Ancient and modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill . o Reading Railroad, with the yellowbrick house on the corner, mentioned in the reminiscences, and some of thefinest trees in the neighborhood interspersed over the lot, was offered to twoPhiladelphia Friends, who had just removed to these suburbs, for thirteenhundred dollars, but they being over-ruled by some of their friends who con-sidered it would be a risk, and having the prudence of their sect, declined theoffer. It was three years afterwards bought by George Thompson, for $15, 1870 it was valued at |100,000, and in 1886
Ancient and modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill . o Reading Railroad, with the yellowbrick house on the corner, mentioned in the reminiscences, and some of thefinest trees in the neighborhood interspersed over the lot, was offered to twoPhiladelphia Friends, who had just removed to these suburbs, for thirteenhundred dollars, but they being over-ruled by some of their friends who con-sidered it would be a risk, and having the prudence of their sect, declined theoffer. It was three years afterwards bought by George Thompson, for $15, 1870 it was valued at |100,000, and in 1886 what do you think would beits value? h. G&rmantoivn. An Apparent Error.—A gentleman who has lived in Germantown for 63years points out an apparent error in a communication published last weekand signed H. The property in question extended probably from Penn toCoulter, as the streets are now called, and not to Mill street. The figures orthe names are wrong and not knowing the address of the writer it is impossibleto ask there for the proper MARKET SQUARE AND CHURCH, FROM WATSONS ANNALS, BYPERMISSION OF EDWIN S. STUART, PUBLISHER. GERMANTOWN. 93 The Borough op Geemantown was incorporated in 1689. In 1692 one-fourth of the acre reserved out of the front part of the Frankfort Companyslot was proposed to be exchanged with Paul Wulff for one whole acre, that istwo half acres, one on the east and the other on the west side of the town. On January 25th, 1694-5, an order was issued for the erection of stocks. In1702, James De la Plaine was ordered to remove the old iron from the rottenframes of these stocks, and in 1703, it was thus ordered: Peter Schumacher andIsaac Schumacher shall arrange with workmen that a prison house and stocksbe put up as soon as possible. In 1699 Edward Shippen and Anthony Morrisissued a writ of quo warranto, in William Penns name, against Germantownfor refusing to levy a tax for the support of Government. In 1701, a taxwas laid for the building
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