246 HISTORY OF DELAWARE COrNTT. [1737. 



This advice was frequently repeated before any further steps were 

 taken on the subject. 



Bradford Monthly Meeting, to be composed of Cain and 

 Bradford Meetings, was established in 1736 by authority of 

 Chester Quarterly Meeting. 



The crossing of the Brandywine Creek, at Chadds' Ford, was 

 frequently interrupted by high water and ice, and the settlements 

 had become so numerous west of that stream that the establish- 

 ment of a ferry became necessary. The following ])aper, dated 

 on the 30th of August, 1737, the original of which is on file in 

 the office of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions, at West Chester, 

 fully explains the establishment of this most necessary improve- 

 ment : 



"John Chadds, having petitioned the Court, setting forth that 

 by the concurrence of the Justices and by order of the Commisr 

 sioners and assessors, a fferry being erected over Brandywine 

 creek, on the road leading from Philadelphia to Nottingham, 

 & no rates for the same established, prays that such rates may 

 be set for the same as to the Court may seem reasonable ; where- 

 upon the Court taking the same into consideration, have ad- 

 judged the rates hereafter mentioned, may be demanded k taken 

 by the said John Chadds or his. assigns or successors in the said 

 Ferry:" 



" Every horse and Rider, four pence. 

 Every single person on foot, three pence, if more, two 



pence each. 

 Every ox, cow or heifer, four pence each. 

 For Every sheep, one penny. 



Every Hog, three half pence. 



Every Coach, waggon or Cart, one shilling and six pence. 

 Every empty waggon or Cart nine pence. 

 Every steed four pence. 

 To the aforesaid rates, the justices have subscribed their names. 



Richard Hayes, 

 John Crosby, 

 Henry Hayes, 

 Samuel Hollingsworth, 

 John Parry, 

 Abraham Emmitt, 

 Caleb Coupland, 

 Elisha Catchell, 

 Joseph Brinton." 



A person hailing from Beyruta, near Mount Lebanon, who 

 called himself Sheck Sidi, claimed to be a Christian nobleman, 

 and complained that he had suffered great persecution from the 



