Genealogy tables for some Garman families descended from immigrants Adam Germann, 1731?-1806 on ship Albany in Philadelphia, Sept. 2, 1749, and Johann Leonhardt Germann, 1724?-1813, fellow passenger : two members of the great wave of "Penna. Dutch" colonists from Germany & Switzerland to central Pennsylvania before the War of Independence from England in the mid-eighteenth century
A biographical history of the Eby family : being a history of their movements in Europe during the Reformation and of their early settlement in America; as also much other unpublished historical information belonging to the family
Record of indentures of individuals bound out as apprentices, servants, etc., and of German and other redemptioners in the office of the Mayor of the city of Philadelphia, October 3, 1771, to October 5, 1773. With a new index
The early paper money of America : an illustrated, historical, and descriptive compilation of data relating to American paper currency from its inception in 1686 to the year 1800
Muster rolls and prisoner-of-war lists in American archival collections pertaining to the German mercenary troops who served with the British forces during the American Revolution
Some Huguenot and related families : a brief account of the lines of descent of Coulter, Moore, Gayneau, Loveday, Wilson, Frazer, Dwight, and Schneider, who emigrated from France and the British Isles to American up to 1816
First published in 1977 and expanded in 1995, James Deetz’s "In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life" begins with a memorable anecdote of a New England appraiser who in 1658 included as his final entry to an estate’s listing—“In small things forgotten, eight shillings six penceâ€â€” in which Deetz calls attention to the appraiser’s acknowledgment that “things that he may have overlooked...nevertheless have valueâ€. Drawing from a variety of sources including ceramic dishes, funerary art on gravestones, earthfast foundation construction, shot gun houses, and tobacco pipe diameters, and with the aid of clear sketches and diagrams by Amy Elizabeth Grey, Deetz demonstrates how historical archaeology offers a fruitful lens for conducting history as an engaging and insightful alternative to textual analysis. As a colleague and friend of Henry Glassie as admitted to in his introduction, Deetz also points out how “not all the people [of modern history] were able to read and write†and thus material culture analysis—particularly historical archaeology—has the potential for a more accurate and democratic representation of history. He speaks directly to this point with his chapter entitled “the African American past†that among other points contends that historical archaeological evidence as well as textual sources suggest that the veranda, or porch, that became such a pervasive feature in the architecture of the American South during the late eighteenth century most likely came from West Africa influences rather than European traditions. Deetz reveals how rather than simply reading American slave history as one dominant culture forcing its “superior†ways upon the captive, the small everyday common objects left behind and discarded tell a very different story of how both European and African cultural traditions contributed to the distinctive Southern culture shared by both races despite written narratives contending for their separateness. Historical corrections, especially ones that restore the contributions of oppressed minorities, are prime examples of the importance and potential of looking first to material culture before turning to the written record that tends to speak less honestly than objects do. [from goodreads.com]
