HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY.
 

CHAPTER  XLV.
 

DOYLESTOWN   BOROUGH
 

1838.
 

Situati-on.—Grossing of early' roads.—Edward Doyle.—Negro' Joe.—William Doyle
petitions for license.—Probable location of tavern.—Richard Swan wick.—Old
Barndt tavern.^-First mention of Doylestown.—Its size in 1790.—Town-site well-
wocided.—Charles Stewart.—Septimus Evans.—The academy.—Uriah DuBois.—■
Presbyterian church.—John L. Dick.—-Court street opened.—George Murray —
Kemoval of county-seat.—First newspaper.—Fourth of July, 1806.—Captain
William Magill.—Village incorporated.—Governor Hiester.—-The Stewarts ;
Chapmans; Foxes; Rosses; Pughs; Matthias Morris, et al.—New Doyles¬
town.—Churches.—Public institutions.—Peek's exhibition.—Water-works.—
Schools.—Lenape building.—Monument.—Stages.—Po]3ulation.
 

DoYLr:STOWN, the seat of justice of Bucks, is situated Avithin a
mile of the geographical centre oftlie county.

We have already mentioned that the toAvn is built on lands
that belonged to the Free Society of Traders. It was a point of
importance Avlien the surrounding country Avas almost an unbroken
Avilderness, and years before a village Avas dreamed of, because
die site Avas at the intersection of two great roads. The Easton
road Avas opened from WilloAV Grove to the county line in 1722,
to enal)le Governor Keith to reach his plantation of Gr;eme
park, the foUoAving year it Avas opened up to DoylestOAvn, and a
leAv years afterward to Easton, thus giAdng a continuous highway
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