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tionship stones or the supposed Mutual Assurance Company- 

 stones, and no reference to importing appears in the report of 

 the committee of that first named company. There are no 

 other stones now visible on this Darby road. The ten miles 

 to Philadelphia would be found by the route via Llanerch and 

 the West Chester pike in to the city. From the old meeting 

 house via Darby, where the road would tie into " the road to 

 Newcastle," and thence lead by Gray's Ferry to the old 

 Court House at Second and Market, would be fourteen miles. 

 Fourth, The Gulph road is the fourth in which these 

 " Penn arm " stones appear. While outside of the County 

 (in Montgomery) it is immediately near it. It branches from 

 Lancaster pike, near the eighth stone on the latter. These 

 Gulph road stones differ from the Haverford road stones in 

 pattern by not having the panel, but otherwise they are like 

 them. No. 12 and 13 may still be seen east and west of 

 Spring Mill road crossing (Mueller's "Main Line" Atlas 

 shows the locations), and No. 15, 16 and 17 are in their 

 proper locations between the King of Prussia tavern and 

 Gulph Mills. 



I have an old and rare book, " The Traveller's Directory," 

 second edition, dated 1804, in which are thirty-eight quaint 

 little section maps, showing the road routes on the main high- 

 way from Trenton to Philadelphia, and also the road south to 

 Washington ; and on these old maps the milestones are 

 marked, which must give the original locations of the Contri- 

 butionship stones. Unfortunately, apparently, not one stone 

 on the road to Trenton yet remains. More than one person 

 has hunted for such, but fruitlessly. There are plenty of 

 milestones on that road, but they are considered as the ones 

 erected by the Philadelphia and Bristol turnpike company, 

 that was chartered in 1804. 



I also have an interesting old map by John Hill, dated 

 1808, showing Philadelphia and an area within a ten mile 

 circle adjacent. In this area many stones are shown, presum- 



