History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . re probably soldbut we have not been able to get any account of the sale. Since thattime a number of buildings have been erected on the slope, includinga hotel, industrial plants, railroad station etc., but the towns growthhas not been in that direction. The author remembers when this partof the town was known by the soubriquet of Ireland, as the north-section is still called Germany, The issue of the newspaper announcing the purchase of theUnderbill Farm, the Bucks County Intelligencer
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . re probably soldbut we have not been able to get any account of the sale. Since thattime a number of buildings have been erected on the slope, includinga hotel, industrial plants, railroad station etc., but the towns growthhas not been in that direction. The author remembers when this partof the town was known by the soubriquet of Ireland, as the north-section is still called Germany, The issue of the newspaper announcing the purchase of theUnderbill Farm, the Bucks County Intelligencer of October 11,1830, calls for the following mechanics and others most needed inDoylestown to boom its fortunes: a tobacconist, a soap and tallowchandler, a brewer and bottler, brickmakers and bricklayers, a brush-maker, clock and watch maker, tinsmith, oak and cedar cooper, anda gun and lock smith. We infer, from these workmen being called I This was the old Shaw farm just below the borough, on the west side ofthe turnpike leading to Philadelphia, and was owned for many years by thelate Josiah Hart. 80. FRANCIS B. SHAW. DOYLESTOVVN, OLD AND NEW. 8i for, none of them were here, or the supply was not equal to thedemand. At this period,^ and we believe the same year, 1830, anhistoric building was erected on the Ross property, on the north sideof East Court street where Pine street enters it and adjoining thepublic grounds. This was an Attorneys ofifice built of brickand still standing, in which three generations of the family, grand-father, sons and grandsons have practiced their profession, consultedtheir clients and prepared their briefs, which does not often occurunder the same roof. Among the cases was the celebrated Mina-Chapman murder, 1831-2, tried by Thomas Ross, then DeputyAttorney General for the county. Of the Attorneys of the Rossfamily, which occupied this historic ofifice, one served two terms inthe House of Representatives of the United States, another sat on thebe
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