The Indians of Berks County, Pa., being a summary of all the tangible records of the aborigines of Berks County, and containing cuts and descriptions of the varieties of relics found within the county
A Christmas reminder : being the names of about eight thousand persons, a small portion of the number confined on board the British prison ships during the war of the Revolution
The ladies of the White House, or, In the home of the presidents : being a complete history of the social and domestic lives of the presidents from Washington to the present time
The Landis family of Lancaster County : a comprehensive history of the Landis folk from the martyr's era to the arrival of the first Swiss settlers, giving their numerous lineal descendants
The author was a loyalist in the American revolution.
Summary
Jolley Allen here pleads his case in England for compensation for what he lost as a merchant in Boston, because of his loyalty to the King.He had been harassed in Boston and while fleeing the city had lost much of his merchandise.
"The design of this work is to present , as far as possible, full and strictly accurate descriptions of the titles , with collations, of every book , pamphlet and broadside printed in the Province and state of Pennsylvania , during the first hundred years of the operations of the press within their limits." [from the preface]
Chapters: INTRODUCTION - II. INCIDENTS PRECEDING THE BATTLE - III. DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE - IV. DURING THE SECOND DAY OF THE BATTLE - V. DURING THE THIRD DAY OF THE BATTLE - Vl. AFTER THE BATTLE - VII. HOME - VIII. CONCLUSION.
