"Francis Asbury was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. During his 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States, he devoted his life to ministry, traveling on horseback and by carriage thousands of miles to those living on the frontier." [from Wikipedia]
delivered by Wallace McCamant before the Pennsylvania Club of Portland, Oregon on April 4th, 1916, the one hundred and twenty-fourth anniversary of Mr. Stevens' birth.
(In Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Yearbook. 24 cm. v. 16 (1951), p. [7]-155)
Notes
The following list of contents includes other topics included in the yearbook. Each topic has its own entry in the database.
Contents
The later poems of John Birmelin (p. 7-155) -- Pennsylvania German folklore - an interpretation (p. 157-170) -- A list of German immigrants to the American colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate 1750-1771 (p. 171-184) -- A list of eighteenth-century emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American colonies 1734-1752 (p. 185-199 -- In memoriam - Philip Mason Palmer.
(In Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Yearbook. 24 cm. v. 16 (1951), p. [157]-170)
Notes
"A paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society held at Old First Evangelical Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Pa. on May 10, 1952."
The following list of contents includes other topics included in the yearbook. Each topic has its own entry in the database.
Contents
The later poems of John Birmelin (p. 7-155) -- Pennsylvaania German folklore - an interpretation (p. 157-170) -- A list of German immigrants to the American colonies from Zweibruecken in the palatinate 1750-1771 (p. 171-184) -- A list of eighteenth-century emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American colonies 1734-1752 (p. 185-198) -- In memoriam - Philip Mason Palmer.
(In Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Yearbook. 24 cm. v. 16 (1951), p. [171]-183)
Notes
The following list of contents includes other topics included in the yearbook. Each topic has its own entry in the database.
Contents
The later poems of John Birmelin (p. 7-155) -- Pennsylvania German folklore - an interpretation (p. 157-170) -- A list of German immigrants to the American colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate 1750-1771 (p. 171-184) -- A list of eighteenth-century emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American colonies 1734-1752 (p. 185-198) -- In memoriam - Philip Mason Palmer.
Of interest to Lancaster readers, Arnold's wife, Peggy Shippen, was a member of a wealthy Philadelphia family that had links to Lancaster. Major John Andre, the British spy, also had links to Lancaster. He had been captured earlier in the Revolution and had been a prisoner of war in Lancaster . As was the custom for interned officers, he was housed in a private home and was permitted to walk freely in the city.
Summary
"An account of the traitorous trio ( Arnold, his wife, and John Andre ) who almost toppled the American nation at its birth. Benedict Arnold offered to sell his soldiers, with the key fortress of West Point, and to deliver to the enemy, dead or alive, George Washington. The plot promised to destroy the American battle of freedom." [from the publisher]
