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Original copy of the Lancaster Charter, Colony of Pennsylvania

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Original copy of the Lancaster Charter, Colony of Pennsylvania
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May 1, 1742. Over six legal sized pages full of interesting content on the incorporation of this community before the Revolutionary War. With the approval of John, Thomas and Richard Penn. James Hamilton made the application and George Thomas signed the application. The original copy was made in 1760 and signed by Chief Burgess John Hopson. This is a handwritten copy of the original that was done on sheepskin. It is certified by the Lancaster Historical Society in 1986 (letter enclosed). Also a transcription of the document is included. Document is in overall good condition. Two upper folds have ripped in two. Rips and edge issues at folds.



Lancaster was originally called Hickory Town, the city was renamed after the English city of Lancaster by native John Wright. Lancaster was part of the 1681 Penn's Woods Charter of William Penn, and was laid out by James Hamilton in 1734. It was incorporated as a borough in 1742 and incorporated as a city in 1818. During the American Revolution, Lancaster was the capital of the United States for one day, on September 27, 1777, after the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia, which had been captured by the British. The revolutionary government then moved still farther away to York, Pennsylvania. Lancaster was capital of Pennsylvania from 1799 to 1812, after which the capital was moved to Harrisburg. The first paved road in the United States was the former Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, which makes up part of the present-day U.S. Route 30. Opened in 1795, the Turnpike connected the cities of Lancaster and Philadelphia, and was designed by a Scottish engineer named John Loudon McAdam. After the American Revolution, the city of Lancaster became an iron-foundry center. Two of the most common products needed by pioneers to settle the Frontier were manufactured in Lancaster: the Conestoga wagon and the Pennsylvania long rifle. The Conestoga wagon was named after the Conestoga River, which runs through the city.[13] The innovative gunsmith William Henry lived in Lancaster and was a U.S. congressman and leader during and after the American Revolution. [wikipedia] HWAC# 62266 Date: 1742 Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania