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.
Lebanon County Historical Society papers and addresses, ,vol. II., no. 2, 1901 - 1904.
Notes
Part I : The location, by Capt. H. M. M. Richards : Part II : The story, by S. P. Heilman.
Summary
On the morning of Oct. 16, 1755, the Hartman family house was attacked by native Americans. The father and son were killed, and two daughters, Regina and Barbara, were carried off. Much of this account includes qualifiers, such as "...as per tradition". The author states, "The latter story is a tradition, but tradition, which differs only from written history in being oral history, transmitted orally from ancestors to posterity, is often quite as reliable as the written kind."
