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY. A CAREFUL INVESTIGATION OP TITLE IN ALL CASES BEINa MADE.

BtJSHnSS DmsCTOBT.

146 BVSINISSS DmECTOBT.

WOOD 1^ FAIRLAmBr

S. £- cor. Ctajr * mgb ata.. West Cli«ater:-

DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF

BUILDING HAKDWAKE,

Cutlery, Tools & Paints, Olass, Put- ty &c. Calcined Plaster, Ce- ment and Sand. ALSO, all

kinds of

f

JOHN WOOD, C. FAIRLAMB.

FIRST PREMIUM & FIRST CLASS

. Gay street, next aoor ta Mrs. ryleT Coiiiec- tieaery, West Chester, Pa.

Thankful to the public for the very liberal patronage bestowed upon me since my introduction of the new and beautiful ambro- ^pe, I hare spared no labor or effort to make these pictures still more beautiful and valuable antll tbey noir stand i^tli* out a rlval^.and only need to be seen to fully^ justify all that is here said of tiiem. By the advantage of greatly improved &- eilities, I am prepared^to make the largest and best

Ia Chester County. Also pictures for Lockets and Qreast Pins, as well as those for Oases and Frames in every style.

AMMtmPES HERMETICALLY SEALED,

ibQthe adiniration and wonder of all observers, t he^re li ef being as perfect in appearance, as life. l^AGITlURKliOTy FKS faithfully «nd' beautifully copiedi and enlarged, if dfesired. In ad- dition to Ambrotypes, I am prodhcing MBZXOGWiAPBSj either plain or tslored. Instructions given in all branches of the above named arts,

B. WOOSfWiJXSit PtoHyrii|fciiri

BUSHTESff DlBECTOBT. 14T

"WEST CHESTEil

Chesnut Street, between High & Walnnt. BARMARD A PAIHTER, Proprietor*.

White & Tellow Pliie,Heml«ek, Sprnee, Ce4«r> Cypress, Peplar, Oak and Chestart

X^ VIT IBO; 3EB :^ XC 9

FOR BUILDING AND OTHEE PDKPOSES.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT ALWAYS ON HAND.

FaAMina Tixbbk, and Lvhbbk of an; tund fbtBiahed to Order. SniON BARNARD. 8AHUEL M. PAINTER.

PASXER &!. EE,

I LEIIOR, i SCHCTLKILL, ' TllfillUl,

AND BLACK DIAMOND COAL. AIM, Broad Top Coal, fiir Blactanuthing- Ftarpom, ^

Selected from thebeatHmee,aDdkeptuiidereitensiTe Shedding.

WOOD, LUffi « PLASTER.

C0AX' Jb WOOO delivered with punclaiOitj and iesfMi^.. Oin?ce - Gar St., naxt door to the car omfso.

14& SraiNEBS DIRECTOBT.

VILLAGE

REGISTER ^ EXANIINER.

i

I>UBLI8iIE]D OlsT

TUESDAY & SATUBDAT,

VrSST CXSSTSR,

HENRY S. EVANS.

The subscription price for either the Tues- day or Saturday edition, is - $2 per annum.

IDEVOTEID TO

PQhWlQhh UEWB, UTEMTUm, AG'

BiCULTUHE, &C.

MB raiNTIilfi

EXKCUTED IN A PROMPT AND EXPEDITIOUS MAN- NER, AND ON THE MOST REASONABLE; TERMS-

iBtrsiNEBs smixTrOBT.

149

JOSEPH D. ACKER,

NO. 52 EAST MABEET STBEET,

-V^EST CHESTBIt, 3P-A.., IMPOETEE OF

ENGLISH MB SWISS WATCHES.

A COiMPLETE STOCK OF C^IiD XEWEIiRY, of fine quality,

and at low prices) a fine and complete assortment ofj

i

AH kinds of Spectacles, Gold, Silver and Steel. Glasses Changed to suit any age, both concave and convex ; English and French Glasses, of the best quality. Also,

mtui mzrmmmt

O^Repairing and Cleaning Watches, Clocks and Jxwslkt,

-F EVERY description, PROMPTLY ATTENDED TQ.

