ADDITIONAL NOTES ON 

 THE MILESTONES OF DELAWARE COUNTY. 



BY F. H. SHELTON. 



I find that the statement on page 64, Volume VIII, 

 Number 3, of these Proceedings, that there are no mile- 

 stones still standing on the " Old Lancaster Road " (as dis- 

 tinguished from the Lancaster Pike), within our County 

 limits, is an error. There are yet four, viz. : — 



No. 12. A few yards west of the intersection of Roberts 

 Road, Rosemont. 



No. 13. About a third of a mile east of Ithan Avenue. 



No. 14. Should be close to the bridge at Ithan, but 

 appears to be missing. 



No. 15. A little west of the intersection of Iven Avenue 

 and Church Roads : " Five Points." 



No. 16. West of West Wayne Avenue, close to South 

 Devon Avenue, and close to the steps of a private house. 



All these are on the north side of the road. The shape is 

 the same throughout, viz. : A 12 inch face with a 9 inch semi- 

 circular top, and Nos. 15 and 16 are made of "greenstone" 

 or "soapstone." No. 16 is quite unusual in having the date 

 of " 1769 " also upon it. 



West Chester Pike. Page 66. No. 9 stone is still 

 there, just a little east of being directly opposite the building 

 that used to be the old Buck Tavern, east of Broomall. 



The statement that the West Chester Pike stones were pro- 

 bably put up about 1848, when the Pike Company was char- 

 tered, must be modified, as Hill's map of Philadelphia and 

 surrounding territory within a ten mile range, published in 

 1808, shows stones on this road, and in the same location as 

 at present. The fact, however, that most of the stones at the 

 east end are well cut, smooth and symmetrical, while some 

 of the stones at the further end are not, being rougher and 

 with cruder shaped letters and figures, and the fact that more 



