F 153 W52. '?:^^^y:!y^ . . ^ ife.-^^ -iToT-, ^^5=:^ .A l& DIFECTOHY BflEPraoi'finmsTEB. X: *^i/^'^iy^tWfhX OF' THE BOROUUe PROM US tlU'rf .-) llI.tMENT TO THE PEESEIST TIME, THE NAMES. OP ALT/ T!)K^l^r;.V!;iTANT?, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, THEIH ' OL'OBPATIONa, I';.ACE3 OF BUSINESS, ASD DWELLING HOUSES; ALSO, A LIST OP 'CHE STREETS, LANES, AND ALLEYS OF THE BOROUOn ; ,3T-|T1ST1C3 OP PtBLIO AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS; '^nE LCiAfTION AND TIME OF HOLDING SERVICE -Ili ^^^gPttluEE; THE TIME OP .'.RE^iV-il- ^P^nSiiAP - TfRE OF THE DIFFi'ttSST 3TA- •■ GES; THE TIME AND, PLACE OF MEETING OP THE VA- MOrS SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. ALSO, THE CARL'S OF THE PRINCIPAL MERCHANTS' ARTIZANS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN OF THE BOROUGH. WOOD iIRECTORY BDSOVGHOFWESTCHinSB. ^B CUNTAIMNG A COMPLETE eiSTOEY OF THE BOROUIiH FROSI ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME, THE JfAMK5 OP ALL THE INHABITANTS, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, THEIR OCCUPATIONS, PLACES OF BUSINESS, AND DWELLING HUUSES; AL=!0, A LIST OF THE STREETS, LANES, AND ALLEYS OF THE BOROUGH ; STATISTICS OP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS ; THE LOCATION AND TIME OP HOLDLXli SERVICE IN THE CHURCHES; THE TIME OF ARRIVAL AND DEPAR- TURE OP THE DIFFERENT STA- GES; THE TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING OF THE VA- RIOUS SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. ALSO, THE CARDS OF THE PRUSTCIPAL MERCHANTS) ARTIZANS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN OF THE BOROUGH. WOOD & JAMES PUBLISHEES. WEST CHESTER : E. F. JAMES, BOOK, CARD & JOB PKINTEE, No. 30 East Gat Sieeit. 1857. A7- Y^ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by WOOD & JAMES, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. TO THLE PUBLIC. " In presenting this Volume to the Pnblic, we send with it our warmest thanks to t)ur friends, who have so liberally patronized us in our undertaking; and while we hope that, what we ourselves have done 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 expressly for this work, by the "OLDEar Inhabitant," will be a source of delight and pleasure to all who read its pages. WOOD & JAMES. HISTORICAL SKETCH OP THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OP THE BORfl llBH OF WEST CHESTER . Pi BT THE OLDEST INHABITANT. OuE 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 intei'est might be imparted to the work — in the estimation of those, at least, who are inquisitive, and curious in such matters — by prefixing a brief 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. ^V\^EST CHESTER, The County Town and seat of Justice of Chester County, Pennsylvania, is in Latitude 39° 57' SF'.S North, and Longitude 1° 24' 57" East 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 1 843, by E- W. Beans, then Principal of the PuIdHc School, in West Chester, and Walter HilDbard, Surveyor and Conveyancer, of the same place. It i« situated on the watershed, or dividing ridge, between the Brandywine and Chester Creek, two miles fi-om 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 Nortli 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 is a stifBsh clayey loam; and tolerably fertile under good man- agement. Chester was the first organized of the three origi- nal counties (namely, Chester, Philadelphia, and Bucks) of the Province of Pennsylvania, granted to William Pexx by royal charter, dated March 4, 16 8L Those three counties were located along the right margin of the Delaware River, and extended indefi- nitely into the interior. -, The western boundary of Chester County was es- 6 HISTORY OP WEST CHESTEE. tablished by the erection of the County of Lancaster, May 10, 1729, and the Northern and North Western, by the erection of Berks County, March 11, 1752. 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 ^ 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 Creeli, 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 ; ani the first 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 Borough 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 majority of the people, at length induced a vigorous effort for its removal to a more * The Nott», indicated t>y letters of tlie alphabet, vUl )ie found at tbe end of tbis eketeb. HIST0E7 OP WEST CHESTEE. 7 central position. That effort was strenuously resisted by the inhabitants of Chester, — especially by that class who derived their chief sustenance from the gleanings incident to a County seat ; and the contro- versy was maintaiBed with varying 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- jnissionere were earnest removalists, and went to work with a wi^. 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, (b) Tr0,dition 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 Valley Creek with that stream. The tradition is for- tified by the 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 near the straight line from the ferry, called the corpo- ration ferry, on Schuylkill, to the village of Stras- burgh;" which "straight line" would pass through, or 8 HISTOBT OP WEST CHESTER. very near to the Colonel's land. But he was mistaft- eu in the distance ; for liis premises proved to b© more than two miles from the Turk's Head. The mistake, however, did not prevent the Com- missioners from going on with the work. They con- tracted for the site, i^ear the Turk's Head tavern, ^^'here the Court House now stands, and commenced the buildings (viz: a Court House and Prison adju- ceut 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 m-ljis 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 Ijuilt the old Washington Hotel, on High Street, with only a narrow alley between it and the Court House ; and witJi 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 JH-onors-: and even went so far toward eifecting 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 BiiiM- ingSj were suspended by the ensuing winter, before the walls were quite completed ; and the lujictions of HISTORY OF WEST CHESTER. 9 the Commissioners, themselves, were interrupted by an act of Assembly, obtained on the 30th of March, 1785, to suspend the Supplement which authorized 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 them. When the Uplanders found the removal project thus checked, by the suspending act, they took fresh cour- age, and indulged the hope that the whole scheme might yet be defeated. To make assurance doubly 8ure, they deemed it best to demolish the work already done — and thereby remove all pretext for going on witli it, at a future day. Accordingly, they mustered tiicir forces, — and being provided with a field piece, a barrel of whiskey,' and other warlike munitions; they took up the line of march toward the Turk's Head, in order to batter down the unfinished walls of the new Court House and Prison. This was a critical epoch in the history of our venerable Bailiwick. 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 Peace- officer, in our Borough,) rode all night, among the farm-houses of Goshen and Bradford, collecting pow- der and lead ; the walls vrerc duly manned ; and the anxious pulilic of Chester County stood in breathless ex]iectation of a renewal of the terrific scenes forrli- erly enacted at Fort 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, — tire " better part of valor," suggested the propriety of a parley, before resorting to the ultima rntin. 10 HISTOET OP WEST CHESTER. An armistice accordingly took place, and negotia- tions were entered into on the spot, in order to pre- ' vent the effusion 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 iinally 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 iUr- 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 Commissionei"S, 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 mostly 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. HISTORY OP WEST CHESTE. 11 The author was Joseph Hickman, a ready rhym- er, of the '^nascitur, non fit" genus, — who wrote "in numbers, for the numT)ers 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' a Mother 's very sick ; Her breath is almost gone : Her cliildren throng around her thick, And bitterly do moan. Cries little 'Lisha* the first-born, — "What 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." * Elibhi Pbici, a prominent and active opponent of the removal Neither his particular hiBtoi7, nor bis relation to the Seat of Justice, is sov knoTO- 12 HISTOET OP WEST CHESTER. And then poor helpless BnLTf cries — "Oh ! how shall / be fed ? "What shall I do, if Mama dies ?— "I cannot work for bread. "These little hands have never wrought : "Oh ! how I am opprest ! "For I have never yet done aught, "But hang on Mama's breast." Little DAViSjt he comes next, — A puling, silly boy ; His countenance appears perplex'd, And destitute of joy. "Hew is our dear Mama ?" he cried : "Think you we can her save ? "How is the wound that's in her side. Which cursed Hannum** gave ?" Says little NED,tt — "Upon my word, "Poor Mama will be slain ; — "Though cursed Hannum lost his sword,tt "He's got it back again. "What shall I do, if Mama dies?" "What will become of Ned?" The tears came trickling from his eyes, And straight he took his bed. Then Calet,!! he came next in view, — His mouth was all awry ; Says he — "Oh ! what will Caiey do, "If dear Mama should die ? f William Eeblin, one of the principal Inn-keepers in Chester, and con- Mqueutly a vehement opponent of removal. J Davis Bevan, a retail merchant, in Chester y — and an active partizan in this controversy. ** John Hanntjm, Chairman of the Commission for effecting the removal, and the master spirit of the "whole affair : of course, exceedingly obnoxious to the people of Old Chester. ft The reference, here, is either to Edwaed 'Veenon, or to Edwabd Bioh- ARD6 : bnt which, is now uncertain. XX The allusion, here, is to the capture of Colonel Hanndm, by a party of British Light Horse, — who surprised him one night in his bed, and took him. prisoner to Philadelphia. T[ Caleb Davis, who held the office of Prothonotary, from 1777 to 1791,— ^nd took ahvelv interest in the q^uestioa of removal. HISTOEY OP WEST CHESTER. 13 "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 son, Who just began to crawl — "If Mama lives, I soon shall run ; If not, I soon shall fall. "Oh ! may Jack Hannum quickly die — "And die in grievous pain ; — "Be sent into eternity, "That Mama may remain : "May all his projects fail, lilsewise, — "That we may live again !" — Then, every one roU'd up his eyes, And cried aloud, "Amen !" Ou the 25th of September, 1786 (the new Uounty Buildings being ready), a Law was passed, empower- ing the Sheriff of Chester County [William Gibbons, Esi;iuire] to remove the Prisoners 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 office, 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 Ezetiel Leonard, elected October, 1786. Charles Dilworth, " " 1789.* ^ ftlajor John Harper, a revolutionary officer, who had then recently com- raenced tavern-keeping in Chester: of course he was opposed to removal. Tradition says, he had command of the belligerent forces which came to de- molish the unfinished buildings. H« afterwards came to reside in West Ches- ter, — and was, for sometime, Landlord of the famous Turk'^s Head tavern. * Charles Dilwokth was the last Sheriff elected in Chester County, pre- vious to the division; and JoSEl'a M'CLBLLAII th^ JiTSt^ after the COQoty vas reduced to Its present Umits. 14 HISTOET OF WEST CHESTEE. Joseph McClellan, elected October, 1792. Ezekiel Leonard, " " 1795. William Worthington," _" 1798. Jamea 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. Eobert Irwin, " " 1834. Joseph Taylor, " " 1837. William Rogers, " " 1840. Nathan Frame, " " 1843. Clinton Frame, (appointed) March, 1844. James B. Wood, elected, October, 1844. Brinton Darlington, " " 1847. Davis Bishop, "■ " 1850. Lewis Heffelfinger, " " 1853. David McNutt, " " 185fe. The first court heldin the new Court House,(rf)at the Turk's Head, commenced on the 28th of November, 1786, William Clingan, William Haslett, John Bar- tholomew, Philip Scott, I^tac Taylor, John Ralston, Joseph Luckey, 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 according- ly, on the 3rd of March, 1788, the Legislature grati- fied them, by converting a certain district of country. HISTOBT OF WEST CHESTEB. 