Schloug, Henry Michael Immel, Felix Miller, Martin Weybrecht, Fredrick Eighelberger, Sebastian Fink, Hans Adam Schreiner, Christian Lang, Caspar Tiller, Anthony Bretter, Leonhard Ellmaker, Andreas Bersinger, Hans Graff, Jacob Hartman, Theophilus Hartman, Theophilus Hartman, jr., Benjamin Witmer, Abraham Witmer, Johannes Pinkley, Turst Buckwalter, Henry Neaf, jr., Valentine Hergelrat, Henry Basseler, Johan Stetler, Leonhard Romler, Leonhard Heyer, Peter Schell, Johan Nohaker, Nicholas Miller, Johan Hock, Thomas Knoppenheffer, Michael Knoppenheffer, Christian Leman, George Unrook, Jacob Scheffer, Valentine Keffer, Jacob Etshberger, Herman Walburn, Caspar Reed, Christian Manusmith, Nicholas Kutts, George Weyrick, Christopher Ley, Jacob Lower, Hans Moor, Johannes Blum, George Steitz, Erasmus Buckenmeyer, and George Graff, inhabitants of the county of Lancaster; being of the Protestant or Reformed Religion, and subjects of the Emperor of Germany, and other Princes, now in amity with the King of Great Britain, having transported themselves with their families and effects into this province, and being desirous to be made partakers of the immunities, belonging to the natural born subjects of this province; and to be more effectually secured of those privileges and advantages granted by his said late Majesty King Charles the Second, to persons coming into this Province to settle and inhabit, they having (as a testimony of their fidelity and affection to his present Majesty King George the Second and the Crown of Great Britain) taken the qualifications to his Majesty and his government by law appointed and enjoined to be taken, obtained leave to bring in this bill to the present Assembly.

Therefore may it please the Governor that it may be enacted. And be it enacted by George Thomas, Esq., Lieutenant Governor with the Royal approbation, under the honourable John Penn, Thomas Penn, and Richard Penn, Esqs., true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania, that they the said Michael Albert, William Albert, Leonhard Bender, George Miller, John Bushung, Nicholas Candle, John Hagey, Charles Keller, Stephen Remsberger, Ludovick Dettenburn, Jacob Bare, junior, John Leiberger, Michael Becker, John Peter Cooher, Christian Lawer, John Libough, Bartholomew Shaver, Caspar Stump, Jacob Becker, Tobias Pickle, Peter Rutt, George Klein, Paul Tittenhoffer, Matthias Tise, George Ludovick Horst, Sebastian Graff, Johan Henry Basseler, Matthias Jung, Jacob Schloug, Henry Michael Immel, Felix Miller, Martin Weybrecht, Friedrick Eighelberger, Sebastian Fink, Hans Adam Schreiner, Christian Lang, Caspar Tiller, Anthony Bretter, Leonhard Ellmaker, Andreas Bersinger, Hans Graff, Jacob Hartman, Theophilus Hartman, Theophilus Hartman, junior, Benjamin Witmer, Abraham Witmer, Johannes Pinkley, Turst Buckwalter, Henry Neaf, junior, Valentine Hergelrat, Henry Basseler, Johan Stetler, Leonhard Romler, Leonhard Heyer, Peter Schell, Johan Nohaker, Nicholas Miller, Johan Hock, Thomas Knoppenheffer, Michael Knoppenheffer, Christian Leman, George Unrook, Jacob Scheffer, Valentine Keffer, Jacob Etshberger, Herman Walburn, Caspar Reed, Christian Manusmith, Nicholas Kutts, George Weyrick, Christopher Ley, Jacob Lower, Hans Moor, Johannes Blum, George Steitz, Erasmus Buckenmeyer, and George Graff, inhabitants of the county of Lancaster; and every of them, are hereby declared, and shall at all times hereafter be esteemed and taken, to all intents and purposes, to be and to have been, since their first arrival in this Province, free and fully able, and capable to trade, trffick, load, freight, and transport all and all manner of Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, not by law prohibited to be imported or exported, as if they and every of them had been the natural liege people and subjects of the king of Great Britain, born in this Province of Pennsylvania; and also they and each of them shall and are hereby enabled, and adjudged able to all intents, constructions and purposes whatsoever, as well to demand, take, have and enjoy any privileges and immunities belonging to his Majesty's Liege People, and Natural Subjects of this Province, as also to have and enjoy all lands and tenements, and all other hereditaments, by way of purchase or gift, of any person or persons whatsoever; and also to prosecute, pursue,

maintain, avow end justify all and all manner of actions, suits and causes, and all other things to do, as lawfully, freely and fully, as if they and every of them had been and were born Natural Subjects of this Province, or as any other Person or Persons born within this Province may lawfully in any wise do, any Law, Custom or Usage to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

Indorsed,

PHILADEL'Y, the 18 of September.