JOHIST GrE

1

T

No. 52 East Gay Street, West Chester, Pa.

Where^he keeps constantly on hand an assortment of

o

i.^i'SiaM

SUCH AS

DRESS AND OVER-COATS^

Pants, StockSi Handkerchiefis, UmbreUaSt ftc.

0:^*' Clothing made to Oedea^ and Bepaibino dons at tks

IHOBTESr NOTICE*

BOSWESS DISECTOBT.

TOBACCO

AND

CIGAR STORE

One door !Eaat«f Green Tree Hotel Oay it., WE ST CHESTER PA.

Manufacturer aud Wholi-'aali: and, Uetail Dealer in

Henry Fleming, Jr.,

CARPENTER MR RVILRER.

Shop in Alley back of Kilton Early's Coach-

Haker Shop, Wert Chester,

Where he will be found ready at all times to draw

PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS

and to frive estimates for Buildinga in Town or Coun- try. Buildings entire contracted for, or the Carpen- ter work alone.

STIIR BUILDING ATTENDED TO.

JOBBING OF ALL KINDS DONE AT SHORT NOTICE. « 13 Salt Biddla Street,

PIRECTOEY. 151

$TOVE$t

THE Bubacribur keepi ooaatantly on haod ttie laigest and best assort- ment of Stoves in the Gonoty, consisting of

CookiBg Stores,

Dining Itoom, TIM, Parlor, Office .Church, Gbunber & Bar-room

CO..... .,.7.. STOVES.

HEATERS AND RANGES,

Of the most approved plan, put up aud warraot^d.

ROOSPCMG,

WITH TIN, COFFEE, OB. IRON.

PIUUBINO AKD GAS FITTINO,

Attended to id all ii« varioaa branches.

HYDRANTS, WATER CLOSETS,

Copper Pump duunbera, Lead Mid Iron Pipes, Gutter Tin and

Gonductora, aliraya on baud ; togetJier with an asaortment of

Knivea aiid Forka, Sbovela and Tongs,

Withother artidea generally used in houaekeeplng. N. B_The highest pdc« given for Oi.i> Coppbb, Bsau, Lxad, and Pewtex,

WILLIAH APPLi; fiay Slneet. Wmk Chester.

152 BUSINESS DIBECTOBT.

tUti

No. 14 East Market Street^

DOWNING & PINKERfoNj^dUors & Prtp'n.

The Chester County Times is a large size, first class Weekly Jonmal, printed with clear type, on fine white paper, and contain- ing in addition to the usual literary matter the latest

Foil Reports of the Bfarkets, &et, &€#

No expense h is been spared by the Proprietors to make this paper the best in the county, and as the subscription increases eveiy pos Bible improvement will be made.

TERIUS .««... 92 Per Annum.

Office in ^'Everhart's Building," No. 14 East Market Street, TVest Chester, Pa.

C|e Chester Countg Chnes

€&1S ABd 1^9 §if IS1«

Na 14 EAST MASEET STREET,

»^^N^VX»u«V»\

Being fully provided with good type and printing material, we are prepared to executein the neatest and best style, all kinds of

p?.A3H MB m^m&mk\ rairrraci,

SUCH i}8

CARDS, LABELS, CIRCULARS,

BLANKS, BILL-HEADS, TICKETS,

PROGRAMMES, HAND.BILLS, CERTIFICATES,

irOTES, CHECKS, POSTERS, &c., &c., &c.

with promptness and despatch.' Orders are respectfully solicited.

