HISTORY OF DELAWARE COUNTY. 



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Harford, a name by which the township was generally known 

 witiiin the recollection of many now living. 



The south end of the Friends' Meeting-house, built in 1700, 

 in which William Penn preached during his second visit to 

 Pennsylvania, is still standing, and is in a good state of preser- 

 vation. It has only been modernized in its outside appearance, 

 by changing the pitch of the roof, and in substituting wooden 

 sash in the windows for those of lead. This was done in the 

 year 1800, when the north end was l)uilt to supply the place of 

 the first erected meeting-house. The timbers are very heavy, 

 and have either been hewn or sawed with a whip-saw. The gal- 

 lery was originally at the south end of the building. A number 

 of the chestnut boards with which it was at first lined are still 

 in place. The first interment in the Ilaverford burial-ground 

 was the body of William Sharpus, 9th mo. 19th, 16«4. 



There are milestones on the old Haverford or Goshen road 

 still standing, which were doubtless imported from England, and 

 erected when the road Avas laid out. 



The Grange, — Tiiere is no place in the township of Ilaver- 

 ford, perhaps none in the County, with which so much historical 



interest is associated as with this ancient seat of grandeur and 

 elegance. Henry Lewis, a Welsh Quaker, one of the most staid 

 of his sect, selected this spot as his wilderness abode in 1682. 



