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perhaps had been for years before, it being one of 

 several taverns of the county which kept open 

 house, as it was called, during the winter months, 

 for sleighing parties, and where music was fur- 

 nished for dancing, as well as good hot suppers. 

 The other open houses for these jolly parties being 

 the President, on the West Chester road; the Star 

 tavern, on the street road; Stamps tavern, on the 

 West Chester and Wilmington road; the Seven 

 Stars tavern, at Village Green, and the Practical 

 Farmer tavern, below Marcus Hook, on the Wil- 

 mington road, just over the Delaware State line. 

 It was not unusual for some of the hunters, as 

 well as other young men, to take the entire round 

 of these houses on the same night, in J. Howard 

 Lewis' large four-horse sleigh, and to dance at 

 each, as there were always plenty of pretty 

 country girls ready and willing to enjoy the 

 country dances. 



George Cummins purchased the Rose Tree 

 property of Isaac Cochran in April, 1833, who 

 had purchased it of Robert Thomas in June, 1801, 

 who had purchased it of John Maxwell Nesbit and 

 David Hayfield Conyngham in June, 1795. They 

 purchased it at a sherifif's sale made by Wil- 

 liam Gibbons, High Sheriff of the county of 

 Chester, of which Delaware county was then a 

 part, the deed being made in September, 1774. 



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