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Adjournment of the Continental Congress at Yorktown, Pa., Nov 1777 on the Day of the Reception of the News of Burgoyne's Surrender. York, Pennsylvania, was originally settled by the Germans, in 1729. Survey made out in squares for a twon, October 17, 1741, with an area of about 100 acres. Today it has 2,250 acres. In the year 1743, York, then a village, consisted of only 11 homes, while today it has over 10,000. The town was named Yorktown, after Yorkshire, England. York originally was a portion of Lancaster county, but a new county called York, with Yorktown as the county seat, was formed in 1749. John Daly, Esq., an English Quaker, held the first court, October 31, 1749. In Centre Square the first court house was erected in 1756. The Continental Congress, being compelled to leave Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, held its sessions in this building from September 17, 1777 to June 17, 1778. At this time York, Pennsylvania, was the capital of this nation. |
