"Reprinted from the Pennsylvania genealogical magazine volume XXIII, number 3, 1964."
Index compiled by Duncan Cairnes Ely.
Summary
"The organization of the Pennsylvania militia, as established under the act passed 17 March 1777, has never been adequately explained or fully understood. Complete records pertaining to the militia have not survived. Those which have been published in the various series of the Pennsylvania Archives are, in many instances, incorrectly identified and arranged in a confused manner. Too often, as a result, the fact that a man's name appears in those records has been accepted as prima facie evidence that the man was a patriot who served his county faithfully and diligently. The dual purpose of this study, therefore, is to render intelligible the meaning of those records, and then to relate them to the actual operation of the militia, with particular reference to the first year of its operation under the act." [from the text]
Reports: or New cases : [King's Bench and Common Pleas, 1639-1642] with divers resolutions and judgements given upon solemn arguments, and with great deliberation. And the reasons and causes of the said resolutions and judgments
Charter to William Penn, and laws of the province of Pennsylvania, passed between the years 1682 and 1700, preceded by Duke of York's laws in force from the year 1676 to the year 1682, with an Appendix containing laws relating to the organization of the provincial courts and historical matter
iv, 614 p. front. (port.) illus., facsims. (part fold.) 25 cm.
Notes
In pocket of volume is a "Fac-simile of the charter granted by Charles the Second to William Penn for the 'province of Pensilvania,' engraved from the original on file in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth."
Pennsylvania's Susquehanna; interesting history, legends and descriptions of the "heart river" of Pennsylvania, its surrounding hills and mountains, its broad valleys and narrow gorges, its canals and railroads, its towns and cities and, above all, its beauty
xiii, 236 p. ill. col. map (on lining papers) 29 cm.
Contents
Contents: Pennsylvania's Susquehanna -- The North Branch -- The West Branch -- The Juniata -- The Main River: Northumberland to Harrisburg -- Canals, steamboats and pirates -- The main river: Harrisburg to the Maryland border --
An illustrated history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, civil, political, and military, from its earliest settlement to the present time including historical descriptions of each county in the state, their towns, and industrial resources
