History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . mstrongs corner in a stone house with frame office at-tached; a small stone tavern, The Ship, was on the sight of Lenapebuilding, which Christian Wirts bought in 1791 and kept it sometime; on Main street, adjoining, was a frame store; on the oppositecorner of State and Main streets, on the site of the old Mansion House,was a frame: a log house stood on the west side of West State streeton the site afterwards occupied by the old brewery; it had no occupantat that time, but, soon afterwar
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . mstrongs corner in a stone house with frame office at-tached; a small stone tavern, The Ship, was on the sight of Lenapebuilding, which Christian Wirts bought in 1791 and kept it sometime; on Main street, adjoining, was a frame store; on the oppositecorner of State and Main streets, on the site of the old Mansion House,was a frame: a log house stood on the west side of West State streeton the site afterwards occupied by the old brewery; it had no occupantat that time, but, soon afterward, one Joseph Pool kept a groggery 1 At Doylestown, Jamiary 10, 1S13, at the house of her son-in-law, BartonStewart, Mrs. Rebecca .Sandhani, widow of the late Mathias Sandham, ofBlockley township, Phihidelphia county. 2 He was no doubt the Christian Wirls who kept store here in 1785, inconnection with his father in Pliiladelphia, althou,s:h his name was spelleddifferently. It must be borne in mind that the I )oyle Tavern was licensed in] 745, and was probably kept at or near where the two roads N. SHEVVELL. DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 17 there, and Joseph Fell whose shop was in the southwest corner of alittle stone structure that subsequently grew to be the Ross was the make up of Doylestown one hundred and eleven yearsago, obtained from the most reliable sources, but, humble as it was,it possessed the seed, everywhere sown in this country, from whichspring towns, cities, and great metropolisses. A visible sign of improvement and progress, as the last decade ofthe eighteenth century expired, was the running of a stage, throughDoylestown, between Easton and Philadelphia. This was put on tenyears prior to the opening of a post ofSce here, and eight before thecentury expired. John Nicholaus3 was the earliest proprietor, and theline commenced running April 29, 1792, making weekly trips, down onMonday and up on Thursday, fare $ There is hardly a doubtit carr
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