History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 129 town township, who kept it several years and died there. TheShip had a number of Commanders, after Benjamin Morris,some of them owners of the property. It was purchased, 1874, bythe Doylestown Improvement Company, which erected the LenapeBuilding on the site at the cost of $50,000. While the vote ofDoylestown was cast at a single polling place, the elections were heldat the Ship tavern until it was taken down. The Fox Chase, now the Fountain House, and the s
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 129 town township, who kept it several years and died there. TheShip had a number of Commanders, after Benjamin Morris,some of them owners of the property. It was purchased, 1874, bythe Doylestown Improvement Company, which erected the LenapeBuilding on the site at the cost of $50,000. While the vote ofDoylestown was cast at a single polling place, the elections were heldat the Ship tavern until it was taken down. The Fox Chase, now the Fountain House, and the secondof the group, has a record reaching back over a century under variousnames. It occupies part of the estate of Richard Swanwick, attaintedof treason in the Revolution and his property confiscated. It waspurchased by Samuel and Joseph Flack, who owned the Ship,the state executing a deed to them June 8, 1780. Meanwhile SamuelFlack bought his brothers interest and sold the whole to John Shaw,innkeeper, Plumstead. It is thought Shaw built a house, obtainedlicense and kept a tavern there; but, be that as
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