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North 100 perches, to the East Branch of Brandy wine creek, near Thomas 

 Moore's Mill, thence East 17 Degrees, North 86 perches, thence East 43' 

 Degrees, North 11-1 perches, thence East 85 Degrees, North 392 perches,, 

 thence East 16 Degrees, North 216 perches to the aforesaid public 

 Eoad, near the house of John Spruce, containing in the whole thirty-two 

 statute miles. 



"And we conceive the same, as it is now laid out through the said 

 Counties, is done the nearest and most commodious way, and in the best 

 manner to answer the purposes intended thereby, which the situation of 

 the Land would admit of, and as little to the inconvenience of the inhab- 

 itants as possible, without damaging the said Eoad ; we therefore hum- 

 bly pray the same may be confirmed. 



" And we further beg leave to say, that being unprovided with a copy 

 of the Kecords of the aforesaid Public Road, through Chester county, 

 and the Lands contiguous to the said Road being mostly improved, and 

 at present under Corn, we find ourselves uncapable to discover where the 

 same hath been altered from its true course, (to the damage thereof,) and 

 also conclude the present season of the year Improper for a Review. 

 Given under our hands the ninth day of June, Anno Dom. 1733. 

 " Tho. Edwards, Geo. Aston, 



Edward Smout, Richard Buffington, 



Robert Barber, William Marsh, 



Hans Graaft", Samuel Miller, 



Samuel Jones, Robert Parke." 



The Board, on due consideration had of the said return, together with 

 the draught accompanying it, doth approve and confirm the Road laid 

 out, as in the said return mentioned, which is hereby declared to be the 

 King's Highway or Public Road, and it is ordered that the same be 

 forthwith cleared, and rendered commodious for the Public Service. 



And to the end that the said Road may be continued to the Ferry on 

 Schuylkill at High street : It is further ordered, that the Records of 

 the Public Road through the county of Chester, and till it falls in with 

 the Road of Philadelphia county, leading to the said Ferry be searched, 

 and that the same persons of Chester county, who have already laid out 

 the Road so far as in the above Return is mentioned, be continued on that 

 service, to bring the Road to the verge of Philadelphia county, and when 

 it falls in therewith, that Richard Harrison, Hugh Evans, Robert 

 Roberts, Samuel Humphreys, David George and John Warner, or any 

 four of them, continue the said Road to the Ferry aforesaid, at High 

 street, and make report of the same to this Board. 



At a council, held at Philadelphia, May 14, 1734,^ the Proprietary 

 (Thomas Penn) informed the Board of some very unneighborly proceed- 



1 Col. Rec. 3, p. 543. 



