"This story explores the history of the Burkholder and Martin families who settled in the Weaverland Valley (Lancaster Co., Pa.) along the Conestoga River in the early 1700s. It is filled with 'voices from the past' whose words are especially meaningful as they are of a personal nature, coming from an ancestor of a person's lineage. Many landmarks and events that influenced these early families are explored and explained in a community where everyone knew everyone else." [from Amazon.com]
376 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm
Notes
Contributors: Kirtland H. Crump, Donald L. Fennimore, Morrison H. Heckscher, Martha H. Willoughby and David F. Wood.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Morrison H. Heckscher -- Introduction / Frank L. Hohmann III -- Clocks and Society / Frank L. Hohmann III -- A Causerie on the Business of Clockmaking in Eighteenth-Century America / Donald L. Fennimore -- Far From Equilibrium: Clocks and Clock Shops / David F. Wood -- Clock Cases in the American Colonies / Frank L. Hohmann III -- Accuracy of Colonial Timekeeping / Frank L. Hohmann III -- A Philadelphia Experiment / Kirtland H. Crump and Frank L. Hohmann III -- Plates -- Biographies of Clockmakers / Martha Willoughby -- Glossary of Basic Terms -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Summary
"This beautifully illustrated volume...catalogues approximately one hundred of the very finest American clocks dating from the colonial period to the Early Republic, or from about 1720 through 1785. This was the era of brass dial clocks. An array of superb examples has been gathered through a comprehensive selection process. The result is a broad view of horology during the period as well as a visual record of some of the era's most resplendent objects." [from the publisher]
390, 60 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 29 cm
Notes
Extra numbered pages (40a-b, 213a-g, 305a, 309a, 311a) and unnumbered pages inserted.
"The reproduction of this publication has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Schuylkill County Historical Society, 14 N. Third Street, Pottsville, Pa 17901"--Title page verso.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : W.W. Munsel, 1881.
