YORK  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county seat of York county, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo m . W. of See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia and about 28 M . S.E. of See also:

• HARRISBURG

Harrisburg . Pop . (19oo) 33,708-1304 being See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 776 negroes; (1910) 44,750 . York is served by the See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland & Pennsylvania, the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern Central (Pennsylvania) and the Western Maryland See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Among the public buildings are the County See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House (1899) and a large Federal See also:

• BUILDING

Building (1910) . York is the seat of the York Collegiate See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute (1873), founded by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Small (d . 1885) and of the York County See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (1785) . The See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society of York (1895) has a valuable collection of documents See also:

• RELATING

relating to See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• HISTORY

history . York is the commercial centre for a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich agricultural region, and has manufactures of foundry and See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine-See also:

• SHOP

shop products, See also:

• SILK

silk goods, &c . The See also:

• TOTAL

total factory product in 1905 was valued at $14,258,696 .

York, the first permanent See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state W. of the Susquehanna, was laid out in 1741 in what was then the See also:

• MANOR

Manor of Springettsbury (named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Springett See also:

• PENN, WILLIAM (1621–1670)
• PENN, WILLIAM (1644-1718)

Penn, a See also:

• GRAND

grand-son of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Penn) by See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Cookson, a surveyor for See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard and Thomas Penn, then the proprietors of the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, and was named after York, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . The first settlers were chiefly Germans from the Rhenish See also:

• PALATINATE (Ger. Pfalz)

Palatinate, who were See also:

• LUTHERANS

Lutherans, Reformed, See also:

• MENNONITES

Mennonites and Moravians . See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• QUAKERS

Quakers and Scotch-Irish settled here also . The settlement See also:

• LAY

lay on the Monocacy road, the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line of travel to the S. and S.W., and it See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew rapidly, especially between 1748 and 1751 . In 1749 the county of York was erected (from See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster coun .y) and York was made the county-seat . In 1754 York had 217; houses and Imo inhabitants . Troops from York took See also:

• PART

part in the Seven Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War and the War of See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence . In the old county court-house (built in 1754-56, pulled down in 1841) the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress sat from the 3oth of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1777 to the 27th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1778, having See also:

• LEFT

left Philadelphia on the approach of the See also:

• BRITISH

British, and having held a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day's session at Lancaster . At York the Congress passed the Articles of See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation (asth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1777) and received See also:

• NEWS

news of the American victory at See also:

• SARATOGA, BATTLES OF

Saratoga and of the See also:

• SIGNING

signing of See also:

• TREATIES

treaties between the See also:

• UNITED

United States and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . The See also:

• CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
• CONWAY, HENRY SEYMOUR (1721-1795)
• CONWAY, HUGH
• CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL (1832–1907)
• CONWAY, SIR WILLIAM MARTIN (1856– )

Conway See also:

• CABAL (through the Fr. cabale from the Cabbala or Kabbalah, the theosophical interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures)

cabal came to an end here, and the arrival here of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• STEUBEN, FREDERICK WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HENRY FERDINAND, BARON VON (1730–1794)

Steuben and of See also:

• LAFAYETTE

Lafayette in 1777 helped the American cause . In September 1778, $r,50o,00o in See also:

• SILVER

silver See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent by France to the United States was brought to York; and See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin's See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, removed from Philadelphia, issued $1o,o0o,000 of Continental See also:

• MONEY

money . Thomas See also:

• PAINE, ROBERT TREAT (1731–1814)
• PAINE, THOMAS (1737–1809)

Paine here wrote part of his Fifth Crisis .

See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• LIVINGSTON, EDWARD (1764–1836)
• LIVINGSTON, ROBERT R
• LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM (1723-1790)

Livingston, a signer of the See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration of Independence, is buried here . In the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War, Confederate troops under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John B . See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon entered York on the 28th of June 1863, and a small Federal force retreated before them; and the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• GETTYSBURG

Gettysburg was fought about 28 M . E . York was incorporated as a See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough in 1787 and was chartered as a city in 1887 . See G . R . Prowell, The City of York, Past and See also:

• PRESENT

Present (York, 1904), and C . A . See also:

• HAWKINS, CAESAR HENRY (1798-1884)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR JOHN (1532-1595)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)
• HAWKINS, SIR JOHN (1719-1789)

Hawkins and H . E . Landis, York and York County (ibid .

1901) .