. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . ORIGINAL PLATOf THE •**fc„ BOROUGH OF HARRIS BURG, WITH ADDITIONS FROM 1785 TO 1808 H«fji/i/ .ffrpf/ $ * S 6 X *6 5; Sj s - S ^ w ^ g *5 r-i,.-, ,.,,/, * f; 5 1 t|* T 1 > ^ . \ * * i Street sot «<<■ llbrVirJ *, * ^ i •- » * , 1 to » V CHamKl S/rre/ tdUlL 3gg .—.—.—.— 5 S 5 s e J § ? 1 S I 1 ; 3 § jtj ^ g i i» :•• 8 ? is S I £ I t: £1 s i. CITY OF HARRISBURG. 207 the town. When lie ami the uther judges of the Supreme Court caito the town to hold court numbers of the
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . ORIGINAL PLATOf THE •**fc„ BOROUGH OF HARRIS BURG, WITH ADDITIONS FROM 1785 TO 1808 H«fji/i/ .ffrpf/ $ * S 6 X *6 5; Sj s - S ^ w ^ g *5 r-i,.-, ,.,,/, * f; 5 1 t|* T 1 > ^ . \ * * i Street sot «<<■ llbrVirJ *, * ^ i •- » * , 1 to » V CHamKl S/rre/ tdUlL 3gg .—.—.—.— 5 S 5 s e J § ? 1 S I 1 ; 3 § jtj ^ g i i» :•• 8 ? is S I £ I t: £1 s i. CITY OF HARRISBURG. 207 the town. When lie ami the uther judges of the Supreme Court caito the town to hold court numbers of the citizens would go outhorseback to meet them and escort them to town. Sometimes one And each morningrt the sheriff and con- two hundred people would attend on thiswhile the chief justice was in town holdinstaldes escorted him from his lodgings to thbench he sat with his cocked hat on, angown. The town was called by the founder Harrisburg,and the minutes of the second court held in the townare dated Harrisburg. On the 3d of August, 1786,the following appears: The name of the CountyTown or Seat of the Courts is altered from Harris-burg to Louisbourgh in consequence of the SupremeExecutive Council of the Commonwealth so stylingit in the commissions of the Justices of the saidTown. This was surely a piece of the act of Assembly was passed in 1785 estab-lishing Dauphin County, it fixed the seat of govern-ment near Harris Ferry. As John Harris had
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