History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . bly the same who kept store here thatyear; Andrew Dennison, Simon Jameson, Meshash Minerer, Jr., andWilliam Huntsmen were village cobblers, who called a meeting of theMaster Shoemakers, who feel interested in the proper regulation ofthe prices. By 1805, Doylestown had a hatter, in the person ofJohn Knight; a taylor, in Goden Hall, a cousin of the late SamuelHall, who makes Ladies Great Coats in the newest fashion; Ben-jamin Drake was blacksmith but had to leave October 12th; andDaniel M
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . bly the same who kept store here thatyear; Andrew Dennison, Simon Jameson, Meshash Minerer, Jr., andWilliam Huntsmen were village cobblers, who called a meeting of theMaster Shoemakers, who feel interested in the proper regulation ofthe prices. By 1805, Doylestown had a hatter, in the person ofJohn Knight; a taylor, in Goden Hall, a cousin of the late SamuelHall, who makes Ladies Great Coats in the newest fashion; Ben-jamin Drake was blacksmith but had to leave October 12th; andDaniel MTntosh had lately commenced the business of spinningwheel and Windsor chair making. Asher Mmer announces in his newspaper, now a year and a halfold, in the issue of December 2nd, 1805, that he had removed hisprinting apparatus to the new and convenient building just erected,adjoining his dwelling house at the upper end of the village, and 6 The two taverns were what is now the Fountain House, and theShip on the site of Lenape Building. And a few rods southwest wouldbe a short way out West .State DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 21 directly opposite the Academy; 7 and that over the printing office,Zerick Titus made and repaired saddles, bridles and harness. Inthe fall of 1804, David Kirkbride advertises for sale a tract of 30 or40 acres adjoining the village, on the stage road from Easton andBethlehem to Philadelphia principally covered with timber, and is probably one of the best stands in the county for a tan yard, therebeing a large spring upon it. This embraced the slope of Ger-many hill, the Clear Spring hotel property, anii, beyond, part ofthe Chapman farm. The second sale of building lots, in Doylestovvn, was held on Sat-urday, February 8th, 1806, by John Black, on the main road fromNorristown to Coryells Ferry. This was somewhere on State street,but there is no indication as to location, price, or purchasers namesif any lots were sold. The factors of progress were const
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