. Account of the Buck family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; and of the Bucksville centennial celebration held June 11th, 1892; including the proceedings of the Buck wampun literary association of said occasion . „ ,ii«/fe4«W^ SIGN OF THE BUCK AND THE SIGN OF AVHITE HORSE. 123 -which was sufficiently completed at the close of the year to applyfor a license therefor which was granted him by the Court of QuarterSessions to go in effect the beginning of April, 1809. The almostuniversal custom of having emblematic signs for such places had itsorigin in the middle ages and was introduced here from E
. Account of the Buck family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; and of the Bucksville centennial celebration held June 11th, 1892; including the proceedings of the Buck wampun literary association of said occasion . „ ,ii«/fe4«W^ SIGN OF THE BUCK AND THE SIGN OF AVHITE HORSE. 123 -which was sufficiently completed at the close of the year to applyfor a license therefor which was granted him by the Court of QuarterSessions to go in effect the beginning of April, 1809. The almostuniversal custom of having emblematic signs for such places had itsorigin in the middle ages and was introduced here from Europe withthe early settlement of the country, and from whence have spnaigmany names of places that exist to this day. As may be inferredby this article, the history of this subject is interesting though as yethas received here but little attention. Inns have existed from a veryearly period as a necessity for travelers, hence we need not wonderat their mention in the Bible. Christ is mentioned therein as havingbeen born in a stable of an inn. Chaucer the earliest of Englishpoets has thrown quite a charm around the inns of his day, notablythe Tabord; as has also Shakespeare. Both from its antiquity an
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