History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill counties : containing a brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of leading events, incidents, and interesting facts in the early history of these counties; with an appendix, containing matters of deep interest
Facsimile reprint of the 1845 ed. published by G. Hills, Lancaster, Pa., printed by Hickok and Cantine, Harrisburg, Pa.
"A journal of James Young, commissary general, of musters--from June 19 to June 26, 1756": p. [407]-420; "A journal of Captain John Van Etten, at Fort Hyndshaw and Fort Hamilton, in the Pennsylvania forces, from Dec. 1, 1756 to July 21, 1757": p. [421]-455; "A journal of Colonel James Burd, from Feb. 16th, 1758 to Mar. 10th, 1758": p. [447]-459; "Fragment of a journal containing an account of doings at Fort North Kill ... June 13 to Aug. 31 [1754]": p. [463]-477.
The history and topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties; containing a brief history of the first settlers, notices of the leading events, incidents and interesting facts, both general and local, in the history of these counties, general & statistical descriptions of all the principal boroughs, towns, villages, &c. with an appendix, embellished with several engravingsj compiled from numerous authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp
iv, 242 pages : maps ; 28 cm + 1 map (28 x 34 cm, folded to 14 x 22 cm)
Notes
Includes index.
" ... this book contains a map showing the present-day locations of all the tracts located as they were first surveyed, beginning in 1735. With copies of the survey maps included and citations detailed for the other Land Office sources ..."--Page 4 of cover.
A directory of the eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County : giving the names and ages of males and females, published by cities, boroughs, wards, townships, precincts or towns, in connection with a business directory of the same for advertising purposes ... together with a brief historical resume of each district, statistics, etc
Blue book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why, in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in Colonial days, the Huguenots and Palatines, their service in Queen Anne's French and Indian, and Revolutionary Wars : history of the Zerbey, Schwalm, Miller, Merkle, Minnich, Staudt, and many other representative families
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : genealogy, family history, biography ; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens past and present