15 in which the Court House in Chester County stands, into a "County Town." This "Town" — about one mile and 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- terly from Old Chester. It xras taken entire — by a kind of Cesarean operation — ^fiom the western side of Goshen Township, adjoining East Bradford, (e) The good people of Old Chester — finding the 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-establishing a Tribunal of Law and Justice in their' deserted Village. They accordingly set themselves' to the work in good earnest, — and obtained an act of 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 from Chadd's Ford, via Dilworthstown, to Montgomery County — )iato a separate Comity, 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 satisfacticm to reside in the Metropolis of a respectable Comity ; and the ancient feud speedily sub- sided into neighborly harmony and good will. It may, perhaps, be questioned whether any other real advan- tage has resulted from the sundering of the noble old Bailiwick. In 1791, a building was erected at the North West comer of High and Market streets, for the safe keep- ing of tho County jBccord*,-*-which, prior to that time. 18 filSTOBt OP WEST CHESTIS* ; had. .been kept, by the ofiScers, at their own private dwellings. This building was removed, in 1 847, when . the new Court House, with its fire-proof offices, was 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, 17 91, to Au- gust, 1793, inclusive. [At November, 1793, Walter Finney, and his 'Companions," held the Court.] 2. John Joseph Henry, presided from February, 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 Tilghman, presided from August, 1805, to February, 1806, inclusive. 5. Bird Wilson, from April, 1806, to November, . 1817,. inclusive. 6. John Ross, from February, 1818, to May, 1821, inclusive. 7. Isaac Darlington, from 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.] d, Henry Chapman, (the last of the appointed Judges,) presided from April, 1848, UntU NoY.emti€rs 1851, inclusive. MlS-foRY OP WESTf tHES'l'Elt. 1^ 10. Townsend Haines-, elected hx the People, took tlic scat he now occupies, at January Term, ]852. Along with the organization of the Courts, at West 'Chester, it may be acceptable to ha\c a List of the jirincii)al officers connected with the same, \vi : Pro- thnnotary, Clerk of CouHs, Rtgisttr of Wills, Re- corder, and Prosecuting Jlttotn'ey. The following is ■such a list: prothonotjirt. Caleb Davis, [undei- the Constitution of 1776] 1777 to 1791. Arilliam Gibbons, appointed by Gov. Mifflin, 1791. IJaniel Hiester, " « M'Kean, Jan. 6, 1800. Jesse Jolin, " «< Suyder, Feb. 1, 1809. John G. Wcrsler, «' « Findlay, March 25, 1818. Thomas Davis, " " Heister, Feb. 28, 1821. AVilliara Williamson, " " Shulze, Jan. 17, 1824. David Townsend, " " " August 3, 1827. Dr. ■\7m. Darlington, « " « August 17, 1827. John W. Cuninghoiu, " " M'olf, Feb. 15, 1830. Benjamin I. Miller, " " Ritnor, Jan. 2G, 1836. Samuel Pinkertonj " , " Porter, Feb. 2, 1839. Do. Do. (filected)dateof Commission, Nov. 14,1839. AbnerM. Chamberlain, " " « Nov. 12, 1842. James Davis, " '< " Nov. 17, 184.5. Samuel B. Thomas, " " " Nov. 25, 1848. IVilliam AVollerton, " " " Nov. 22, 1851. James B. Jeff'eris, " " " Nov. 10, 1854. CLERK OF COURTS. _CaIeb Davis, 1777 to 1791. George Fisher, Feb. 15, 1830. William Gibbons, 1791'. J. ^Y. Cuningham, Feb. 15, 1830'. Daniel Hiester, Jan. 6, 1800. George Fisher, April 29, 18.S3. Jesse John, Feb. 1, 1809. J. W. Cuningham, April 20,1833. Jno. G. Wersler, March 25,1818. P. Frazer Smith, May 2, 1835. Thomas Davis,Feb. 28, 1821. Horatio-G. Worrall, Jan. 26,1830. 1-Ienry Fleming, Feb. 2S, 1821. Jame« M. Kinnard, Feb. 2, 1839. Joseph Pearce, Jan. 17, 1824. Do. (elected) Nov. 14, 1839^ ■\Vm. 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.l7, 1827. James Swenev, 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; Jolui Hannufti, Dec. 13, 1793. Nimrod Strickland, April 29, '3.?; 2* 18 HISTOE.T OP WEST CHESTEE. KiclmrdM. HannuniiDec. 6., '98..Jame3 AYalker, .Tan 26, 18SS. John Christie, Jan. 6, 1800. Jesse Coulson, Feb. 2, 1839. James Bones, Feb. 22, 180*. Do. (elected) Nov.- 14, 18S9. Charles Kenny, Feb. 12, l«09i George W. Parke, Nov. 12, 1842. VJesse Sharp, March 25, 1818.. Henry Buckwalter, Nov. 17, '45. Daniel Hiester, Feb. 28, 1821. AVllliam Baker, Nov. 25, J848. Joseph Pearoe, Jan. 17, 1824. Alexander Leslie, Nov. 22, 1851. Hickman James, Nov. 10, l'854i. RECORDER OF DEEDS. John Beaton, 1785. Nimrod Strickland, Feb. 15,1830. Stephen Moylan, April 7, 1792. Robert Ralston, April 29, 1834. John riannnm, Dec. 13, 1793. EdwardBartholomew,Jan. 26, '30 Richard M. IlannmiijDec. 6, '98. George Hartman, Feb. 2, 1839. John Christie, Jan. 6, 1800. Do. (elected) Nov. 1839. James- Bones, Feb. 22, 1804. Abner WiUiams, Nov. 12, 1842. Charles Kenny, Jan. 12, 1809. VTm. McCullough, Nov. 17, 1845. „_ Jesse Sharp, March25, 1'818. EdwardH. IIibbard,Nov. 25, '48. Daniel Hiester, Feb. 28, 1821. Thomas "Walter, Nov. 22, 1851. Stephen Marshall, 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. ^Ym. Darlington, Esq., 1836. Thomas Sergeant, Aug., 1803. Joseph Hemphill, 1839. AYm. 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 Darlington, Jan., 1821.. Washington Townsend, Oct., '43. AYm. H. Dillingham, July, 1821. J. Smith Futhey, April, 1849. Thomas S. Bell, Jan. 1824. Paschall AYoodward, 1851. H.H. Van Amringe, Aug.,1828. J. Smith Futhey, 1854. "William B"utler, 1850. In 1794, when President Washington made a re- quisition for a military force, to quell the famous Whiskey Rebellion, in Western Pennsylvaniiji, Govern- or Mifflin came to West Chester, to rally the men of Chester County for the occasion. The- Governor — ■who was good at a "stump" speech — addressed a mass meeting with such effect, that thepeople respcnded in the most gratifying manner. Two citizens of the recently established County BISTORT OP WEST CSE'STEE. 19 Heat went to work, — and each soon mustered a Com- pany of Volunteers, in the town and Yicinage. Joseph M'Clellan, then Sheriff of the County — who had Ijeen 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 G-overnor 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 furnished 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 thoroughfare, but most inju- diciously located over hills, which might have been readily avoided — was authorized on the 11th of April, 1793, "and confirmed, April 19, ni>4. The Cestrians (as the West Chester people may be classically termed,) 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, on 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 annually elected (and some- times re-elected) to look after the welfare of the- Borough. 20 HISTORY OP WEST CHESTER. The first Chief Burgess^was 1. William Sharpless, elected 1799. 2. Jacob Ehrenzellcr, " 1800. 3. Philip Derrick, " 1801. 4. Jacob Ehreazeller, " 1802. ~v^-5. Richard M. Hannum, •' 1803. 6. Joshua Wearer, " 1804-5. 7. William Bennett, " 1806. 8. William Sharpless, " 1807. 9. Emmor Bradley, " 1808. 10. George Worth, " 1809. 11. Joshua Weaver, « 1810, 12. William Sharpless, " 1811. 13. Jacob Ehrenzeller, '= 1812-13. 14. Joseph M'Clellan, " 1814. 15. Daniel Hiester, " 1815-16-17. 16. Jacob Ehrenzeller, " 1818 to 1824. 17. Ziba Pyle, " 1825. 18. Jacob Ehrenzeller, " 1826. 19. Ziba Pyle, " 1827-8-9-30. 20. Thomas S. Bell, " 1831-2-3. 21. William Williamson, " 1834-5. 22. William Everhart, " 1836-7. 23. Thomas S. Bell, " 1838. 24. Joseph J. Lewis, " 1839 to 1843. 25. William Williamson, " 1844. 26. Uriah V. Pennypacker, " 1845-6. 27. William Darlington.Bsq., " 1847. 28. Uriah V. Pennypacker, " 1848-9. 29. Francis James, " 1850. 30. James H. Bull, " 1851. 31. Townsend Eachus, " 1852-3-4. 32. Joseph P. Wilson, " 1855-6-7. Having attained to the rank and dignity of a coT' poration, the acme of Cestrian ambition seems to have been reached, for the nonce ; and our goodly Borough — like a great man enjoying ohum cum dignitate, — or rather, like a bybernating animal in Winter, — de- HISTOBT OF WEST CHESTER. 21 sisted 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 tlio last century, by three young Printers (Jones, Hofl", anil Derrick), to establish a weekly JYewspaper, in the Boi-ough, under the title of " The West Chester Ga- zette." A Monthly Magazine, called "The Literary Museum," was also commenced, by Philip Derrick and Natlian H. Sharpless. But both enterprises were de- cidedly premature, and consequently abortive. A fevr 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, perlmps, be stated, that about the period of those Literary attempts, a tri-weekly lino i)f Stages, for carrying Passeng-ers between West ('lioster and Pliiladelphia, was started by John Riley, — a somewhat entcrprizing Shop-keeper, in the Yil- laixc, — which in a few years excited an Opposition Line ; and these before the era of Railwaj's arrived, had reached the importance of two rival daily lines, (g) In tlie year 1799, the apprehension of fire induced the fcjrmation of the First West Chester Fire Com- pany, — which is still kept up, in good condition; witli two other efficient companies, — viz: the Good Will. oruanized in 1833, and the Fame, organized in 183S. Tlie condition of general torpor, above spoken of. continued for about a dozen years; and tlie popidn- tiou scarcely increased a hundred }jersons in all that time. Tlie following e.vhibit shows the growth of the Borough — including the occupants of the farms with- in the chartered limits — at the several decennial en- umerations, viz : 22 HISTORY OP WEST CHESTER. Census of 1800, Population, 374. " 1810, " 471. " 1820, " 553. " 1830, " 1244. " 1840, " 2152, " 1850, " 3172.* " 1857, (estimated) 4500 {h) At the Census of 1790, West Chestei- wag Ijut four years old, a mere embryo "Town," by the courtesy of the Legislature ; and was only counted as a iDortion of Goshen Townshij). , In 1802, a small Market House was built in the rear of the public ofl&ccs; but it was seldom occupied, — as the market people, in those days, preferred to call on the town's folk at their dwelling-s. 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. JVow, there are two daily mails to and from Phila- delphia, — and others (weekly, and oftener) radiating from West Chester in all directions; and the oflSco 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 : *01' those 3172, in 1850,461 were blicka, or colored. HISTORY OF WEST CHESTER. 23 Hannah Miller, (black) in 1805. } p, i iv Edward Williams, (black) 1830. \ ^ """'^• Cliarles Bowman, (black) 1834. ) r^ • r> • . ■ T 1 u 1 1 o/f K ( Semi-Private m Jabez Boyd, 1845. ^ , „ . „ , 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 a,pparently suggested by the circumstance of a Weel^ly Paper having been start- ed, the preceding year, at Downnigtown, by Charles Mowry. Mowrv's paper was intitled " The Temper- ate Zone" and was neutral in politics; but wlien Wliclen's appeared as a Partj paper, Mowry's natur- allj' took the other side, and came out Dcuioeratic, under the name of the ■ .imericnn 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 Republicnn was brought to West Chester, in 1822, — where it is still continued, by Geore- forc it has lately liecome an occasion of the most hon- oraljle, kind, and gratifying remembrance; as it is now an obiect of your friendly congratulations. Happy I am, also, in your testimonies of affection unl esteem, for my conduct in the 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 peojjle 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 Band belonging to Captain Joseph Pearce's Company of Junior Artilhrists. REGULAR TOASTS. 1. Our Country: Blest with the oldest ''Legiti- mate Government" now in existence. Music, Hail Columbia. 2. The President of the United States. President's March. 3. The Governor of Pennsylvania. Governor's March. 4. The Memory of the Father of his Country.. Roslin Castle. 32 insTOKY OP WtiST ciifisTHn. 5. The Heroes and Statesmen of our Revolution. Washington's March. 6. The late Presidents of the United States : En- joying in their dignified retirement the benedictions of a fi'ce and grateful people. What a lesson to the occupants and supporters of Tlirones ! In the downhill of Life. 7. The "J\''ation's Guest:" While our Country re Veres and lauds her WASHtXG'fON, and our County justly boasts of her Wayne,-— the votaries of rational Lilicrty, in both Hemispheres., claim an interest iti Lafayette. Cheera; Mafstilhs 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 Chester, and the Memory of her gallant citizen, Gen. Wayxe; 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 Prospei'ity, and Domestic Hapiiiness. Music, Stony Point-I 8. The 11th 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 : Wlio 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 JYavy of the United States : The shield and buckler of the Nation, — wielded only in defence of its just Rights. Yankee Doodle, BisO'dRr m west Chester. 33 11-. ^olivan: Great is the character which he has to sustain, — fer he has noblj acquired that of "the Washington of the South." Hail to the Chief. 12. Greece: May her Sons 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 early and steady Benefactor of their Country — The Nation's Guest, — the good, the amia- ble, and intelligent Lafayette. By Capt. William Andersox. — The genuine Re- publican, General Lafayette : Who has in all, and the most trying situations, adhered to and promoted the cause of Liberty. By G-en. John W. Cuxinoham. — The Memory of WASi-iixciTON : In the Cabinet, and in the Field, we uc'er shall look upon his like again. By ZiBA Pyle, Esq., (Chief Burgess of West Ches- ter.) — Gen. Lafayette: His visits to Chester County, in 1777 and 18i!.5, 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 batiks of the Brandy wine, m defence of American Liberty; and in his old age, he will be borne on the grateful bosom of "The Beandywine," to the embraces of his Fam- ily- By Doctor Wm. Darlington. — The fields of the Brandywine: Irrigated, on the Cadmean system of 3* 34 HISTORY OF WEST CHESOIEB, Agriculture, with the blood of Revolationary Patri- ots, — the teeming Crop must ever be' Independent Freemen. By the Hon. Louis M'Lane, of Del. — The Battle Ground we have viewed to-day : Whether the thea- ti-e of victory or defeat, let the effects be tested by the free industry and happy population which now a'owd 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. — accompanied by Col. M'Clellan, Col. Humphrey, Col. Pearce,and Gen. Barnard, of the Committee of Chester County, — the venerable G-uest 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 years 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 JVatural History generally, — and especially of the indigenous Products of Chester County; which Society was incorporated, in 1831, by the name, style and title of "The Chafer County Cabinet of JYaturaf Science." The working portion of the members commenced their operations with: HrSTOTtY OP WEST CTIESTEK. 35 commendable zeal ; and soon accumulated an interest- ing Museum of Specimens, in ISie three great king- doms of Nature. Such was the success of the Institution, that, ivith the aid and encouragement of liberal fellow-citizens, a Hall was erected on Ohurcb street, in 1837, at a cost of five thousand dollars ; — in the tliird 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 Ijirds of England, — presented by the kite Dr. Eromfield, 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 exlidhited 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 Neaglc, 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 SoUy Isaac Wayne, Esquire ; also, authentic specimens of the Charter Oak, 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 Jfew York; witii the prospect, ere long, 36 HISTORY OP WEST CHESTER. of a valuable addition to the Botanical departroOTit, In 1826, a descriptiTe Catalogue of the native, naturalized, and useful cultivated Plants, found in the vicinity of the Borough, was issued from the West Chester Press, under the title of Florula 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 Method — appeared in 1853. The original Plan of l3ae Village, or town proper, 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 buildings, 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, — audits sinister influence was long perceptible. 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 tlie 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 Avas 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- bardy Poplar ! In 1830, a. State Road was surveyed and authorized, from New Hope, on the river Delaware, through Doylestown, Norristown, West Chester, Unionville, and Oxford, to the Maryland line, in a direction tow- HISTORY OP WEST CHESTER. 37 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 vital ener- gy to the Borough, was the construction of the West Chester Railroad (nine miles in length), in the years 1831-2. The track of the road was originally con- structed of yellow pine stiing-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 became so crushed, that it was deemed expedient, in 1849, to substitute iron edge rails; wliich have made it a substantial road. By the Tise of locomotive engines, the business of the road re< ccived a new and powerful impulse. Nothing has done so much as that road (connecting us, as it did, with the city of Philadelphia, and th« great Public Works of the State), toward ]?;eeping ui alive to the movements of this progressive age. With, oat it, our favorite village would have been lost sighl of, and left utterly in the lurch. The remark may he added, — in justice to John P. Baily, Esq., who had diarge 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 lar as known, is the only one ever finished, anywhere, within the time contracted for, and within the cost estimated by the Engineer. (I.) 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, Ctt- 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 38 HISTOET OF WEST CHESTEE. the Town and Vicinage, became at length so obvious, that it gave rise, in 1851, 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 tlie most accessible, magnificent, and agreeable of Villa- ges. The first West Chester Railroad, as already stated, was considered — and justlj' considered, as of vital im- portance to our Borough ; but the Projectors of th-e "direct" road took a more enlarged and comprehen- sive view of the subject. They were animated by tlie belief, that it would exert a most salutary influence upon the city of Brotherly Love. They were devo^ ed admirers (as who is not ?) of the pleasant city of Penx; and often indulged the hopeful idea, that Phil- adelphia might be made a first-rate place, if it was not quite so far 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 Citi/, 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 u& If she should keep on growing in that way (as HISTOEY OF WEST CHESTER. 39 WO may reasonably expect, when the new road is fin- ished), she will soon be near enough to enjoy all the l^enelits arising from proximity to our village. In noting the animating results of the old Rail Road,affid the evideuccsofits awakening influence upon otir population, the procuring in 1835, of a Toivn Clock, eoiisti-ucted l)y that excellent mechanician, the late Isaiah Lukens, of Philadelphia — must not be forgot- ten: while the multiplication i^f ScAoo/^jfor the culture and discipline of juvenile intellects — proceeding pari passu with the advancement of jihysical conveniences and comforts — deserves especial mention. In the year 18.54, that veteran Teacher, .Joshua IIoopcs, was in- duced to open a Boarding and Day School, in the Bor- oagh, and in 18.36, to erect a large and commodious edifice, on Biddle street, fronting on Marshall Square, expressly designed for tlie business. Other Semina- ries followed, making West Chester widely known as a place of Education; until, in 1837-8, a joint stock companj- — of A\'liic]i Townscnd Eachus was the public- spirited and munificent prime movei' — huilt a perfects ly palatial edifice, on the North Eastern side of the Borough, for a Young Ladies' Boarding School, which flourished signally, as sucli, while under the charge of the accomplished Mrs. Lincoln Phelps ; and which, since 1840, lias been owned and conducted by that Xapoleon of Teachers, Anthony Bolmar, as a Board- ing School for Young Gentlemen — a Seminary which has acquired a ^vorld-wide celebrity. In 1838, a new County Prison was erected, at the North East Corner of ilarket and New streets, ac- coa-ding 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, liave been Eobert Irwin, from 1839 to 1853. Christian Peterman, from 1853 to 1854. Benjamin F. Haines, since January, 1854., 40 HISTORY OP WEST CHESTER. In this year, also (1838), a second enlargement of the Town Plot was made, from the Matlack property an 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 Bead, or Patton estate; and subsequently, an outlet for Toyn growth on the North Western side, has been afl'oj-ded by John Rntter, 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 Burghers, appreciating the necessity of an increased supply, as the Town grew, — bethought them of vari- ous devices. They had heard and read somewhat of Jlrtesian loells ; and without considering, or knowing, or even caring, much about the philosophy of the pro- cess, — in reference- to the stratification, or structure of the Earth's crust, usually deemed essential to success — .they began, in August, 182.5, to bore for water into primitive rock, on the summit of a' dividing ridge, or water shed, between two streains ! The spot selected, was near the curb-stone, on tlie West side of Church s?treet, a few yards South of Gay 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 bi*eaking, lots of the best tempered augers, — and expending up- ward of seven hundred dollars, — the continbutors be- gan to regard the project as rather unpromising ; and in the Spring of 182I„it was reluatantly abandoned. HISTOKT OF WEST CHESTER, 41 Amid all these evide-nces- of "Progress," the Com- mon School System had so far advanced, that it be- came' necessary to erect a large Ptihlic School House in the Village, in order to give "Yoimg America" a fair chance to develope his faculties, and qualify him- self to liecome an intelligent and worth}' citizen oi tliis mighty Republic. This was accordingly done, in 1841, on the South side of Barnard street, lietwcen High and Church streets; where the School is now flourishing like a green Ba}' tree, under the adminis- tration of Sanford Culver, and his ^Vssistants. In 184G,the Chester County Horticultural Society was established in West Chester, where its meetings, and exhiliitions, were directed to be held; for the ac- commodation of which, tlie Society erected a nobte' Hall, on High street, iii 1S48, — it being the second edifice in the United States, built expressly for tire promotion of HorticultuTO. About tlie time' the Horticultural Society was ft)rn> ed, two valuable JfiLrseri'es of cliuico Fruit and On- namental Trees, and Shrubs, were established in the Borough, by Paschall Mori is, and .John Rutter, Esq^ wiiich aided greatly in promoting the growth of good Fruit, and good Taste, in all the community round about. Another valuable Nursery was estaljlished, 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 er^- larged establishment of the Morris Jfursery, 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 Shrublje- riesi and G-reen Houses of Joseph Kift, on South High street, the amaiteurs of Floral Beauty, and es- quisile' Bouquets, ca-n be accommodated to their hearts' content. "42 msTORy OP vvmsT chestee. To fill cut, and give an appropriate finish to these rural Institutions, — a large Agricultural Warehouse was erected, in 1851, at the South East corner of 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 puMic improvement, named Marshall Square, was inaugurated on tlie Northern side of the Village, in pursuance of the fol- lowing Ordinance, by the I3orcragh Authorities: "Whereas, it has been deemed er[Declient and prop- er to improve the Public Square, on 'which the upper reservoir connected with the water-works of the Borough is situated, Ijy laying out the same in suitable walks, and introducing various ornamental trees and shrabbery: and whereas it will be convenient and necessary to designate the said Square by some appro- priate name : and whereas the late Humphry Mar- shall, of Cliester County, was one of the earliest and most distinguished Horticulturists and Botanists of our Country, having established the second Botanic G-ardcn in this Republic ; and also prepared and pub lished the first Treatise on the Forest Trees and Slinibs 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 Comicil As- sembled, Tliat the Public Square, aforesaid, -shall for- ever liei-eafter 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, Cihester County. Passed March 13, 1848. HISTORY OV WEST CHESTEE. 43 Mavstall 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 pleas- ant walks being made around and among them. TIic trees are now tolerablj^ atcU grown ; and the square will soon be ready to be opened to the Public, — when it will, if properly cared for, liecame one of the most interesting and attractive places of resort,in the Town. It would hardly l^e fair, or just, in any descripti'V'O Sketch of our VillagH3, to omit a notice of wliat may be termed Jlmoenitates 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, — especiallj- those along the mar- gin, and over the clas«c grounds, of the Brandyivine, — are admired 1 ly all who can appreciate rural Beau- ty, or feel an interest in historical associations. To those who delight in the evidences of successful Agi'iculture, — or are curious to survey a Eevolution- 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 Jefferis's Ford, where — on the 11th of Sept., 1777— Sir William Howe crossed tlio Brandy- \vine with the main body of the British Army ; from thence, follow the route of tliat Army, liy Strode's Mill, over Osborne's Heights, on whidi Sir William stood, and survej'ed the advance of his Troops to Bir- mingham Meeting House, where the fight began; tJience,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 Ijy 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 Giljjin, and Benjamin Eing — OMje the Quar- 44 HISTOET OP WEST CHESTER. ters, respectively, of Lafayette, and "Washington — to Chadd's Ford; thence, along the left bank of the Brandjnvine, up again to Jefferis's Ford, — and back to West Chester. The circuit, here designated, affords a delightful Drive of about fifteen miles. Shorter excursions — and scarsely less agreeable — may be made, to Chester Valley, — to Goshen Meeting House, — to Westtown School, — or to the Oaklands Cemetery and back — di"\'crging, on the return, at Tay- lor's Locust Grove, through the Hoopes and Cope farms, in the sweet little "vale of Avoca," to tbe 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 185.3, by the Vestry of tte Episcopal Church, in West Chester, that the several Congregations owning Lots, as burying ground, in tbe 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- jTOse 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 fm-thermore 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 cor^- templated overture ; but the others (with a few liber- al, individual exceptions,) demurred, — objections were made — opposition was excited — and the project conse- quently failed : a failure not particularly creditabkl to the magnanimity, or forecast, of the Cestrians of ov^i day,--and which the enlightened portion of the future inhabitants will probably regret. fflSTOET OP WEST CHESTER. 45 It is exceedingly desirable, that the Lot of Wood- ■land, on the South Western side of the Borousrh — 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 Pu1)lic gatherings. It affords tlic last and only chance, for securing an aboriginal sylvan appendage to the Town : but whether the present gen- eration can be made to comprehend and feel the im- .portance of the measure, remains to be seen. If we omit the performance of so obvious a duty, no one can entertain a doubt concerning the verdict which Pos- terity will render against us. In 1851, the Telegraph wires were extended into West Chester, — affording us the bcneiit of that most wonderful of modern discoveries ; giving us a commiv- nication, of Lightning celerity, with tlie principal pla- ces in this extended Empire, — perhaps, by the Mian- tic cable, with the chief cities of tlic old world: — and next, in 18.52, an enterprising Company was formed, for the introduction of Gas into the Borough, — by which a brilliant and unwonted Light was diffused throughout our dwellings, our streets, and public build- ings. With all these noble institutions, — these useful ap- pliances, and ornamental devices, among us, — calcula- ted, as they are, to make life comfortable and pleas- ant, — the ine\'itable destiny, that awaits us all, was not to ])e ignored : and hence it was becoming, in a thoughtful and reiined 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- propriate adornment, would be difficult to find. Wlien the drives and walks through the grounds were laid 46 BTBTOKT OF WEST CHESTEK. ©ut, and! graded,, — and other reqinisite prelimanaTies< completed, by an Engineer of taist'e" and skill, — the ceremony of Dedication took place" on the central and beautiful eminence, called "Chapel Hill," December 10. 1853. The day was- fine, and a respectable company were in attendance. Among the interesting and impreas-ive services, on the occasion — preceding the able and pol- ished Address, by Hon. Samuel Rush — was the' fol- lowing Ode, by George W. Pearce, Esq., which wae sung hy the united. Choirs of several Churches, with admirable pathos and effect. DEDICATION ODE, OF THE OAEIASDS OEMETEKI, NEAR WEST CHESTER. 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 Idss. sacred be this spot of earth ! — From foot profane and idle mirth. We ask it to be pure : For here shall moulder into dust. The good, the brave, the meek, the just, The noble, the obscure. When Death has- beat his signal drum, Hither the sable train shall come. To give the sleeper rest ; Willie out from yonder Village towers, The knell shal float, like passing hours. And die amid the West. Here shall the living heart repair, "WTien the full tide of woe is there, To pour its note' of wail ; HISTORT OF WEST CHEg!DERi 4T And chastened and snbdned by srief, Shall drink, those draughts of srwuet roliefi,, From streams that never fail. Amid the "Winter's blighting breatSu With Faith's uplifted eye, to DeatJi These sylvan shades we give, — And wait Uie summons that shall call, Forth fromi its dark and gloomy pall The' prisoned clay to live. Tliis Ode is inserted here, under the impression Kl'iat it forms at once a fitting conclusion to the pass- ing notice of our Cemetery, and to this desultory Slcetch of our Borough's history. < Should the career of our pleasant Village be mark- ed by gTeater events, or loftier aims, iir the future,— uo doubt a more competent Annalist will be provided, to tell the more interesting story. SUPPLE MEKTARY NOTES. Note a — Mason and Dixon. Every body has liea-rd of the remarkable Line, "which beats the names of the Surveyors, and forms part of the Southern boundary of our ancient Bailiwick; but everybody — even in Chesterof settlers along the Border, — both parties ajj- plied, in 1737, to the King's Council, for some order which should lessen oir allay these feranents. An amicable temporary arrange- ment, however, was in the- mean time effected by the parties ; and they agreed;"that all the vacant landjiot now possessed by, or under either of them, on the Mast sidfe of Susquehanna river down as far as fifteen miles and a quarter Sfluth of the latitude of the most Southern part of the City of Philadelphia, 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 juriBdiction of Pennsylvania ; and that all vacant land not possess- MA30X AND DIXON'3 LISE. 51 ed by or under eittier, on both sides of the Susquehanna, Soutli ef the said temporarj' limits, should be subject to the jurisdiction of Maryland, until the boundaries were finally settled, — but to be without prejudice to either party :" Andv when this Convention was reported to the Council, His Majesty was pleased to order, tliat the Proprietaries of the said respecti'/<6 Provinces of Mary- land and Pennsylvania do cause the said agreement to be caiTied into execution. The order was accordingly promulgated by proclamation in tlwj Provinces, and Commissioners- were the following year appointed to run the tcmporaiy line; Richard Peters and Lawrence Growden, on the part of Pennsylvania, and Col. Levin Gule and Samuel Chamberlaino, onithat 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. Grale, on account of death and sickness in his family, and the dbclaration ot Mr. Chamberlaine, that, he had no authority to continue operations without the attendance of his colleague. The PennsylmBia 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 TVestward of the Sus- quehanna, "to the most Western of the Kittochtinny Hills," which now forma the Western boundary of the County of Erank- lin. The course run, by these Commissioners, formedthe famous "temporary line," — so well known to the lawyers and^early settlers along the Southern border of Pennsylvania. The controversy, nevertheless, still continued; the cause got into Chancery, on the construction of the iiSgreement 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, uncertainty, &c; The Lord Chancel- lor (Hardwicke),however, overcame all the objections, urged in a long-winded argument of five days duration, — 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-circlfe should be fixed as near the centre of the town of New CasHt 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 further than that distance from the- periphery; and that Cape Henlopen should betaken to be situated as it was laid down in the chart accompanying'the articles of agreement" (1. e. at Fenwick'i Island, about fifteen miles southwaid of the present Gape Henlo- pern) The Commissioners were appointtediagreeably to the decree, and met a*! New Castle- »n the 15th <^ I9«Tember, 1760;- They as«d 54 SUPPLEMENTAKY NOTES. upon the Court House in New Castle as the centre for drawing tho semi-circle ; but Lord Baltimore's Commissioners conjured up a new and unexpected difSculty, by insisting that the radii of the semi-circle should be measured superficially, without allowing for the inequalities of the ground, — ^regardless of the absurd conse- quences resulting from such mode of measurement in creating in- equality in the radii, and the consequent impossibility of describ- ing any thing deserving the name of a semi-circle. Yet, 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 their operations at the point then known as Cape Henlopen. The iixing of the Southern boundary of the "three lower coun- ties" at Fenwick's Island, requires explanation, — inasmuch as the Chart adopted by the Proprietaries, in their agreement of 1732, gives to the Cape opposite 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 Mames became thus transposed, on the Charts and Maps of oiu- 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 Une 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 Eichard 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 nm, should be adopted ; that tlie 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 Mulberry 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 ; that from such point a Northwardly hue should be .run, whether the same should bo due North or not, so as to form a tangent with the MASON AND DIXON's LINE. 53 senri-circle at Nev Castle, drawn with a radius of twelve English statute horizontal miles from the Court House in that place, — and past the said point of contact further North till it reached the lati- tude of 15 miles South of the most Southern part of Philadel- phia; that from said 15 mile point,a line should be run due West — to the utmost longitude of Pennsylvania ; that all claim should bo releasejear, — and the residuccf the time, ten shillings anti six pence, each, per day, for ifiie expen- ses, &c., and no more until they embarked for England; and then the allownnc^o of ten shilling and six pence sterling, per day, 'Was again to take place, and continue until tkeir arrival in Eng- land. The amount paid by tlie Penns, under those proceedings, tfrom 17f»0 to 1708, was thirty-four thousand two hundred pounds, Pennsylvania currency. Dr. Maskdlyne, the Astronomer Royal, in an Introduction to the Observations of ^lasonaiid Dixon, in the Philosophical Trans- actions, remarks — "In the course of this work, they traced out and measured some lines lying in and near tlie Meridian, and ■extended, in a'il, somewhat more than one hundrel miles ; and, for this purpose, the country in these parts [i. c. on the Penin- sula,] being a'il overgrown with trees, large openings were cut (hrougli the woods, in the direction of the lines, which formed the straightest and most regular as well as extensive vistos 'that, perhaps, ever were made. "Messrs. Jlason and Dixon perceived that a most inviting pay. Tiie balance of the debt accrued chiefly from street improvements, and procuring a supply Of good loater. Note i. The flret foot pavement in front of private property, in "West Chester, was made in 1809, by Doctor William Darlington. There lieing no bricks then made in the Borough, rough /ffig-s?o«c.s wore used for the purpose. The example was immediately followed by KphraimBufiington, who resided opposite,atthe present White Hall I[oiel,in Gay street; and then, WiUiam HemphiU, Esq., — with more ambition, and better iaste — procured bricks from abroad, and paved neatly in front of hi« dwelling, on High street, where the Sank of Chester County now stands. These were the voluntary acts of individuals : "but tlie -process found few imttfrtors, until the Coiporate Authorities required the side-walks to be regularly gra- ded, curbed, and pa^'cfl. Note 7c. "When the 8th Toast was drank, the following Song was volun- teered by Doctor Darlington : LAFAYETTE AT BRANDTWINE. Tune, Auld 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 sync, We never can forget, — When, with our Sires, to BrandyKine, Came gallant Lafayette. By Brandj'wine's enchanfing stream, Our swains in peace abode, — Until the Tyrant's minions came To stain its banks with blood. And oh ! those days &a. 60 aUPPLEMENTART NOTES. To meet the Foe-men on the plain, Each Patriot onward press'd ; And there, with "Washington and Wayke^ Appear'd our honor'd Guest. Those anxious days &c. And there lie hore him in the van, "Where "Washington still led ; And to sustain the Rights of Man, The youthful "W"arrior bled. Those fearful days.