. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. itself pro-jecting through the partition. In 1754 there were 210 dwellinghouses, of which three were of brick and two of stone. The CourtHouse was of brick and unfinished, and the Prison, on thenortheast corner of George and King streets, was of former was finished in 1756. The square west of the CodorusCreek was quite a swamp in wet weather, and
. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. itself pro-jecting through the partition. In 1754 there were 210 dwellinghouses, of which three were of brick and two of stone. The CourtHouse was of brick and unfinished, and the Prison, on thenortheast corner of George and King streets, was of former was finished in 1756. The square west of the CodorusCreek was quite a swamp in wet weather, and a large part of itwas overflowed during heavy rains, and was deemed unfit to buildupon. Part of the road through it was a wooden causeway. In1783 there were 293 houses, 866 male and 913 female inhabitants,or a population of 1779, with 38 negro slaves. In 1755 the mar-kets were chartered by the proprietaries; two markets, one onWednesday and one on Saturday. The market house, adjoiningthe Court House on the west, was built about 1758, and was torndown with its neighbor in 1842. In 1787, when York was incor-porated into a borough. Gen. Henry Miller and Rev. David Cont-ler were the two Burgesses, the former being called Chief WEST MARKET STREET, YORK, 1850.
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