manufacturing among the cities of Pennsylvania. Changes in transportation made possible an even greater increase in population in the area. People could live farther away from the center of town but still travel there to work without too much trouble. The Hershey Caramel Company, predecessor of The Hershey

accepted Pentecostal teachings and at- tempted to hush such murmurings in their own ranks. In mid-July 1907 the CMA was holding its twelfth annual convention. Anticipated to be "the greatest . . . they ever held," participants came from all over Pennsylvania as well as Maryland, New Jersey, and New York

of a family member. No date. Letter from Philip Wager to Adam Reigart, Jr., merchant recounting an evening stroll near his store. Talked to Doctor Halmuth, also met a gentleman and lady and spoke with them in German. No date. Letter from Philip Wager to Adam Reigart with words of condolence after the

, when eight women, including both Longshore sisters, were given medical degrees. For the next forty years ostracism against women built up. But in an Annual Announcement from the Corporators and Faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania it states that they are "sustained by the profound

Terrell Mill Rd., Marietta, Ga. 30067. 4. Rupp, I. Daniel, A Collection of Upwards of 30,000 Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. (2nd ed. rpt.; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965), p. 114. 5. "Deed of Sale from Heirs of Hans Adam Shreyner

member of the Pennsylvania Legislature from 1817 to 1821 and had also served in the Eighteenth United States Congress, where he was acquainted with Daniel Webster. The Free School Act of 1834, written by Breck himself, was supported by almost the entire membership of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Later

and Alfred Sulzberger) in a building adjoining the Leaf Department on Frederick Street which was called Frederick Branch, or more familiarly "The Sweat Plant." The next step in processing of Pennsylvania tobacco was called strip- ping (a different process from what the farmer called stripping) where

The Grand Army of the Republic in Lancaster County by Glenn B. Knight It was early 1866 and the United States of America — now securely one nation again — was waking to the reality of recovery from war. In prior wars the care for the veteran warrior was the province of the family or the community

\ Index to Marriage Records taken from pre-1850 German Language Newspapers Translated and compiled by Monica Spiese January 2000 Le _·3\0. \�) • v:)12> V I \ IN THIS SECTION OF THE DOCUMENT, THE ENTRIES ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY THE GROOM'S LAST NAME. THE DATA IS SORTED BY THE BRIDE'S MAIDEN

the 19th century factory system. From the vantage point of those wedded to the merits of pastoral society or the anti-technologists, the artisan constitutes a key part of an earlier, simpler, and more desirable America—a society in which agrarian and republican values dominated and one in which most