146 AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY, 



Sussex, on Delaware, the first day of May, in the fifteenth year of our 



reign, Anno Domini, 1742. 



GEORGE THOMAS. 



Lancaster Borough, ss. 



This is to certify, that the above is a true copy of the Charter 

 granted to the inhabitants of the town of Lancaster, in the county 

 of Lancaster and province of Pennsylvania. IN TESTIMONY 



{L. S.) Whereof, I have hereto set my hand, and caused the seal of the 

 Borough aforesaid to be hereunto affixed the first Day of De- 

 cember, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 

 and sixty. 



JOHN HOPSON, Chief Burgess. 



