"The author,John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (December 16, 1859 - October 14, 1937) , was a linguist and ethnographer who specialized in Iroquoian and other Native American languages. Hewitt was born on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Lewiston, New York. His parents were Harriet and David; his mother was of Tuscarora, French, Oneida, and Scottish descent, his father of English and Scottish, but raised in a Tuscarora family. His parents raised him speaking the English language, but when he left the reservation to attend schools in Wilson and Lockport, he learned to speak the Tuscarora language from other students who spoke the language." [from Wikipedia]
Summary
Discussion of the formation of the Iroquois League by five separate native American tribes ( Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca ) in 16th century America.
Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley
by Henry Woodman, with a biography of the author and the author's father who was a soldier with Washington at Valley Forge during the winters of 1777 and 1778. Authorized by the Woodman family.
The Pennsylvania state college. Studies in history and political science, no. 1
Pennsylvania state college. College series, no. 1
Notes
"List of books consulted": p. 341-345.
Summary
"The author has tried to show that an interesting and important part of the history of Pennsylvania has been indelibly written in the names of its counties, cities, towns and townships...He has made every effort to learn all the essential facts about a particular name, and to secure information from the most reliable and authentic sources." [from the preface] /// Chapters include places named for English Shires, English noblemen, French , Presidents, Soldiers, Women, Indians , Industries, and Geographical Features , Etc.
The genealogical record of the Schwenkfelder families, seekers of religious liberty who fled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the years 1731-1737
Printed for the Board of publication of the Schwenkfelder church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania [by] Rand McNally & company,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
xx, 1752 p. front., illus. (coat of arms) plates, ports., maps, facsims. 29 cm.
Notes
A revision of the Genealogical record of the descendants of the Schwenkfelders, by R. Kriebel.
The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled From Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 by Samuel Kriebel Brecht chronicles the genealogy of the followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder, German religious reformer. The book also includes photographs of people, places, and documents; historical sketches; church organization, maps, and other information
