Chapters : Before the coming of Penn -- Penn and the Quakers -- The Germans in Pennsylvania -- Other Pioneers -- The natives of Pennsylvania -- Troubles on the border -- Incidents of the Revolutionary War -- Later Incidents
Summary
This 1897 history of Pennsylvania was written for school students. The preface states that the book is a series of sketches of the Colonial history of Pennsylvania. The authors sought to emphasize Colonial "life" rather than the "heros" of the times.
"Historic Pennsylvania" : An address delivered before the Pennsylvania association of Washington, Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition. Seattle, Washington, on "Pennsylvania day" August 16th, 1909
The first Indian massacre in the Valley of Wyoming, fifteenth October, 1763. A brief narration of the captivity of Isaac Hollister who was taken by the Indians, anno domini, 1763 / written by himself -- Glimpses of the history of Old Paxtang Church -- The private soldier of the Army of the Declaration.
Outline maps of the counties of Allegheny, Berks, Bucks, Cambria, Dauphin, Fayette, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Luzerne, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Westmoreland and York, and cities of Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Allegheny and Scranton, with population of 1900, vote for president, 1900, and vote for governor, 1898, by minor civil divisions, as ordered by resolution of the legislature