[22] The probate records of Northumberland and Lycoming counties, found in the respective offices of the Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds, contain entries leaving to the widow the "best room in the house," or, "her choice of rooms." No doubt, the simplicity of the earlier home accentuated the value of the additions. [23] "Mr. Davy's Diary," p. 259. [24] _Ibid._, p. 341. The Reverend Philip Vickers Fithian notes the richness of the land in the journal of his one-week visit to the area in the summer of 1775. He was also surprised to find that "many have their Grain yet in the Field," a notation for the 26th of July. _Fithian: Journal_, p. 71. [25] Theiss, _Susquehanna Tales_, p. 88. [26] The Museum of the Muncy Historical Society contains examples of these early farm implements and offers vivid evidence of their crudeness. [27] _Fithian: Journal_, p. 71. [28] _Ibid._, p. 72. [29] Leyburn, _The Scotch-Irish_, p. 262. [30] Linn, _History of Centre and Clinton Counties_, p. 469. [31] "Mr. Davy's Diary," p. 258. [32] Dunaway, _The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania_, p. 171. Even in the more settled areas of the Susquehanna Valley markets were slow to develop as this note from "Mr. Davy's Diary," p. 338, reported on Oct. 3, 1794: "At present there is no Market here but if many English Families settle this will soon follow as there is an excellent supply of every necessary & even Luxury in the Neighbourhood." [33] J. E. Wright and Doris S. Corbett, _Pioneer Life in Western Pennsylvania_ (Pittsburgh, 1940), p. 74. [34] Arthur W. Calhoun, _A Social History of the American Family_ (New York, 1960), I, 202. [35] Wright and Corbett, _Pioneer Life in Western Pennsylvania_, pp. 86-92. [36] _Pennsylvania Archives_, Third Series, XIX, 405-805. [37] "Mr. Davy's Diary," p. 265. [38] _Ibid._ [39] _Ibid._, pp. 263-264. [40] _Ibid._, p. 264. [41] _Ibid._, p. 263. [42] One student of the commerce of the Susquehanna Valley made sweeping generalizations about its significance which can hardly be substantiated. _See_ Morris K. Turner, _The Commercial Relations of the Susquehanna Valley During the Colonial Period_ (Ph.D. Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1916). This dissertation, although claiming to deal with the Susquehanna Valley, never gets much beyond Harrisburg and seldom reaches as far north as Fort Augusta. Its accounts of roads, navigation improvements, and trade fail to reach the Fair Play settlers. This lends further support to their independent and self-sufficient existence. Turner's concluding paragraph is, however, a gem of economic determinism and bears repeating in full. Found on page 100, it reads as follows: