// Bucks County History Text
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evt[1]=[[1951,'Bristol Township was incorporated as a first class township.']];
evt[2]=[[1828,'The Bristol Friends Meeting purchased a new stove from the proceeds of the sale of hickory firewood at $6 a cord.']];
evt[3]=[[1711,'The Bristol Friends Meeting accepted a proposal to build a meetinghouse.']];
evt[5]=[[1917,'William Heinrichs was appointed as the first scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop #1, in Sellersville, Pa.']];
evt[6]=[[1975,'Joseph Hamilton died in Langhorne at the age of 102.']];
evt[7]=[[1846,'The first magnetic telegraph in Bucks County was put into service in Doylestown.']];
evt[8]=[[1776,'John Barclay was commissioned as an ensign in the Continental Army.']];
evt[9]=[[1778,'John Thompson of Northampton Township was appointed as a wagon master in Bucks County.']];
evt[10]=[[1977,'James Michener was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Gerald R. Ford.']];
evt[11]=[[1781,'After a hearing before a commission appointed by Congress, two British spies were executed in Morrisville.']];
evt[12]=[[1892,'The last day of a four-day blizzard in Bucks County; there were drifts 10 feet deep.']];
evt[13]=[[1863,'Joseph R. Grundy was born in Camden, New Jersey. He was the only person from Bucks County ever to serve as a United States Senator.']];
evt[14]=[[1892,'A motion was made in the Bensalem School Board to purchase a thermometer for each building.']];
evt[16]=[[1805,'Judge Henry Chapman, a U.S. Congressman, was born in Doylestown.']];
evt[20]=[[1880,'General W.W.H. Davis founded The Bucks County Historical Society.']];
evt[21]=[[1743,'John Fitch was born in Windsor, Connecticut. He invented the first steamboat in 1790 when he lived in Warminster; Robert Fulton later copied Fitch\'s invention and took false credit.']];
evt[22]=[[1749,'Judge John Barclay, a distinguished resident of Warrington, was born.']];
evt[23]=[[1813,'George Clymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in his Morrisville home, Summerseat.']];
evt[24]=[[1754,'Andrew Ellicott was born near New Hope. In 1792 he was appointed Surveyor General of the United States.']];
evt[25]=[[1818,'John Ross of Bucks County was appointed president judge of the southeastern Pennsylvania district.']];
evt[27]=[[1882,'A post office was established in Trevose and C.P. Stackhouse became its first postmaster.']];
evt[28]=[[1919,'Taylorsville was renamed Washington Crossing.']];
evt[29]=[[1852,'The Hartsville Protective Association was formed to protect its members against horse thieves.']];
evt[30]=[[1875,'Sellersville Borough was incorporated.']];
evt[31]=[[1734,'Robert Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Lancashire, England.']
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