Archeology

John Moland was commissioned as King's Attorney in Pennsylvania. In 1748, he became the leader of the Pennsylvania bar. In 1759, he became a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council. As an influential attorney in Philadelphia and Bucks County and serving as a Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, John Moland undoubtedly had a significant influence on those who studied law under him. Both George Read, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence representing Delaware, and John Dickinson, known as the "Penman of the Revolution," studied law at the Philadelphia office of John Moland.

In June, 1997, The Millbrook Society was invited to become the Archeology Department for the Moland House property, as named by Warwick Township. Since then, we have performed investigations in areas where restoration of the Moland House has been in progress. Underneath the porch area was located a mystery stone foundation butted against the house. This feature could have existed before the stone house was ever built in the mid eighteenth century. Over the years, thousands of artifacts have been recovered, many from the eighteenth century, including redware, kaolin pipe stems and bowls, clothing pins, coins, buttons, dietary bone, oyster shells, imported china, porcelain, white ware, transfer ware, willow ware, and even evidence of military occupation including French and English gun flints. The Society continues to conduct investigations near the house.