&Oi Then, long as our Toumntmr stream Shall roll its silver w.a^re. 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 Brandywint,. Came gallant Lafayette. Note I. A duo atte-ntlon to the minutiae of history, renders it proper to> notice a little excrescence, which,in 1836, was formed near the termi- nuH of the first West Chester Railroad, under the name of the "extended" road. Tlie idea was, to carry the accommodations ot till! original road to every door, by extending the track throughout tJic streets of the "Village. The project, however, proved as abort- ive iu its results, as it was crude in its. conception; the superero- gatory appendage was soon regarded as a nuisance, and' abated ac- cordingly. Note m. It should be mentioned, in this connection ( Town Clock,page 39), tliat Mr. John Hall, "Watch-Maker, — an old and respected in- habitant, — the faithful curator and regulator of the Town Clock — lias just now (August, 1857;,) erected, and presented to the Borough, u, beautiful Sun-dial, on a neat and substantial marble jx'destal, — planted on the South side cf the Court House. Let us hope it may long, remain, an appropriate emblem and me- morial of the worthy Donor, — who, to all the demands of good ftiti^.enship, has ever proved himself "True as a Dial to the Sun, Although it be not shined upon." JFIKTIS. DIRECTORY, DirarcTonY, ABBREVIATIONS. Ab. abwe ; anc. ancient ; att'y attorney ; av. ave- nue ; bcl. below ; bet, between ; b. h. boardihg house ; c. corner; carpt. carpenter; conv. conveyancer ; E. East; Fr. French ; gent, gentleman ; gentw. gentlewoman ; Ger. German; inst- institute ; L.Latin; lab. laborer; manuf. manufacturer}, mer. merchant; mkr. maker; mod. modbrn ; N. North ; nurs'm nurseryman ; R. R. railroad ; r. residence ; S. South ; S. Ru. Strasburg Road ; suv. surveyor; W. West ; wid. widow. A Able Wm. S., harnsmkr., No 4 N Ch.b'h 30 E Miner Afflick H.. Malin', salesman, 14 E Gay Allen Thaddeusj assessor, 24 S Walnut Andress T., tobacconist, 41 E Gay Arnold G. C, tr of anc mod langu's&mac at Bolmar's inst. Augee Samueli hat store, 22 E Gay Apple Wm., plumr '& gas fitter, 84 E Gay Apple Theo.,' do do 100 E Gay Apple Edwin d'o r 84 E Gay Atwood Jas.jgsnt, 57 S Church 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., earpt, b h E Church ab Matlack Baldwin Ann, gentw,N Darlington bet Gay & Chesnut Baldwin Elizai G., gentw, N. do do do do Baldwin Rebeoca, seamstress, 26 E- ©^y r N Darling- ton bet Gis/^ & Chesnut mRiraORY OF WEST ©BISTER.. 64 Baldwin Henry, carpt, b h 2'6 N New, [Baldwin Philiji H., printer, 13 & 15 N Cliurchbll 37 S High Baker Saml., paper I'langr, N W cor Gay & High b h 42 W Market Bardin A Z., M D, 55 S Church Barnard & Painter, lumber yd, N W e R R Chesnut Barmon Thos., lab, E Miner below Walnut Barbour Jnc, gent, 146 E Gay Barnard S., lumber yd, N W c R R & Chesnut T "Washington betw High & Walnut Barnard Joseph W., mer, r 5 W Market Bates Benjaffiin S., , oysterman, r ^ N Church Torrey J. W/, 'assistant cashier and first teller B^nk Chester County, r .78 W Miner Townsend 'Joseph J,, gent, 4 W Gay ^Townsend &s. E. -A.^ fancy trimming mer, 70 E Gay Townsend Thomas, brick layer, 70 E Gay Townsend E. H., -mer, S W c Gay & High, r 3 W Gay Townsend ^ich. B., -Shoe mkr, Strasburg bel Chesniut 'Townsend IB. Franklin, carpt, b h 54 W Market Townsend'J. W-., gent, r 66 S Church Townsend 3David, gent, N E c Matlack ARE Townsend Emmor, carpt, 58 N N«V Townsend Washington, gent, r 9 N High Townsend Eachel, gentw, 29 S High Travilla Jonathan, mer, -25 N Church r '76 W Mner Trout K.-, gentw, 36 S Darlington Trimble Eichard, gent, 64 W Gay Trimble Eebecca F., widow, 66 N Ch'urch Valentine C. ST., dentist, OS, E Gay Valentine Anne, gentw, b "h 68 E Gay Vallette)!. F-, editor Sodalist's Companion,30 E Gay Yanlcer iBarnard, agent on R E, r 85 W Chesnut Vanosten William, shoe mkr, 27 W Miner Vernon Jolin, 'bricklayer, Washington bet Walnut & "Klatlack Waddell Williajni B., att'y, office 27 N High r 60 8 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 15 S Church DIEECTOEY OP WEST ^JBESTER. 91 Walters ^d». T., clerk, 25 Nr 15 S Cliurcli Walton Isabel, gentw, 6 W Miner Walton Edgar, -mer ■& grocer, S E c Market & High 38 E Market Walton Amor, painter. Market ab Wayne Walton James, lab, Strasburg road bel Ohesnut Walton George, lab, 112 E Gay Warrington Thomas, dry good mer and grocer, 9 r 1 1 EGay Way Samuel, gent, 8 W Miner Way George, confeciaoner & fruit store, 6 N Church Webb Margaretta T,, vidow, B Barnard ab Darling- ton Webb Haniaah, gentw, 28 S Church Weber Thomas E., tinker, b h 16 S Church Welch William, carpt, 13 h 91 E Gay Welch James, lab, ^7 W Barnard Wells William, carpt, E Miner bel Franklin Wetstone Samuel, shoe takr, 62 N New Whistler Thomas H., (plaster, 37 E Miwer Whitaker Phineas K, auctioneer, 1'2 JsT -IS'ew White P. G., watch a-nd jewelry, S W c Oay-A Walnut White Mrs. P. G., fancy milliner, ^-2 E Gay White George, carpt, 64 E Market White Thomas S., farmer, 122 W 'Gay Whitehead William^, «Sentist, 761 'Gay Whiting Benjamin P-., -cooper, 1) li 89 E Gay Whiting William, blacksmith, 25 N Church Witford J., teacher, r 36 S High Whitford Ellen A., teacher pukic school, 36 S High Whitford Lousia S., teacher public school, 36 S High Wickersham Esther, gentw, r 4 W Gay Wickersham Eliza, gentw, r 4 W Gay • Wickersham Townsend, wagon mkr b h 4 W Gay Wickersham Jefferis, tinker, r 32 E Miner Willett Elizabeth, boarding house, 52 W Gay Williamson William, att'y, r 35 S High Williamson Orpha, gentw, 15 W Gay §2 DIBBCTOKY OP WEST CHESTER. Williams Mary, wido-w, E Miner bel Frankli? Williams Moses, carpt, r 48 S Walnut Williams Charles P., teacher of Chemistry, at Wyers' 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 Wollerton Z. C, clerk and master of transportation W C R R, r 54 N Church Wollerton William, Associate Judge, r S High Wollerton & Walton, grocers & mers, S E c Market AHigh Wood & Fairlamb, hardware mer, S B c High & Gay Wood John, hardware mer, S E c Gay & High r N W c Walnut & Barnard Wood O. 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 Woodwai-d 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 Jefferis, blacksmith, 32 W New Woodward Sam., shoe mkr, 6 N Church r 28 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 Worrall E. P., dentist, 47 N High Worrall George P., book & stationer, 7 r 5 E Gay Worrall 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 Charch DIRECTORT OP WEST CHiSTEB. 93 Wright Francis H., veterinary, White Hall Hotel Wright John, farmer, Everhart's Grove W Miner Wright Samuel, butcher, N Darlington bet Church A Biddle Wycks C, hair-dresser Cupper & leecher, 8 N Church Wyers William F., Ph. D. A. M., W. C. Academy, r N W c Market & Darlington Y Yager Arthur, wheelwright, 81 W Chesnut Yarnall 0. Y., coach mkr. 14 W Miner Yamall Walker, gent, Chesnut bet Walnut & Matlack Yarnall Margaret, gentw, 5 N Walnut Young Sarah Ann, widow, 36 W Market z Zell David, R R conductor, r 14 W Church Zell John F., bar tender, Eagle Hotel LIST OF STREETS. Gay is titie dividing street North and South, and Church Eaet and West. Even numhers will always be found om the South side of streets running Bast and "West, and odJd numbers on the North side; even num- bers on the' West side- of streets running North and South, amd odd! numbers on the East side. Adams street, from B Gay to Lacey, B of Franklin. Ashbridge avenue, from N New to N High, N of Eliz- abeth avenue; Barnard street, from S — ayne to Eolmar street, Bo- rough line E, S of Miner. Biddle st., from N New to W C R R, N of Washington. Bolmar st.. Borough line B, from E Gay to Borough line, & B of Worthington. Boot road, from E Gay running N E & S W. Chesnut st., from Borough line W to Boot road, N of Gay. Church St., from Goshen avenue borough line N to Borough line S, between Darlington & High. Darlington st., from Goshen avenue, Borough line N to Borough line S, W of Church.. Dean st., from S Darlington to S High, S of Union. Elizabeth av., from N New to N High, N of Marshall. Franklin st., from Borough line N to E Union, E d Matlack. Gay St., from Borough line W to Borough line E, K of Market. Goshen av., Borough line N, from. N New to Borough line B. High St., from Go^eaav., BorougfeBne N to Borough line S, E of Ciurch. *6 DIRECTORY OP WEST CHESTER, Lacey st., from S High to Bolmar st., Borough line E, S of Magnolia. Lafayette st.,from 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 ifeDean. Railroad av., from E Magnolia to Borough line S & Worthington, E.of Matlack- Strasburg road, from c of Gay & New, running N W &SE. Trego av., from N New to N High, N of Ashbridge av. 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. Washington st., from N Church to N Franklin, N of Chesnnt. Wayne st., from c Strasburg & Chesnut to W Union W of New. Worthington st., from E Gay to Borough line S, c R R av., E of Penn. STATISTICS, STA.TISTICS. CHURCHE8. Baptist Church. — South High street, below Bar- hard. Organized January 23d, 1834. 180 Membert and 160 Sunday School Scholars. Services at 101 o'clock, A. M., and 7i P. M. Pastoi^-^Rev. Robert Lowry. Deacons — R. M. Frame, U. V. Pennypacker, E. P. Worrall, P. Goold. Trustees— E. P. Worrall, R. M. Frame, William A, Taylor, George Fitzsimmons, Payne Goold. Friends' Meeting — North High and Lafayette streets. Meeting every First day, and every Pourtk day, except Monthly Meeting week, which is held the last Seventh day preceding the last First day, all com- mencing at ten o'clock, A. M. Ministers — Stephen Paschall, Ann Jackson, and Sarah Hoopes. Friends' Meeting. — Chesnut street,betweeniChurci »nd High — Meeting 10 o'clock, A. M., First and Piftli «lay. Monthly Meeting — Fourth day following the laat Second day. Ministers — John Wood, Hannah Gibbons. First Presbyterian Church. — Corner of Miner and Darlington streets; OrgaTiixed January, 1834. 186 members and 180 Sunday School Scholars. Ser- yices in the morning 10'| o'clock, P. M.,and 7 J P. M. Pastor — Rev. William E. Bfoore. Elders — Henry Fleming, Esq., Wilmer Worthir^- ton, M. D., P. Fraacr Smith, Esq., Lambert Clark, Wm. F. Wyers- 100 STATISTICS OF WEST CHESTEE. Trustees— Henry Fleming, Esq., William William- son, Esq., John Marshall, William Apple, Wilmer Wor- thington, M. D., P. Frazer 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 niorning service lOJ o'clock during the year. Even- ing service, from November to April, 7 o'clock; from April to November, 7^ o'clock. Lecture and Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening. Church Bible Class, every Friday evening. Baptisms, first Sabbath of each month, 2^ 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,JaBi«s Sweney, John Lent, William Ingram, Caleb J. Mat- lack, T. C. Hogers. Trustees— Wm. Ingram, J. H. Sweney, James Swe- ney, C. Nields, J. Lent. Protestant Episcopal Chuech. — West Gay street between Darlington and New. Founded 1835. The congregation numbers about fifty families. The pre- sent number of communicants is 86. The Sunday School numbers 100 pupils. Services, 10^ A. M., 3 P. M., Winter; 4 P. M . Summer. Rector — Rev. William Newton. Wardens — Lewis Brinton, J. H. Bradford, M. D. Vestrymen — William Darlington, M. D., Olof Strom- berg, George W. Pearce, James H, Bull, David Me- conkey, Minshall B. Broomhall, Thomag B. Jacobs, Henry S. Evans, Henry Buckwalter. St. Agnes' Church. — West Gay between Darling- ton and New. Services 8 and 10 o'clock, A. M.; VeS- STATISTICS OF WEST CHESTER. 101 per 5 o'clock, P. M. 950 members and 100 Sunday School Scholars. F^or — J. F. Pendergrast. ZroN A. M. Church. — Everhart's Grove, Miner street. Founded 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 O&,rlington streets White School — Primary Department, 112 Boys, 98 Girls, 4 Teachers ; Secondary Department, 58 Boys, 54 Girls, 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 Gentlemen. — Boot Road. 90 scholars, 12 teachers. A. Bolmar, Proprietor. Miss Barclay's Select School. — No. 96 West Miner street. 17 scholars. Miss Emma Dennis' Primary School. — No. 64 W. (ray street. 30 scholars. Miss Hannah Embree's Primary School. — North East corner 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 Teacliers. Private Boardin-®. School for Boys. — ^No. 102 and 104 West Miner. Thomas B. Jacobs, Proprietor. 15 scholars, 1 teacher. 102 statistics op west chester. Miss B. W. Richards' Young Ladies' Boarding School No. 96 East Gay street. 25 scholars, 3 female teachers. Student's Home North East corner of Market! and High streets. A day school for young ladies. Is- abella B. Butler and Sarah Hughes. 