History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . m. It may be charged we have given the old stages too much space,and gone into their history too minutely, but we do not think stage lines have all passed away, never to return to this part ofthe country, and none but those who lived during that period canappreciate what an important factor they were in the life of the countycapital. Staging, at that day, was an industry, and carried on with avim hardly to be appreciated now in the days of rapid transit. Stag-ing possessed a ro
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . m. It may be charged we have given the old stages too much space,and gone into their history too minutely, but we do not think stage lines have all passed away, never to return to this part ofthe country, and none but those who lived during that period canappreciate what an important factor they were in the life of the countycapital. Staging, at that day, was an industry, and carried on with avim hardly to be appreciated now in the days of rapid transit. Stag-ing possessed a romance that belongs to neither electricity nor steam. The post office and the stage are so closely associated in the 10 Joseph Lewis was a descendant of Richard Backhouse, who owned theDurham Furnace many years, and the man who befriended Judge John Rosswhen strujighng as a young man to make his way in the world. In after yearsThomas Ross, not forgetting past favors done to his father, befriended Lewisin more ways than one, and was Joe Lewis steadfast friend to the last. Thiswas a credit to human DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 121 transportation of the mails, there is no impropriety in grouping themin a single chapter. In Colonial times, the mail facilities were few and far after Penns arrival, the settlers of lower Bucks were enabled tosend, and receive, letters by public conveyance, and passengers wereconveyed in the same way. In the Fifth-month, 1683, William Pennestablished a post office at the Falls, and Henry Walby was authorizedto hold one at Taconey, and to supply passengers with horses fromPhiladelphia to New Castle or the Falls. The rates of postage ofletters, from the Falls to Philadelphia, were three pence, to Chester,five, to New Castle seven pence and to Maryland nine pence. The first Post Office in Bucks county, after the establishment ofthe Federal government, was opened at Bristol, June i, 1790, andJoseph Clun appointed Post Master, while that at
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