. A history of Pennsylvania. xt\-sixvotes, Adams sixty-five, and Pinckney sixty-four. Thisresult, according to the requirements in the Constitution atthat time, threw the final choice upon the House of Repre-sentatives, where the vote must be taken by states. Aftermost exciting scenes the House chose Jefferson; and Burrbecame Vice-President. In the election the vote of Pennsyl-vania was given to Jefferson.^ At the news of the choice of Jefferson the radical popula- 1 The members of Congress and many persons in the country at larj^e con-Kiatulatcd themselves that Congress was sitting at Washing
. A history of Pennsylvania. xt\-sixvotes, Adams sixty-five, and Pinckney sixty-four. Thisresult, according to the requirements in the Constitution atthat time, threw the final choice upon the House of Repre-sentatives, where the vote must be taken by states. Aftermost exciting scenes the House chose Jefferson; and Burrbecame Vice-President. In the election the vote of Pennsyl-vania was given to Jefferson.^ At the news of the choice of Jefferson the radical popula- 1 The members of Congress and many persons in the country at larj^e con-Kiatulatcd themselves that Congress was sitting at Washington and not ann)ngthe excitable people of Philadelphia. IQO HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA tion of Philadelphia went wild with joy. But even Jeffersonwas too conservative; the people, it was said, should do every-thing; one man is as good as another. Indeed so extremewas the position taken that the moderate men of the Demo-cratic-Repubhcan party were much disturbed. Such was thestate of poUtical parties at the close of the CoNESTOGA Wagon of Pennsylvania Early Towns. — By this time a number of towns had grownup. Chester was the oldest town in the State, and there hadbeen added Lancaster (1730), Bethlehem (1741), Reading(1748), Lebanon (1750), Allentown (17 51), Easton (1752),and others. In the center of the state were Harrisburg,Bedford, York, Wrightstown, and in the extreme west, Pitts-burgh, which in 1800 had less than 2000 population. Internal Improvements; Modes of Travel. ^—With thegrowth of population and the founding of towns the need forinternal improvements was manifest. Various enterpriseswere undertaken, the most important of which was the ex-tension of the Lancaster road to Pittsburgh; this road thenbecame more than ever the great route to the West. Cioodswere carried chiefly by means of large Conestoga wagons, CONDITIONS IN THE STATE ABOUT iSoo 191
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