1 9 scholars. Wiht 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 Worth"ngton, John Marshall, Washington Town- send, Joseph Hemphill, Joseph P. Wilson. Friends' School. — North Church between Chesnnt and Washington. 16 scholars, 1 teacher. LIBRARIES. Chester County Atheneum. — 45 E Gay. No. of volumes, 2092. Manager and Treasurer, Washington Townsend. Working Mens' Institute. — Located in the second story 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. Pi-esident — L. W. H. Kervey. Vice President — Daniel Nields. Secretary — Cyrus P. Painter. Treasurer — R. Maris Frame. Librarian — Paul F. Whitehead. Managers — Lewis Marshall, William Shields, Joss. B. Gray, D. Clinton Lewis, Joseph Kift. STATISTICS OP WEST CHESTEB. lOS BOROUGH OFFICERS. Chief Burgess — Joseph P. Wilson. Second Burgess — William B. 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 — Pasehall Cope. Water Committee — Wm. B. Waddell, G«orge Brin- ton, William Ingram. Street Committee — William Ingram, Lewis Shields, Robert Mercer. Gas Committee — Lewis Shields, Samuel S. Heed. Conunittee on Mill Property — George Brinton, Rob- ert Mercer, William B. M addell. Borough Constable and Clerk of Market — G. A, Macartney. Lamp Lighters — William Lynch, Andrew Perrell. The regular meetings of Burgesses are held the se- cond Tuesday evening of each month at the office of the Chief Burgess. Bank op Chester County. — Capital $225,000. Discount days — Tuesday & Friday, at 11 o'clock, A. M. Bank opens at9 o'clock.A. M.; shuts 3, P. M. Closed on the 4th of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas days. President — Dr. William Darlington. Cashier — WillliamW. Jefferis. Assistant Cashier and Paying Teller — John W. Tor- rcy. Receiving Teller — William S. Kirk. Directors — Dr. WiUiam Darlington, Smith Sharp- less, RichardM. Thomas, Dr. Isaac Thomas, Jacob B. Morgan, Dr. Wilmer Worthington, George Brmton, John Marshall, William Darlington, Esq., William Windle, Joel Hawley, Joseph Dowdall, Joseph P. WilsoB> WES* CHESTER I^OST OFFICE, East Gay street. Office hours from 7 o'otoek, A» M., to 7 o'cloek, Pi M. Sundays from 12 o-'ddek, M. to 1 o'eloefe, P. M. Post Mastei-: — William A. Moore; Time of departure and arrival of the different Mails: Philadelphia MaIl Per Railroad. Semi-daily, exctept Sunday ; leaves at 6 A. M., and 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. Reading Mail. — Tri-weekly. Leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 A. M., arrives Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 P. M. HuMMELSTOWN Mail. — Lcavcs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 A. M., arrives Monday, Wednes- day and Friday at 2 P. M. Perryville, Md., Mail. — Leaves Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday at 11 A. M., arrives Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday at 12 M. Wilmington, Del,, Mail. — Leaves Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday at 7 A. M., arrives same days at 6 P.M. Hamoeton Mail. — Leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 1 P. M., arrives same days at 6 P. M. SuGAETOWN Mail. — Leaves Tuesday at 7 A. M., arrives same day at 12 M. MoETONViLLE Mail. — Weekly. Leaves Tuesday at 7 A. M., arrives same day si, 12 M. HoETiccLTURAL SOCIETY. — Hall North High st., be- tween Chesnut and Washington.. Fairs semi-annually. President — Jonathan C. Baldwin. Vice President^Pierce Hoopes: Recording Secretary — Joseph B. Gray. Corresponding Secretary — Josiah Hoopes. Executive Committee — J. B. Wood, Win. S. Kirk, J. C. Baldwin,. James Powell, Alexander Marshall. 8TATI8MCS OP WEST CHSSTER. 105 LINES OF TRAVEL. West Chbstee Railroad. — l>epot 47 East Gay street. Cars leave at 7| o'clock, A. M.,and 3 o'eloct, P. M. Fare 75 cents. President — Joseph J. Lewis, Esq. Secretary and Treasurer — S. M. Painter. SMperintendent — Philip P. Sharpies. Reading Stage. — ^Leaves Keystone Hotel, Reading, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, and^ Green Tree Hotel, West Chester every Tuesday,. Thursday and Saturday morning, at 7^ o'clock; pass- ing Oakland, Lionville, Eagle, Wallace, Loags, Mor^ gantown, Joanna Furnace and Beckersville. Fare to Reading, $2. John G Dunwoody, Proprietor. Cochranville Stage. — Leaves Cochranville every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning, and White- Hall Hotel, West Chester, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 11 o'clock, A. M.; passing Marshal- ton, Embreeville, Unionville, Doe Run and Gum Tree. ParetoCochranville,$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, Brandy wine Manor, Rockville- and Waynesburg. Fare to New Holland, |1 87|.., It. 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.. Fare to Wilmington, $1. George Court, Proprietor. Philadelphia Sojage. — Leaves Green Tree Hotel,. West Chester, every morning at 7 o,clock. Return- ing, leaves White Hall Hotel, Philadelphia, at 1^ o'clock. Fare to Philadelphia, 62^ cts. Stackhouse- & Co.,. Proprietors. West Chester and City Express. — Tuesdays,. Thursdays and Saturdays. John Roe, Proprietor. 106 STATISTICS OP WEST CHESTER. FIRE COMPANIES. First West Chester. — Instituted 1799. Engine House No. 26 North Church street. Stated meetings the last Saturday night of each month. 73 Active aad 60 Contributing members. President— Edwin Otley. Vice Presidents — Jonathan Speakman, Samuel J, Parker. Secretary — E. P. James. Treasurer — Jesse C. Green. Trustees — Jesse C. Green, J. Smith Futhey, Wil- liam Butler. Engineers — E. H. Townsend, Lewis W. Shields, Henry C. Baldwin, Washington S. Entriken, Jackson Sergeant, John W. 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 VV. Carruthers. Chief Engineer — John Lent. Assistant Engineers — George B. Fassnaeht, Josepkt Rothschild, Abner M, Garrett, Edwin Bennett, Wm. 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 President — Theodore P. Apple. Secretary — Henry Fleming, Jr. Treasurer — C. M. Valentine. Chief Engineer — D. Clinton Lewis. STATISTICS OF WEST CHB8TEB. 107 Aflsistant Engineers — Francis Gubs, John McKay, T. P. Apple, John Stewart, V. McHale. Electing Committee — S. S. Heed, Jacob Hoopca, James flarley. Trustees — Wilmer Worthington, Jr., C. M. Valen- tine, Cyrus P. Painter. ODD FELLOWS. Pocahontas Lodge, No. 316, I. O. op 0. P. — Meets in the Cabinet Hall, on Thursday evenings. Installa- tions on the iirst Tlmrsdayof October, and first Thurs- day of April. Number of Members 103. Noble Gi'and — Joseph Kift. Vice Grand — J. B. JcfFens. Secretary — Joseph 13. Gray. Union Lodge. — No. 28 West Market street. In- stituted Sept. 21 st, 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 INSTITUTIONS. Court House. — North West corner Market and 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 Wollcrton. Prothonotary — J. Bayard Jefferis. County Prison — North East corner Market and New streets. Benjamin F. Haines, Keeper; Anderson Black, Under Keeper. 29 Prisoners. 108 btatistecs op west chester. Chester County Cabinet op Natural Science. President — William Darlington, M. D., LL. D. Secretary and Treasurer — Washington Townsend Curators — Wm. W Jefferis, Wm. D. Hartman, M- D., J. Lacey Darlington. Gas Works. — Soutb East corner Miner & Matlack- President — John Marshall. Treasurer — George W. Pearce. Managers — Dr. WortMngton, ^Villiam Darlington, Esq., Jos. P. Wilson, Samuel R. Brick, H. P. Sharpies. Superintendant — E. M.. Frame. Oaklands Cemeteet. — Annual Election, first Mon- d'ay in June. President — Dr. Wilmer Worthington. Secretary — Joseph Hemphill. Treasurer — W. Townsend. Managers — Dr. Wilmer Worthington,' John Mar- shallj Joseph Hemphill, W. Townsend, J. Lacey Dar- lington. National Telegraph. — Office No. 45 East Gay st. (Jonnection with all parts of the United States. Rates — ten words 25 cents; each additional word two cents, to Harrisburg and Philadelphia, and intermediate sta- tions. To other cities and towns regular tariJJ , rates. West Chester Police Association Stated meet- ings are held semi-annually, on the first Monday in February, and the first Monday in 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. 30 East Gay street. Managers — John P. Baily, William Shields, Lewis Marshall. STATISTICS OF WEST CHE^EB. 109 West Chester Female Bible Society. — Auxili- ary to the Pennsylvania Bible Society. Hold public meeting annually. Book depository for the sale of Bibles. and Testaments, at E. H. Townsend's Store, Southwest corner of Gay and High streets. President — Mrs. Anna Lowry. Secretary — Miss Harriet Ingram. Treasurer — Mrs. Sarah F. Worrall. Ladies' Union Benevolent Society — Distribu- tion commences after the second Wednesday in De- cember. President — Mrs. Sarah Farley. Vice President — Mrs. W. Townsend. Secretary — Miss Elizabeth W. Smith. Treasurer — Mrs. Catharine P. Darlington. The Club. — Room in Hemphill's Buildmg. Liter- ary meetings, Monday evenings. Social meetings, ev- ery evening, -Sundays excepted. President — Dr. Franklin Taylor. Vice President — J. C. Sharpless. Secretary — Cheyney W. Niclds. Treasurer — -S. R. Downing. Librarian^ — M. P, Jefferis. Agkicdltural Society. — Agricultural Fair and An- nual Meetings held in September, and business meeUTFOnM0t BnaOKETOt Tops For Tables, Bureaus and Wash Stands, yi of the above furnished with the best of 4ATERIAL and at city prices. GARRETT & JONES, Proprietors. High Street, between Chesnut & Washington, West Chester, Pa^ 8* 114 BC3INES3 DIEECTGBT. DRUGKIST, CHEMIST & PHlRHCEmT,. DKAIER IN Ch'^micalS) I^e-Stu£fs, Faints. Oih, White Leaff;. zinc, Lamp Black, Combs, Hair Bruslies, TootU Bruslies, IVail Brusbes, and Paint Bruslies; Colo?n<^», X^xtracts for tbe Haudkercbifef, SHaving Soaps and Creams, Sbavin^' Brusbes, Concentrated liye. Wagon Grease, Spices, etc-, etc.. FOSTER'S ESSENCE OP JAMAICA UINGERr MEDICATED HAIR OIL; EAU LUSTRAL, OR HAIR TONIC; COUGH MIXTURE. GIV- IN'S ITCH CURE, AND MAGIC SALVE, CONSTANTLY KBCBIVINO A FRESH SUPPLY OF PERFECT!. Y PrUE ERUGS & MEasiCSSTES, , Mlected with great care, so that ererything sold will be WARRANTED TO BE ALL IT IS REl'RESENTKD. DDEING THE SUMMER, WE MANUFACTURE nu t zmmm eooa mKn% the most healthy and refreshing beverage now in use. Having one of B-A-HKT A KID Sc CO-'S IMPROVED SELF-IMPREGNATING APPARATUSES, can furnlfib an article inferior to none in tbe United States. iPiiEn [BSiJ\!iJi!B[iig§ Mm wares, FOR niEDICAI. PVRPOSES. NO. a.NORTH CHURGHST, WEST OKESTKB, PA*- BUSINESS DraECTORY. 115 FABKER & BABNAED, DSALEB8 IN foum Km tomzm Jiadiesundervests, assorted sizes.qualities and patterns, Infants " in graded numbers up to adult size- Gentlemen's undervests and drawers. Boy's " The above articles are kept in cotton, lisle thread, merino and silk. Vestings, Cloths, Cassimers and Shawls, Embroideries, Silks, Velvets in colors, Welch and Gauze Flannels, shrouding materials, embroidered, hemstitched and plain handkerchiefs, and white goods. Extra widtlx Sheetiiigs,Muslijis & Counterpanes WORSTED, DAMASJC, WRAPPER STUffS, «iC. NO. 7 EAST MARKET STREET, Opposite llansion House, West Cbestes Ea.. 116 BUSINRSS DIRECTORY. THOMAS WARRINGTON, DEALER IN MERIiyOS, CASHmERES, AND EVERY VARIETY OF DRESS aOODS, Gloves, Hosiery and Trimmings, MERINO UNDERVESTS, all Kinds & Styles, IN variety; CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, AND "^WT TEl H^S ^M? MlT^^^^-^si^ ALL KINDS OF FOR FAMILY USE; aRo CEmEs WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Gay Street, opposite the White Hall Hotel, WEST CHESTER. PA. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 117 T8E WEer mmm mnm Established in the year 1813, has been under the cliarge of the present Principal since the 1st of May,1854,and has gradually ris- en to a high ranliin public confiijnceand p:itronage. The course of instruction is very extensive ; its aim, accurate and thoroagb scholarship ; its design, to prepure boys and young men for College, or fit them for usjfulness in the virions requirements of active life. The Department of the Classics and Classical Literature, embracing Ancient H, St 'ry &Geog:apLy,ArcLaolcgy & Mythology is under the charge of the Principal, who also teaches HISTORY, MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY, AND CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Tbe Eiiglixli and Mai licnaalical Departments are taught by gjntbmjn, whosj ability and experience amply qualiiy t.ijin lor thjir r^'spjctivj duties. Instruction in the FRENCH AND GER.\IAN LANGUAGES is giv3n by rjsidont nativj Tjichjrs. Six Assistants are employ- ed in the virions operations of the School-ioom ; hence the class- es are num irons, aud each pupil is enrolled in such classes, as are best suit id to his age and actuil acquirements, securing to all frequent and searching recitations. 