SOWHIHO * PmSSTOH

BUBiNsss DmECTomr. 153

MANSION HOUSE,

South East Comer Church & Market,

4«^

Most . central and desirable locality in the Borough. The Proprietors unhesitatingly an- nounce to their friends and patrons generally, that they are fully prepared to accommodate those who may visit West Chester, on busi- ness or pleasure. This Hotel being the

LARGEST AND MOST MOBEBN

in the Borough, is therefore particularly de^ sirable as a place of resort. They will

To make every department of the House ac>- ceptable to the traveling public, giving parties ular attention to their

THET HAVE

SSV8ffSi?8 8V&MI89%

Adjoining the grounds of the Hotel, and they are and shall be provided with careful and obliging Ostlers* They ask that the liberal patronage bestowed upon them may be continued.

NATHAN XHAY ES^ JOHN P. FHIFPS.

154

BOSDRBBB DmBCTOST.

N. E. Cor. Gay and High Streets^

WEST CHESTER, PA.

HARRT R. GUSS Proprietor.

Having remodeled the old Green Tree, and added largely to its capacity for

ACCOMMOOWmC TBI PU8UC,

He, flatters himself that he is prepared ip make a sojourn at his Hotel

iMmT MCM.tJMLmiL1L m

to those who may favor him with their cus- tom. His Table will be .especially well pro- vided for^ with the best the West Chester market afiords.

'Jfls 3^^ ^'ii ^^ Slo^ely f»)3j)ecfe5.

Will always be required to attend oelosely to the neatness and j)ro:viender of that depart- jnent. In fact, no pains will be «pamed to ren- ler satisfactioix^ and to secure a go^d custom )y fair de£i>liof antl honest attention.

CSESm COONtV OBMOCBftT,

Is published every Tuesday Morning, at Two Doir LARS per annum, half yearly in advance,

TBISTISQ of every Descriplion,

Executed in a superior manner, and at the lowest pri- ces. A large lot of

NEW AND FASHIONABLE TTFE

Has been added to this OfiSci3 within a few yeai^, and we are prepared to execute all work in the best style of the art.

J|@r OfiSce on High Street, next door to the Ag- ricultural Warehouse, and one square North of the Green Tree Hotel. -

GEORGE W- PEARCE,

Editor -und Proprietor.

BT J. HODGSON.

Pobllshei Weekly - TermSf $2 Per AnnuiD.

Advertisements Published at Ustjal Rates, and

-Executed -WITH ifEATXESs AND . AT Short Notice.

156 BUSINESS DIRBCTOBY.

Teacher of Instrumeiital Music,

No. 10 West Market Street, West Chester.

t&^ Instruction given on the Piano, Violin^ Guitar, Flute and Violoncello.

PENNELL KING,

East Gay Street^opposite GxeenTree.

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11 Work Promptly and If eatly Eirecufed.

(Catholic P-fPER) Is published Monthly, by

MARK F. VALLETTE,

Tfrms: - Fifty cents per annum. Office No. 30 East Gay St., over the "Excelsior Job OflSce."

1 - ^

The West Chester Quartette

-iQj^CAN BE ENGAGED TO SING AT ^^^^^ Concerts, Bf usical FesttYals,

Teachers* Inititutes, Temperance or Political Xeetings*

AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. Address <MH]ff R. SWEHfiT,

ITo. lO West Market Streets

BCSIKEBS MREGTOBT

bAvlLb fff ^ I &W|

B. West

streets,

Mnier or

'West

Gay ud

Chester

Wtlmt

Pemia.

BOWEN

MENACH,

Proprietor.

Having made arrangements for the

ENUSGEMENT t tMPBOVEMEST

of this already large and commodious Hotel, the Subscriber would call the attention of the

TRJI.YSLCMG PUBLIC

to its accommodations, which he feels confi dent will be found SECOND TO NONE IN THE BOROUGH.

It)s laMe iBill beSDpfilieatoiihiiie ^asUlfe W^^iUifol-bs,

and his Bar with the choicest and beat brandi

-f Wines and Llqoorsi The stables will be

mider the supervision of attentive and

His friends are assured that no pains will be spared to render comfortable all who may fa^ vor this old established Hotel with their pa- tronage.

