Friday, October 20, annual meeting of the Pennsylvania German society; Saturday, October 21, Germantown's community celebration; Sunday, October 22, religious observances.
"Limited to one hundred fifty copies"--V. 1, t.p. verso.
"Limited to one hundred copies"--V. 2,t.p. verso. LCHS has copy no. 57.
"Limited to two hundred copies"--V. 3, t.p. verso.
Limited ed. of 100 copies (v. 4).
"Limited to two hundred seventy-five copies"--V. 5, t.p. verso. LCHS has copy no. 175.
Errata slip inserted in v. 3.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. The genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, together with Kent, Hills, Hastings, Smith, Proctor, Sproule, and associated lines -- v. 2. The genealogy of John Christian Croll, 1707-1758, together with Garber, Ivins, Shreve, Knowles, Freeman, Prence, Brewster, Mayo, Higgins, Linnell, and associated lines -- v. 3. The genealogy of Christian Gottlob Knauss, 1830-1885, together with Bahret, Binetsch, Nickse, Reumann, Weigand, Speer, Feierabend, Hess, and associated lines -- v. 4. The genealogy of Robert Pond, ?-1637, together with Shepard, Lindsay, Churchill, Foote, Dunbar, Conant, Benjamin, and associated lines -- v. 5. Errata and addenda to volumes I through IV.
The Bible in iron : pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans; notes on colonial firebacks in the United States, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace, and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the United States and Canada
Bound with: Old Home Week , Manheim, Pa. (1912) and History of Lancaster (1870)
Bibliography: p. 206-208.
Contents
Chapters : The decorated iron stoves of Europe /// The decorated iron stoves of colonial America /// Notes on colonial firebacks, date plates and miscellaneous stoves
Summary
Contains notes on colonial firebacks in the US, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the US and Canada.
Chapters: July: Home, sweet home ; Picnics and what they lead to ; Thrashing day ; Sing unto the Lord - August: Speaking of birthdays ; Vanilla pie ; It at first you don't succeed ; Waldeck weekend - September: It's done with mirrors ; The mystery deepens ; Sidetracked ; Another disappointment ; At last a clue! ; The plotthickens ; Dead end - October: Applebutter time ; Knee-deep in Indians ; Auction preview - November: Yankee versus Pennsylvania Dutch ; Til death us do part ; -and still fluttered down the snow - December: A hooked rug is begun ; Twin wood carvers ; Silent night ; Christmas Day - January:More of Mrs. Richards ; Baker-General of the Army ; What price antiques! ; Hexerei - February:The last of the old-time potters ; Old Bethlehem days ; Nemesis on the trail - March:Five-foot bookshelf of the past ; Little red schoolhouse ; Sorrow songs and such - April:Cave diem! ; Midnight alarm ; Mountain Mary - May:Dunker love-feast ; The gun that won the revolution - June:Summer serenade ; "Yes, well-good-night!' ; Year's end.
Summary
A wealth of historical fact & little-known lore, mouth-watering recipes & accounts of bountiful repasts, all given month-by-month for a year; Miss Hark, who was born in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch country at Lancaster, has a sensitive understanding of her neighbors that has given her a passport into their private lives, their feasts & their ceremonies.
