Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 44, no. 5
Summary
This article tells the story of the type of horse that was bred to pull the heavy Conestoga wagons which were vital for trade in colonial America. As that mode of transportation changed , the horse disappeared, because horses were bred for specific purposes. There was no longer a need for the "Conestoga horse".
Introduction -- Background -- Captured at Trenton -- Imprisonment of the Hessians -- Employment of the prisoners -- Inducements to remain in America -- Location of employment sites -- Hessian prisoners associated with the Cornwall Iron Furnace -- The list of prisoners -- The list of employers -- Summary -- Prisoners belived to have stayed in America -- Endnotes -- Notes on prisoner documentation.
"This volume is published in connection with the celebration of the Bicentennial Celebration of the Moravian Congregation at Lititz, Pennsylvania [...] The following pages have appeared in the Transaction of the Moravian Historical Society (Volume XIV, Parts 3 and 4)". -- Foreword.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Bicentennial history of the Lititz Moravian congregation / by Mary Augusta Huebener -- The Beck Family School / by Herbert Huebener Beck -- Linden Hall Junior College and School for Girls, 1748-1948 / by W.N. Schwarze.
Lebanon, its economic, political and social development between 1845-1865 : Paper read before the Lebanon County Historical Society, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Friday, January 29, 1943
