The real estate notice below, from the November 7, 1816 York Gazette, is a great example of the wealth of information available in newspapers from the past. Such descriptions are often detailed, giving us an idea of how our forebears lived and worked.
You can see by the headline that bargains were appreciated then too.
Click here for the Library of Congress zoomable 1751 Fry-Jefferson map.
I recently wrote about York County residents being recruited to move to Virginia in the 1870s. Click here to read that post.
There were several paths, following very early roads, from South Central Pennsylvania to less populated lands.
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