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 PEACTICAL CHEMISTRY AND A lABOEATORY, where yonng 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 Ifatoral Fhilosophy, Chemistry .Anatomy & Physiology are delivered during the sessions of the School. For further informaHon apply in person or by letter, to Wm. F. WYEES, Principal, 118 BUSINESS DIEECTORY. MA^RKET HOUSE. MARKET DATS — WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. JOSEPHS. CHANDLER, Stall No. 45, residence Unionville. SIMEONS. FEW, Stalls No. 8 & 10, residence Darlington's Cor.. SASIUEL G. HARRY, Stalls, 23 & 25, residence 84 W. Market. JOSIAH HOOPES, Stall No. 57, residence West Goshen. ALBAN P. INGRAM, Stall No. 36, residence. Traveller's Rest, Strietfiljurg road. MARSHALL C. INGRAM, Stall No. 50, residence Westtown. JAMES & DEVOE, Stalls Nos. 32 & 34, reSidettce, E. 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For fiu-ther in- formation, apply to either of the undersigned. iviLMER WORTHINGTON, C. M. YALENTINE, C. P. PAINTER, Trustees of Fame Fire Company. 122 BUSINESS DIRECTOttY. MANUFACTURER OF CARRIAGES & LIGHT VEHICLES OP EVERY DESCRIPTION. VO & 72 GEAST MAEKET STREET, House & Sign Fainter, and Glazier, No. 49 EAST MARKET STREET, WEST CHESTER, PA., KespectfuUy informs the citizens of the Borough and County, that that he is prepared to do all kinds of IMITATIONS OF m mtz, At the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms. He keeps constantly on hand a large lot of OI.ASS AMD READY-miXED PAINTS. ttF" PabtiodU-R \attention paid to country customers. ■BUSINESS DIREOTOEY, 123 rtmm^ ukiteo states Photographic Emporium. Ko. 48.J:ast Gay St.. West Chester, Pa. FIRST PREMIUM & FIRST CLASS FICTURESJ As reference to the superiority of our Atnbrotypes and Photo- graphs over all competitors, we refer to the Exhibitions where we received the first premium -. at the June Exhibition of the Ches- ter County Horticultural Society ; at the September Exhibition of the Chester County Horticultural Society j at the September Ex- hibition of the Chester County Agriculturil Society, and atthe Exhibition of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society", held at Philadelphia, September, 1857. ThisEstaBlishment is unsurpassed in this Borotigh or State. PTot only are the arrangements the most complete for every style of the Daguerreotype and Ambrotype, but also for Pliotography, upon Glass, Paper, &c., &c., of all sizes, from Locliet to Life size, plain or finished in Oil, water color, Indian Ink, or'Orayon. Parties residing at a distincj, who m ly possjss aBiguerreotype of a valued friend, can, by sending it by m M or express to this Gal- lety,have returned to them a LARGE PICl'UKE. in either of the above styles. This is the only G tilery in the county in which all styles of Photographs are taken. Having constantly on hand a large and -splendid assortment of Cases and Fr.imes of the latest patterns, richest and most fashion- able styles, VII are prepired at ill timjs tj fill or l;rs it the short- est notice. Cloudy weather the best for taking 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 delineations and beauties of colors rarely found in other establishments. Light-born and limn'd by Heaven. It is no cheat — No image but himself, his living shade ! He seems not now, but is. And I do know. Or think I do, what meaning from those lips Would break ; and on that bold and manly brow There hangs a light that knows not an eclipse, The light of a true soul. If art can give The bodied soul this life, who doubts the soul will live ? Persons are Cordially invited to call and examine specimens, whether wishing pictures or not. 124 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 73 JOSIAH HOOPES, Proprietor. The Suliscriber would respectfully in- vite ",he at:entioii of all who are in- terested in the culture of to his collection, which he has selected with care, both from Nurseries in this country and Europe. Having recently expected coHODiovs um mm, he is prepared to fill orders for iilli,. iiillii,. f EiiEiK, and all plants suitable for bedding out through the Summer months. N.. B. — Bouquets neatly arranged and furnished at the shortest notice. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 125 Fruit and Confectionery ESTABL.ISH1MEKT, No. 4 North Church Street, West Chester, Pa. THE subseriber would inform his friends and the public gener- ally, that he has opened a Fruit & Confectionery Establishment at the above named place, where may constantly be found every SUCU AS Watermelons, Cantaleopes, Pine AppIes,Pears, Peaches, Apples, Plums, Prunes, Grapes, BAISINS, ORANGES, &c., &c. By strict personal attention to business, he hopes to be able to satisfactorily accommodate both in Quality and Price, all who may favor him with their custom. (E^ Goods djliverrfd to any part of the Borough free of charge. Your patronage is raspectfuUy solicited. GEORGE WAY. E. H. TOWNSEND, J Comer of Gay and High Streets. ^-^-^ A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF PLAIN, STAPLE M FAWf DRY GOODS, AT THE LOWEST CASH PRICES. 12B BUSINESS DIEEerOEY. E. p. WOERALL JB3Z imr rmr' Jt: ss rwr 9 ^ No- 47, corner of High and Chestnut Streets near the Horticultural Hall. JESSE C. GEEEN, M^ :HH3 l^O' IM? Jt $10 TPT' 9 Office and Besidence— No. 17 West Gay Street, WEST CHESTER. PA. ISAIAH PRICE. JMM 3ie2 Z^KT rfi7 JK Sai rMT 9 Clraduate of PtaUa. CoUegre of Dental Surgery No. 14 South Church Street, WEST CHESTER, PENNA. J. S, CLAYTON & CO., MM DBE2 ITOkT na~^ Jj 9 Office, Eagle Hotel; NortL West corner Gay & Walnut, WEST CHESTER PA. C. M. VALENTINE, aE z^ TT" :■ OFFICE AMD RESIDENCE 6S EAST &AT STREET, opposite tbe Eagle Ho- tel, WEST CIHESTEB, FEKirA. BUSINESS MRECTORT. 127 L. A. W. PYLE'S NEW SALOON Ai\D RESTIVRINT, AND WHOLESitLE MSD RETAIL 15 "WEST G^Y ST., At this pja,ce there is constantly on hand, an extensive and varied a^BOftment of common, and also of the finest and most DKUmi CONIECTinSY. AN" ASSORTMENT OP JELLIES, PRESERVES, PICKLES, SYRUPS, AND EVERY KIND OF FRUIT ' IN SEASON CONSTANTLY ON HAND. Pic Nics, Weddings, Balls, Oyster Suppers,' AND Waited upon in Splendid Style, at short Notice. MEALS SERVED AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAT. ALSO,- dB 1S^ ^S nB7 TEl JE8L ISS SERVED IN EVERT STYLE IN SEASON. AND SOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 128 BUBIN^S DIRECTORY. WBiET MIRER HD fflHEKTAKER, WEST SIIESTg^^, m^ Sofas, Sofa Tables, Etageres, What-Nots, Hat-Racks, Looking Glasses, Mattresses, Reception Chairs, Tea Poys, &c., &c. consrsT.A.KrTXi-5r 03sr HA-ism. UNDERTAKING AND UPHOLSTERING ATTENDED TO AT BHORTEST NOTICE.— TEBMS KEASONABLS. GIVE HIM A CALL! BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 129 th'i moot m vouno imzt, CHURCH STREET, This Institution ia located in the centre of the Borough, in apartments built during the present year, expressly for the purpose. Thes3 combine the advantages of retirement, light and excellent ventilation, with ample space for recreation during the hours of recess. The School year is divided into two terms, of five months each; commencing on the first day of the Ninth month, (September) and Second month (February) respectively. The course of instruction embraces the usual branches of an English education, including Geometry, Algebra, PHTSioLoay, BoTVNv, &c. The French Language and Dkawing are taught at an additional charge of $5 per quarter, each. IjAtin is included in the lessons of the first class, without any extra charge. Re- ports, showing the pupil's success in their studies, will be regularly forwarded to Parents and Guardians. Circulars, containing terms, can be obtained, by application to the Principal. REFERENCES :— H. P. Davis, late Principal of Price's Board- ing School, West Chester, Pa.; Wm. Darlington, Esq.; Rev. Wu. E. Moore, Jacob Price, M. D. JACKSON & BRADLEY, wiucjiicllii', I Mmm: m iucfciisttl.' I Mmfefcilm AND REAL ESTATE ACEIMTS. No. 30 East Gay Street, D^* Money carefully loaned, and all business in their line promptly attended to. JOHN JACKSON. C. H. BRADLEY. 9* 130 BUSINESS DIEECTOEY. LIVERY STABLK. The oldest and best established Livery sta- ble in the Borough of West Chester. SAMUEL GUSS, jr., successor to S AMtJEL , GUSS, Sr., most re- = spectfuUy informs his friends and patrons, as well as the community at large, that he is now better prepared to accommodate them in the line of his business than he has ever heretofore been. This is saying much, because it is well known that in the purchase of the lot, the erection of the most commodious and extensive stabling thereon, the purchase of carriages and all kinds of the most fashionable vehicles, the best and safest stock of horses, the finest of harness and other capari- sons and all other necessary equipments, no expense has been spared. The LOCATION" of his stabling is IBo, 14 Mortll ^V^alBut Street, between Gay &M;arKet Streets, South of the Eagle Hotel, where by calling at any hour of the day or night his patrons will find immediate attention given to their wants, on the most reasonable and obliging terms. Saddle horses with their equipments for ladies and gentlemen always on hand, and carriages and all kinds of vehicles with or without drivers provided for families on the shortest notice. SAMUEL GUSS, Jr. m% mmmmtu. The Subscriber would call attention to his large and elegant as- sortment of the above articles, consisting of Wall Paper, Borders, Paper M^indow Curtains and Fire Board Prints. To the above I have connected a large and fine assortment of WINDOW SHADES, and shall continue to keep on hand, and furnish to order, every description of Shades, to suit in quality aad price. Also, fixtures of the most approved styles now in use. A good assortment of GREEN AND BUFF HOLLAND AND GUM CLOTH by the yard. lIF'Oompetent Workmen sent *o Hang Paper, if required, in town or country. SAinUEE' BAKER, H. W. Cor. Higi &Gay Sts., West Chester Pa. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 131 R. J. HALDEMAN, Wo. 15 East Gay St., HAS ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT SEASOMBIE, FANCY MD STAPLE DKY GOODS AT CITY PRICES. Every Variety of Building, Paving and Orna- mental Brick manufactured and sold at the Subscribers' Brick Yard, between UNION ST. AND TSE NEW RAILROAD, AT CUSTOMARY. PRICES THE PRESSED BRICK or THIS YAKD HAS ALWAYS BEEN AWARDED THE Whenever they were presented in competition at the Industrial Exhibitions in this BorougE. OAK AND POPLAR WOOD BOUGHT IN LARGE OR SMALL aUANTITIES. MAESHALL & THOJilFSON. A.MIAKSHALL. JOEL THOMPSON.. 132 BUSINESS DIRECTORY L CLARK No. 50, fiiniiiBK. W. Gay St. RULED AND BOUND TO ANY PATTERN, PERIODICALS, MISCELLANECrS, READING and School Ecoks bound in ihe usual style and 'dt reasonable rates« Having received substantial encouragement for the brief time engaged in business here, and feeling thankful for past support, I hereby solicit the patronage of the citizens of the Borough and surrounding country, to my well-meant efforts to please. Respectfully, LAMBERT CLAEK. BUSINESS DIRECTOHY. 133 B. EMMET MONAGHAN, No. 19 East Gay Stieet, WEST CHESTER. PA. Q^ All business promptly attended to. ' F. C. HOOTON, Office— North Cliarch between High and Chesnat, WEST CtlESTER, PA. JOSEPH P. WILSON, Office— No. 25 North High Street, WEST CHESTER, PA. J. SMITH FUTHEY, Office— No. 29 North High Street, WEST CHESTER. PA. JAMES J. CREIGH, Office— No. 12 East Market, WEST CHESTER. PA. 134 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NEW LIVERY STABLE. iHE subscriber haviag opened a LIVERY 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 aOOD HOilSES, easy and beautiful carriages, would do well 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 Bast Market Street. JOHN GLADMAN. mmwMm. ® The subscriber keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of Bath Tubs and other Wooden Ware, for sale either wholesale or retail. Also a good as- sortment of WILLOW BASKET'S, CHILDRENS' COACHES, TOY WAGONS, &c., &e. Butter Tubs, Water Tanks made to order, and all kinds of repair- ing in his line done at short notice. JOSEPH FEALEY, No. 64 East Gay Street, West Chester, Pa. BUSINESS DIEECTOBT. 135 DAVIS k LEWIS, WWMMM nm% MILL, Cor. Walnut & Washington Sts., rESf CHESTE-E FA. fimms Ail MiMmms OF* DOORS, SASH, SHUTTERS, BLINDS and mouldings, of every des- cription, &c., &c. All kinds of Carpenter work done by machinery. PROMPT ATTENTION PAID TO ORDERS. 136 BUSINESS DIRBeTORT. DAMON « SPEAKMAN, COMER IIH ST. & NEW BlILROAD, Take this method to inform their friends and the public that they are prepared to do most liinds of Casting for Mills and) other Ma- ehine Work ; together with Fitting up and General repairing. They also manufacture eOOPEIl'S IMPROVED LIME It, CUANO S-READES. MDLESS mm HORSB POWERS, (Double and Singte,), sx3:.