Ceremonies at the dedication of the equestrian statue of Major-General Anthony Wayne, Commander-in-chief of the U. S. Army : Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the revolutionary camp ground at Valley Forge, June 20, 1908
The colonial Virginia register. A list of governors, councillors and other higher officials, and also of members of the House of burgesses, and the revolutionary conventions of the colony of Virginia
A pioneer outline history of northwestern Pennsylvania : embracing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer : also a pioneer sketch of the cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda : my first recollections of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1840-1843, when my feet were bare and my cheeks were brown
Includes information about: Iroquois, Seneca native Americans -- land surveys and titles -- Pioneer animals -- Pioneer hunter Bill Long -- Early roads and "The Old State Road " -- Pioneer settlements of western Pennsylvania -- The Susquehanna and Waterford turnpike -- Pioneer agriculture -- Pioneer religion and missionary work -- Circuit courts -- Pioneer doctor -- Slavery -- Pioneer money -- Scotch Irish -- Common schools -- Pioneer newspapers-- County histories
The "Scotch-Irish" in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Response to a toast at the anniversary dinner of the Scotch-Irish Society of Pennsylvania, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, February 21, A.D. 1905
"Paper read before the Lebanon County Historical Society, June 16, 1905, VOL. III, No. 6."
Summary
The Aid Society's provision of food ,clothing and other needs for soldiers during the Civil War is described. This included servicing soldiers from other parts of the country on troop trains transiting through Lebanon. The author details the tremendous amount of supplies collected by this organization and speculates that tens of thousands of soldiers were fed by these women.
Part of series: Penna.: The German influence in its settlement and development, part 18.
Contents
Ch 1. The pioneer exponents of liberty - ch 2. The first defenders of the revolution ch 3. The rescuers of the Declaration of Independence -- ch 4. The preservers of the new-born nation -- ch 5. The prison ships -- ch 6. The Pennsylvania-German continentals -- ch 7. The Pennsylvania line -- ch 8. The Pennsylvania regiments -- ch 9. The German regiment -- ch 10. Roster of the German regiment -- ch 11. The Pennsylvania-German emergency men -- ch 12. Philadelphia, Lancaster, Berks, Northampton and York counties -- ch 13. On the frontiers against the Indians -- ch 14. Our non-combatant patriots -- ch 15. Some Pennsylvania-Germans in military service -- ch 16. Some of our patriots in public life -- ch 17. Washington's storehouse and supply depot -- ch 18. A place of safe keeping and a refuge.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 30.
Summary
The article focuses on a letter from Edward Shippen lll to his son, Edward Shippen lV (who would later become the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania). The letter contains advice on how to live a good and productive life both in business and family life.
Historical papers and addresses / Lebanon County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 11
Contents
The Pennsylvania-German and his English and Scotch-Irish neighbors / By M.D. Learned -- The educational works of Lebanon County / By H.U. Roop -- Jacob Weidle : a biographical sketch of Hon. Jacob Weidel, Reading, Pa. -- In memoriam-William Coleman Freeman.