158 BUSINESS DIRBCTORY.

XOVSS-XBSPSHSt

WOK TO vooR mTMen 1 1

w'"Vr-vy>./^/

Tlfte liaraeii and Best Assortment of Fumltiire ever Offered io ttie PuMlie In West Cbester.

THE snbscriber ha^ on hand at his CABINET WARE ROOHS, Ho. 51 East Oay Street, adjoining the Railroad Depot, a splendid assortment o? Furniture, which he will be happy to show to all who wish good, substantial and fashionable articles, such as

FAELOE FITEinTTmE, CHAKBEE FTTEHITTJEE; COTTAGE FUEKXTUEE, Also, COTTAGE SETS^

Foe Chambers, consisting of Dressing Bureau, Bedstead^ Wash-^ stand, Toilet-table, and four cane seat Chairs, for $85. He ha4 Also a good assortment of Hat Racks; What-Nots, Teapoys, to* gether with a large variety of Walnut and Mahogany.

CANE SEAT AND WINDSOR CHAIRS, SETTEES.

Mattresses for Settees, and'Looking Glasses; all of which are cit good material and workmanship. Persons desirous of knowing the character of the goods here offered for sale, can be fully satic^eid of their durability by the references of tiiose for whom I haye maau- factured, or to whom I have sold for the last five years.

THE SUBSCRffiER IS PROVIDED WITH A

PLAIN & FASHIONABLE HEARSE,

And will hold himself in readiness to attend to all Orders in

Hfe will furnish Mahogany and Walnut Coffins; also. Coffins cov- eredJwith cloth. Coffin Phites, with th« name and age of the de- ceased, engraved thereon, can be furnished at short notice.

Hfe will ilimish Ice-Boxes when desired, by which the corpse otc^'be kept a week or longer.

COFFINS READY-MADE.

WnJJAM WOIFFSLAJX. Waze Booms No. 51 East Gay Street

R«II]»£M€B AT THE EAGUB HOTBIi

rosnngsdi mreotort. 159»

WESTCHESTER

EARTHENWARE 1

THE SUBSCRIBER HAVING TAKEN THE

Known aa the WEST CHESTER POTTERY, form- erly owned and occupied by Enos Smedley, will con- tinue to carry on the business as heretofore, ajod hopes by strict attention to business, to receive a hare of public patronage.

t

WILL BE SUyPLIED AT THE

SXORTEST »OTCCS,

With as good an artide as can be had in the county at the regular prices; and five per centwill be deduct- ed for cash.

IIHES Pr JN^SLEf i

IM BCaCfESS HSBCTORT.

kR. &E. PALMEft

JsrcCESSORSTO J. LENT

WEST CHESTEE PA

Where they keep on handa large asaortment of the most improTMl patlems of

PARLOR, COOKING

©f?3ClE STffiTES,

ifiii!! Mm sfflsis"? nis®iiii "si&sm

Always on huiid ; ROOFIHO & SFOVTIHA done at the

shortest notice.

PLtlMBJNG aNC 0A8 PITimG,

Attended to with neatness and despatch. DTDRAMTS Strays on hand; li£AD PIPE 'aid to order. S^ Counlty Storckttpera supplied at Wholesale prices.

CIFFIi. BLEli. Ifimi.

AND

TOOTH EXTRACTING!

Respectfully infonoB the public generally that, after having the experience often years in the City of New Tori; and Philadelphia, he is prepared to attend to all who may desire Cupping, Bleeding, Leeching, and Tooth Extracting.

Fresh Swedish Leeches Constaotly on Hand,

Always to be found at his

SALOON No. 8 NOSTH CHUBCH STSEET,

Or Rerideuce No. 9 Eiut Uarket. He also attends ta Stuyan, Hub Oaiaana, SEunooKixo, he, GiTS Uiii ft call.

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