<^:ecl:£:xi.s, etsG. For Hand or other Power. HORSE RAKES, CULTIVATORS, AND A NEW AND IMPROVED Hay, Straw and Fodder Cutter and Crusher,, Of their own Invention ; a, Machine adapted to Hand or Horse Power, and with the latter it is capable of preparing from 75 to 100 bushels of Fodder per hour; first cutting to any dtesired length, after which it passes between a Spiked Iron Cylinder and Con- cave. It is also adjustable to crush it to any reasonable desired consistency. They are attracting great attention from the farmers, and are decided to be just the thing they need. They also manufacture and put in Cases DOUBLE ACTIK6 LIFT OR FORCE PUMPS, With or without Water-wheels to drive them. GIVE THE ESTABLISHMENT A CALL. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 137 CONFECTIONERY <«»»» — ■ The citizens of the Borough of West Chester, and surrounding neighborhood are respectfully informed that the subscriber has on hand a large assortment of every variety of COIMFECTIONERY, suitable for the season. People visiting the Borougb would do well to call. oouHTnv sTonE umm will fini it to their advantage to purchase at this es- tablishment. WILLIAM MAEIS, Market, near Church Street. LIVERY STABLE. ^t- [HE subscribers wowld inform their friends and the public, that they have removed their stable to the large and commodious Stable of David Meconkey. situated on the Alley in the rear of the Court Bouse, and that they have added to their Stock several new HORSES $c CARRIAGES. No pains will be spared to accommodate all who may favor them with their patronage; and thjir assortment of horses will be of the best and most reliable kind. They are prepared to furnish horses and carriages for attending funei als. Plain and fancv Wasrons on hand. W. W. "TAYLOR, JESSE CLOUD. N. B.-Horses taken at livery on accommodating terms 138 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. C0HtF£e TtO«EBY AND IC B CnHAM* ALEXANDER L. BURDSALL Takes great pleasure in informing the residents of ."West Cliester and its vicinity, tiiat he has opened tlie Confectionery and Ice Cream EstablishnaeHt, No. 22 South Church Street. Where by close attention to business and an earnest desire to please he trusts .he -may merit the patronage of a liberal public. AKL CONFECTI'OMRYOF THE 'finest QUALITY* jMange, which for purity and richness of flavors cannot be excelled, (lerved plain or in moulds. Fine Mixed Cakes, Fruit Cake, "Wedding Cake, Queen Cake, (Telly Cake, Boston Cake, Lady Cake, Spiced Ginger Cake, Scotch Cake, Pound, Cocoanut; Citron, Plain, and Almond Sponge Cake, eacaroons. Lady Fingers, Wafers, Wafer Kisses, Egg and '^mr je: ^ob 9 FROM THEIR OLD STAND ON THE HILL, NORTH SIDE OP THE BOROUGH, TO J^ IjiOT? OKT t Three Squares South of the Court House. BOUQUETS MADE TO ORDER. J. KIFT, Florist. S. J. CONLIN'S Fancy Trimming Store, No. 9 "West Gay Street, ■WEST cuESTEii, rEasr3sr.A.. PINKING NEATLY BONE TO OKDEK. CHRISTIAN ROCKER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. No, lOS EAST GAY STREET, •WEST CHESTER, FA.. M2 BUSINESS directory; LSI HOUSE & SIGN No. 16 East Barnard st. GLAZING PAPER HANGING JSTEATLT EXECUTED, ON REASONABLE TERMS. OF -A.LX. SSJIISriDS OF ^« .AJLalSOf PAPER FURNISHED IE DESIRED. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 143 SHARPIES $i HALL jSLN-ID MM SABIftS WEST CI'JESTEK PH, Are prepared to furnisli at tlie lowest cash prices the best qualities of LEHIGH, BLACK DIAMOND & SCHUYLKILL COAL, prepared expressly for family use. Also, the celebrated Broad Top Bituminous Coal, for Blacksmithing, By the Oar-Load or Bushel, at their yard corner of BOOT ROAD AND CHESNUT STREET, AXD AT THEIR- BRICK YARD, CORNER OP UMOX STREET .VND NEW RAIL ROAD. They have constantly on hand, a good ai'ticle of PRESS, PAVING, HARD, OVEN, CHIMNEY &-■ GUTTER At thelowest price. All orders, from town or country, promptiy attended to. ao O D ^V^ O OD, TAKEN IN TSADE FOR. COAL OR BRICK. S. EMLEN SHAEPLES. EDWARD H. HALL. 144 BUSINESS DIRECTOEy. FASHIONABLE AND STAPLE GOODS. Among which there is an extensive assortment oi the best Velvets, €IotIi:ii & Cassimeres, Domestic Ciotliit, DOE SKIN CASSIMERES, SATTINETS, VESTIN6S,&c. OF V".A.I?,IOXJS ST"^IjBS ; SC2 /m :m^ :i^»*» "br; 't®?* BOLTIISrGh CLOTHS, Warranted of the best ever imported, and at 25 per cent, lower than can be bought elsewhere. Also, a general assortment of DoHFSTic Goods, such as Mdslins, Tiokinqs, Checks, Ckash, &c. CHINA AND QUEENSWARE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, WILLIAM EVEEHART. Chester County Eeal Estate Office, No. 10 East Market Street, West Chester, Pa. REAlTlSTATE OF EVERY DESCRIPTIOIT SOLD OJT COMMISSION. A large number of valuable Fakms, Houses, and desirable' Town Lots, por sale at all times, at this Office, and every facility giv- en to purchasers for viewing the same. CONVEYANCING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES: Legal Instruments of every kind. Deeds, Bouds, Mortaois, Wills, Petitions, Releases, &c., executed with neatness and care. MONEY LOANED ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY. A CAREFUL INVESTIGATION OF TITLE IN ALL CASES BEING MADE. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 145 SO. 20 EAST GAY STBEET, WEST CHESTEE. PA. 10* 146 BUSINESS DIEECTOET. WOOD ^ FAIRLAMB, S. £■ Cor. Gay & Higb sts., 'West Chester. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OP BUEDING HARDWARE, Cutlery, Tools & Paints, Glass, Put- ty &c. Calcined Plaster, Ce- ment and Sand. ALSO, all kinds of JOHN WOOD. C. PAIRLAMB. FIRST PREMIUM & FIRST CLASS No. 13 W. Gay Street, next door to Mrs. PyleT Confec- tionery, West Chester, Pa. Thankful to the public for the very liberal patronage bestowed upon me since my Introduction of the new and beautiful ambro- type, I have spared no labor or effort to make these pictures still more beautiful and valuable until they nOT»' stand Wltb- out a rival, and only need to be seen to tally justify all that is here said of them. By the advantage of greatly improved fa- cilities, I am prepared to make the largest and best in Chester County. Also pictures for Lockets and BSreast Pins, as well as those for Cases and Frames in every style. AMBROTYPES HERMETICALLY SEALED, Are the admiration and wonder of all observers, the relief being as perfect in appearance, as life. DAdlTERREOTYPES faithfully and beautifully copied and enlarged, if desired. In ad- dition to Ambrotypes, I am producing DIBZZOCrRAPHS, cither plain or clored. Instructions given in all branches of the above named arts. E. WOODWARD, Fhotogra^ez. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 147 ■\\rEST CHESTER Chesnut Street, between High & Walnut. BARMARD & PAIKTER, Proprietors- White & Yellow Pine, Hemlock, Sprnce, Cedar, Cypress, Poplar, Oak and Chestnut SL^ -mo- jmm: -^m je: sc 9 FOR BUILDING AND OTHER PURPOSES. A LARGE ASSORTMENT ALWAYS ON HAND. Fbamiko Timber, and Ldmber of any kind furnished to Order. SIMON BARNARD. SAMUEL M. PAINTER. PARKER &LEE, Casta Dealers in LEHIGH, SCHUTLEILL, TAMIQUA, AND BLACK DIAlVEOND COAL. Also, Broad Top Coal, for Blacksmithing Purposes, Selected from the best Mines, and kept under extensive Shedding. WOOD, LIME ^ PLASTER. COAIj & WOOD delivered with punctuality and despatch. Office— Gay St., next door to ttae Car Office, WEST CHESTER, I>,A.. 148 BUSINESS DIKECTORT. REGISTER tc EXAMINER. TUESDAY & SATURDAY, HENRY S. EVANS. The subscription price for either the Tues- day or Saturday edition, is — $2 per annum. DEVOTEU TO mirmkh iews, ufEMfum, m- u^XiXji :^X]Nrx>s ff \r citp (M-' mi ffD. THEY HAVE ^ Adjoining the g-roimds of the Hotel, and they are and shall be providefl with careful and obliging Ostlers. They ask that the liberal patronage bestowed upon them may be- continued. NATHAN J. HAYESv JOHN P. PHIPPS. 154 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 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 He flatters himself that he is prepared to make a sojourn at his Hotel lilf iillilf ^ liiSIili to those who may favor him with their cus- tom. His Table will be especially Avell pro- vided for, with the best the West Chester market affords. gig 3^'^ ^'ii ^<^ 61o3elD ji)3pceieS. Will always be required to attend closely to the neatness and provender of that depart- ment. In fact, no pains -will be spared to ren- der satisfaction, and to secure a good custom by fair dealing and honest attention. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 155 AND CHESTER COONTV OEMOORaT, Is published every Tuesday Morning, at Two Dol- lars per annum, half yearly in advance. PRINTING of every Description, Executed in a superior manner, and at the lowest pri- ces. A large lot of NEW AND FASHIONABLE TYPE Has been added to this Office within a few years, and we are prepared to execute all worlc in the best style of the art. J|@°" Office on High Street, next door to the Ag- ricultural Warehouse, and one square North of the Green Tree Hotel. GEOEGE W. PEARCE, Editor and Proprietor. BY J. HODGSON. Published Weekly— Terms, $2 Per Annumi Advertisements Published at Usual Rates, and Executed with Neatness and at Short Notice. 156 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Teacher of Instrumental Music, No. 10 West Market Street, West Chester. Instruction given on the Piano, Violin, Guitar, Flute and Violoncello. PENNELL KING, East Gay Street,opposite Green Tree. All W^orfc Promptly and Weatly Executed- (Cathouo Paper) Is published Monthly, by MARK F. VAIJUilTTE, Tfrms: — ^Fifty cents p&r annum. Office No. 30 East Gay St., over the "Excelsior Job Office." The West Chester Quartette .CAN BE ENGAGED TO SING AT, Concerts, Sluslcai Festivals, Teachers' Institutes, Temperance or Political meetings, AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. Address JOHN R. SWE]VEY, IVo. 10 West Market Street- BUSINESS DIRECTORY 15T Streets, West Chester Penna. BQWEN a¥iEraACH,P.opriet,r. Having made arrangements for the H^UnOEMH^T a mmOVEMEHT of this already large and commodious Hotel, the subscriber would call the attention of the T to its accommodations, which he feels confi dent will be found SECOND TO NONE IN THE BOROUGH. Jlje Iq61e bill 6e si|j)plie3 (Mitl) ths besitlie I/F^lclfrfqffol'Ss, and his Bar with the choicest and best brands of Wines and Liquors* The stables will be under 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. ]58 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. tooK TO votin WTHnieTe 1 1 Tlie liar§rest: and Best Assortment of Furniture ever Offered to tlie Public In West Chester. THE aubscriber has on hand at his CABINET WARE ROOMS, nfo. 51 East Gay Street, adjoining the Railroad Depot, a splendid assortment of Furniture, which he will be happy to show to all who wish good, substantial and fashionable articles, such as PARLOR FURNITURE, CHAMBER FURNITURE, COTTAGE FURNITURE, Also, COTTAGE SETS, For Chambers, consisting of Dressing Bureau, Bedstead, Wash- stand, Toilet-table, and four cane seat Chairs, for $35. He has also a good assortment of Hat Racks; "What-Jfots, 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 of good material and workmanship. Persons desirous of knowing the character of the goods here offered for sale, can be fully satisfied of their durability by the references of those for whom I have manu- factured, or to whom I have sold for the last five years. THE SUBSCRIBER IS PROVIDED WITH A PLAIN & FASHIONABLE HEARSE, And will hold himself in readiness to attend to all Orders in lie will furnish Mahogany and Walnut Coffins; also, Coffins cov- ered with cloth. Coffin Plates, with the name and age of the de- ceased, sngraved thereon, can be furnished at short notice. He will furnish Ice-Boxes when desired, by which the corpse may be kept a week or longer. COFFINS READY-MADE- WILLIAM HOFFMAN. Waxe Rooms No. 51 East Gay Street RESIDENCE AT THE EAGI.E HOTEI.^ BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 159 WESTCHESTER l>OTT£KY. EARTHENWARE! THE SUBSCRIBER HAVING TAKEN THE Known as the WEST CHESTER POTTERY, form- erly owned and occupied by Enos Smedley, will con- tinue to carry on the business as heretofore, and hopes by strict attention to business, to receive a share of public patronage. if tftl 8BB»lli WILL BE SUPPLIED AT THE SXOHTISST 3)!OT[C3S, With as good an article aa can be had in the county at the fegrular prices; and five per cent will be deduct- ed for cash. JAIUES P. DONLET. 160 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. R. &E. PALMEU SUCCESSORS TO J. LENT WEST CHESTER PA Where they keep on hand a large assortment of the most improved patterns of PARLOR, COOKING .A-JsTlD Always on hand ; KOOflSfG & SPOrxIMG done at the shortest notice. nmztm mt oae nmrn^ Attended to with neatness and despatch. HYDRAWTS always on hand; 1L.EAIS PIPE laid to order. -tX^ Country Storekeepers supplied at Wholesale prices. AND TOOTH EXTRACTING! oia::o.j:s^i-