[Contributions to the historical literature of Dauphin County ; v. 1]
Contents
Ecclesiastical history of Dauphin County / by Thomas H. Robinson -- The Revolutionary soldiers of Dauphin County / by A. Boyd Hamilton -- Historical review of Dauphin County / by William H. Egle.
Includes several articles originally published in Harper's bazar. cf. Pref.
Advertising matter: 6 p. at end.
Page [iv] is blank.
Includes index.
Summary
" This book is an attempt to raise the subject of which it treats to its proper connection with health, morals, and good taste.The title is due to the fact that the author has embodied in the text several articles which were originally published by him in Harper's Bazaar. These, though they form but a small portion of the whole work..." [from the preface]
A biographical history of Lancaster County : being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character
John Sanderson's name appears as above on t.-p. of v. 1-4.
Vols. 1-2 edited by John Sanderson, v. 3-6 by Robert Wain, jr. v. 7-9 are without editor's name, but were edited by Henry D. Gilpin, according to statement in Mrs. Eliza Gilpin's Memorial of Henry D. Gilpin, Phildelphia, 1860, p. 194. Volumes numbered on the half-titles.
A list of authors of the biographies (originally published in the New York times) may be found in Proc. of Mass. hist. soc., 1876-1877 [v. 15] p. 393.
Contents
John Hancock (v.1) ; Benjamin Franklin, George Wythe, Francis Hopkinson, Robert Treat Paine (v.2) ; Edward Rutledge, Lyman Hall, Oliver Wolcott, Richard Stockton, Button Gwinnett, Josiah Bartlett, Philip Livingston, Roger Sherman (v.3) ; Thomas Heyward, George Read, William Williams, Samuel Huntington, William Floyd, George Walton, George Clymer, Benjamin Rush (v.4) ; Thomas Lynch, Jr., Matthew Thornton, William Whipple, John Witherspoon, Robert Morris (v.5) ; Arthur Middleton, Abraham Clark, Francis Lewis, John Penn. James Wilson, Carter Braxton, John Morton, Stephen Hopkins, Thomas McKean (v.6) ; Thomas Jefferson, William Hooper, James Smith, Charles Carroll, Thomas Nelson Jr., Joseph Hewes (v.7) ; Elbridge Gerry, Cesar Rodney, Benjamin Harrison, William Paca, George Ross, John Adams (v.8) ; Richard Henry Lee, George Taylor, John Hart, Lewis Morris, Thomas Stone, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Samuel Chase, William Ellery, Samuel Adams (v.9).
A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
A detailed history of Dauphin County with many primary sources quoted. Though the title states that the period covered is 1785 to 1876, the book also addresses the Native Americans in the area before Europeans arrived. The French and Indian War and the American Revolution are also included.
First edition, covering only the years 1774-1776, published in Philadelphia by the same editor in 1839.
Summary
From The History Society of Pennsylvania: Christopher Marshall was born in Dublin, Ireland, on November 6, 1709. He was educated in England and sailed to America sometime in the late 1720s. By 1729, he had established a pharmacy shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His success as a pharmacist and chemist allowed him to retire from business in 1774, but he remained a vital public figure. In 1776, he became a delegate to the Philadelphia Provincial Council, and he was twice appointed to the Continental Committee of Council and Safety. His retirement afforded him the time to keep diaries of public and personal events. He wrote these "remembrances" almost daily from about 1774 to at least 1795. In 1777, Marshall relocated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to improve his health and to avoid the British armies. After hostilities ceased, Marshall moved back to Philadelphia where he died on May 7, 1797.
This book, written in 1875, is intended for "those who are intrusted with the care and management of locomotive engines and boilers." The book provides technical descriptions of the components of a locomotive and its operation.
