Surviving early records of York County, Pennsylvania : more precisely being an alphabetical listing of all names found in York County Court of Quarter Sessions docket books for 1749-1754 and true copies of 5 known "Quarter Sessions" documents for 1749-1754 not recorded (abstracted) in the docket books, plus a surname index to same
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1980.
Physical Description
iv, 89 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Chapters include: Founding documents, William Penn's problems, Stormy politics, Problems of society (black and slave issues), Territorial delineation, westward expansion and Indian affairs, The French and Indian War and its consequences and The Revolutionary period.
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania Newsletter supplement, July, 1984.
Contents
Three early Franconia Conference Mennonite libraries -- Letter from David and Catharine Funk to John Gottschalk, 1811 -- 1728 petition for "Susquehanna Road or line" -- 1728 petition to have Skippack and Perkiomen Township surveyed.
This journal article describes how an African male came to be sold into slavery in America and how he became a member of the Moravian church community in Bethlehem , Pa. Also included is the autobiography of this man named Andrew which as a member of the church he was required to write. While he remained in slave status, his membership in the church provided him a life more normal than a slave would ordinarily endure.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 112, number 3 (July 1988), p. 433-451Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v.112
Being in part the genealogical and autobiographical manuscripts of Solomon P. McCurdy (1820-1890). Pertaining to the Sharp and McCurdy Families; indexed.
Surviving early records of York County, Pennsylvania : more precisely being abstracts of all known existing documents submit[t]ed to York County Court of Quarter Sessions during 1749-1754, plus an all inclusive surname index
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture ;
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [121]
Contents
Chapters: Diary of the voyage from Bremerlehe via Portsmouth to America // Extract from the journal of the ship Mermaid // The capture of the Hessian fusiliers on board the Triton // Report of the voyage from America to England with the Hessian disabled // Battles and skirmishes around New York City // Journal of an officer in the Jaeger Corps // Diary of the campaign of 1780 // Letters and dispatches
The Jonas Martin Era : presented in a collection of essays, letters, and documents that shed light on the Mennonite churches during the 50 year ministry (1875-1925) of Bishop Jonas H. Martin