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, ' Q Q i . 'A SL It 1 si m c w 4 Q w. I4 ,,. gui 3 M f'J ,luJiiea,nm, N . y A ,f f Q, 5 , xl! . -,E--' iffy: 'A:,st.i. r- y e A 1 i H F it r ' Xftl W Z Yu 922' 4 W I' l ll A l X ml if 1 1 if ' 2: A I e ,V ,I lm 1 1 Y ' ' History of Allentown V A fcontinued from page twelvel W N l762 Mr. Allen decided to lay out a town upon his land, and the resi- , lf 'V dents of Whitehall Township petitioned the court for a road to the new H! ,, ,V fl ,. town. The petition was endorsed: a road was laid out from Whitehall xml' v Township to the new town, Northampton. Allentown was laid out in l762 under the direction of Chief Justice William Allen, and was named Northampton town. It was just a small place, not even large enough to be called a borough, but it was rich in l s u Y X , promise of the future growth and prosperity. mg , M I gf f ' ,. ' 'I The original plan shows that the town covered forty-two blocks and '- 5' . . . . l id ' A comprised that section of the city between Fourth and Tenth, and Union ll 1, .v'.f , ,gl and Liberty Streets. M X' The streets laid out, running north and south, were Margaret I, fy fnow Fifthfg William tnow Sixthlg Allen tnow Seventhjg James ' My tnow Eighthbg and Ann tnow Ninthl Those running east ' and west were Gordon, Chew, Turner, Andrew tnow Lindenj, Q Hamilton, and john tnow Walnutf. , A publlc square was located at the Juncture of Allen and Hamilton fi Streets. Allen Street was the main thoroughfare of the thriving little town. i 5:1225 il 1, ? tContinued on page one hundred forty-sixj I ' l l- . s, . gi, ,. X771 W 1, IV' A , ,N 'Vim l ff I .f Q- li f 5 ' i iifl j ll l 'fill T ll 'l J ' 1 :li ' w g I 'T Page Twenty , KN A 'N J ' . , 1 1 ' X N, K M5 J if lbw In . ,gf f ww, N - r 1-T,:..a . f f .. h ,A Ng ff cg , - ,.g f ,J 3 M 1 , if WF' ' 'Wt' -W1 1' . H r ,fi c ' 5, 39' U:i.,, ' ' ' ' ' . ,. ' ' - , ',,i-' lg. 4 .1 5 h ,L-.Y ,, I ,. we :-t ',,:'+ .1-:.:wfiwaw'-ff't'FfvE!f-s.- '- ffl -f 1 , -',, -r . - -- ' - -f -,,,-4' 2 g-- ' - ' --Y ' f ' .Sn- . n.u-an
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