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The Daily Advertiser
New York, New York County, New York
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In Pennsylvania, John Nicholson, Henry Drinker, Tench Coxe, Mark Wilcox, and Tench Francis were appointed commissioners by the Executive Council to open roads from Easton and Bethlehem to the carrying place between the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers and to the mouth of Tioga. They engaged surveyor Andrew Ellicott to lay out the routes.
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We learn from Philadelphia, that the following gentlemen, John Nicholson, Henry Drinker, Tench Coxe, Mark Wilcox and Tench Francis are appointed Commissioners by the Honorable the Executive Council of Pennsylvania, to open the roads from Easton and Bethlehem to the carrying place between the Delaware and Susquehanna, and to the mouth of Tioga, and that they have engaged Andrew Ellicott, Esquire, (late a Commissioner to run the New-York and Pennsylvania line) to lay out the same. The astronomical and mechanical knowledge, and the skill in surveying which that gentleman possesses, will probably render those roads as excellent as they are important.
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Pennsylvania
Event Date
April 15
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commissioners appointed to open specified roads; andrew ellicott engaged as surveyor.
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The Executive Council of Pennsylvania appointed John Nicholson, Henry Drinker, Tench Coxe, Mark Wilcox, and Tench Francis as commissioners to open roads from Easton and Bethlehem to the carrying place between the Delaware and Susquehanna, and to the mouth of Tioga. They engaged Andrew Ellicott, formerly a commissioner for the New-York and Pennsylvania line, to lay out the roads, noting his expertise in astronomy, mechanics, and surveying.