Then recived of Abraham Witmer the sum of one povnd and two shillings (and one pound before) which is in full for his Naturalization. I say recived by me, CHRISTIAN GRASSOLD, Collector.

The following item was received too late for classification:

"Caleb Cope, the elder, was Burgess of Lancaster, Pa., under the British Government, immediately prior to the Revolution. He had five sons-John, William, Thomas P., Israel and Jasper, and also two daughters. Mr. Herman Cope, just deceased, (1869) was a son of John Cope, the eldest of the brothers, and, consequently, a nephew of Thomas P. Cope. Our respected fellow-townsman, (Philadelphia) Caleb Cope, esq., is a son of the second brother, William. There is an interesting historical reminiscence connected with the Cope family, in Lancaster, which is worthy of note. Major Andre was captured by General Montgomery, in Upper Canada, while on his way to Quebec, November 3, 1775, and taken, with other officers, to Lancaster, where he became an inmate of Caleb Cope's house. There, the eldest brother, John, then 13 years of age, received lessons in drawing from Major Andre; and the three brothers, John, William and Thomas had, in after life, vivid recollections of their games of marbles and other juvenile sports with the lively young English officer, who was destined to figure so terribly in the after history of this country."

DIVISION IV.

POLITICAL.

THE COURT HOUSE.

On Monday, August 23, 1852, the cornerstone of the present Court House was laid by S. Sloan, Architect, and James Crawford, Superintendent, in the presence of the Commissioners of the county, the Judges of the Court, the members of the Bar, and a large concourse of citizens from the city and county.

From an address delivered on the occasion by David G. Eshleman, Esq., we gather the following data for permanent record.

"Immediately after the erection of Lancaster county, (in 1729) a violent contention arose as to the most suitable place for the seat of justice. Wright's Ferry (now Columbia,) Lancaster and Postlethwaite's-an old settlement and the site of an Indian wigwam in Conestoga township, about 7 miles south of Lancaster were the three places most strongly recommended. Postlethwaite's was thought to possess superior advantages and was therefore selected. A log Court House, for which Postlethwaite was allowed the sum of seven shillings, and a log jail of equal pretensions were immediately erected, and the Courts held there till August term, 1780, when the increasing influence of the Lancaster party enabled them to procure the removal of the seat of justice to this place.

"A Court House was then erected in the centre of Lancaster, where the present old Court House stands (1852.) That was built of brick, but it was a small and uncomfortable structure. The floor was brick pavement, and the interior arrangements generally were of proportionate grandeur. On the top of the house was a small spire with a clock of two faces, one for the south and the other for the north. In that house the justice of Lancaster county was judicially administered until about 1781, when it took fire and was burnt down. The courts were then held in the house of Michael Hubley until the present old Court House was finished.

"The existing Court House (in 1852) was commenced in 1783, and finished in 1785. That house, so far beneath the ideas of comfort and convenience of the present age, was at that time considered a magnificent structure. It was sufficient in size and conveniences, not only to accommodate the County Court and the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth, but was for many years the Capitol of Pennsylvania, and the sessions of the Legislature were held therein from 1799 until 1812. But times change and we change with them. Our wants keep pace with our means, and a Court House that was sufficiently large and commodious in 1785, when the population of the county was less than 25,000, and the whole assessed value of property was only a few hundred thousand dollars, and which could even accommodate the Legislature of Pennsylvania to 1810, is now found to be entirely deficient in size and comfort in 1852, when we exceed two of the States of the Union in population, one State in assessed value of property, and equal the fourteenth part of the whole assessed valuation of Pennsylvania. A number of Grand Juries, representing the honest and industrious farmers and mechanics, who are justly proud of the wealth and prosperity of their county, conscious of the total