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Morlatton VIllage

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Photos 1003.01.175

Schuylkill River Bridge stock certificate issued to George Douglass II

Morlatton VIllage · March 1833

Photo of original certificate issued March 16, 1833 for 10 shares is signed by bridge company President Clement Brooke and attested by Secretary, George Leaf. The original certificate, and a supplemental certificate for the same 10 shares [photo also attached] are held in safekeeping by the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County, PA. George Douglass II

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Archives 1003.01.177

Surveyor’s drawing of a two-course extension of the road from Oley to the “Main Road to Philadelphia" and Millard’s Mill

Morlatton VIllage

The survey drawing is entitled “A Draught of the Two Last Courses of Oaley Road to Thomas Miller’s [sic, Millard’s] Mill”. The first leg of the extension, from the intersection of the “Oaley Rd” with the “Main Road to Philadelphia”, coincides with the “Main Road” for the distance stated on the Draught, and then turns southward toward the Schuylkill River

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White Horse Inn Wayside Sign
Objects 1003.01.072

White Horse Inn Wayside Sign

Morlatton VIllage

“Wayside” sign placed in front of the Inn/Tavern to inform visitors on the Tavern’s historical significance, owners and proprietors, uses, and critical location.

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Sign, Instructional
Objects 1003.01.068

Sign, Instructional

Morlatton VIllage

The Schuylkill River played an important role in the settlement and growth of Amity and Union townships. A shallow crossing at this location allowed people and wagons to ford the river and may have been one reason Mouns Jones selected this site for his homestead when William Penn granted the Swedes Tract in 1701. Thomas Millard’s Mill, the first in the O

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