199 p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) facsims. 28 cm.
Summary
A 1909 tour of the towns and places near the west branch of the Brandywine Creek, it includes Honey Brook and the railroad that once ran through it, Coatesville, Hibernia, Icedale, West Chester, Chadds Ford, and many other sites in Chester County, northern Maryland, and Delaware.
with some new annals of the old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones, by Charles A. Hanna ... with eighty maps and illustrations.
2 v. fronts., plates, maps (part fold.) facsim. 25 cm.
Notes
"Of this work one thousand copies have been printed from type, and the type destroyed."
Contents
Chapters in volume 1: The debatable land // The Iroquoians of the Susquehanna // The Petticoat indians of Petticoat land // The Shawnees // The early traders of Conestoga, Donegal and Paxtang // The young red man goes west // The Shamokin traders and the Shamokin Path // Andrew Montour, the "Half Indian" // The Frankstown Path // The Raystown Path // The traders at Allegheny on the main path; with some annals of Kittanning and Chartier's Town // The Ohio Mingoes of the White River and the Wendats // Kuskuskies on the the Beaver // Logstown on the Ohio.
Chapters in volume 2: George Croghan , the king of the traders // The Ohio Valley before the white man came // The Lower Shanee town; or Chillicothe on the Ohio // The Chonchake Route and other Ohio paths // John Finley and Kentucky before Boone // Pickawillany Path // The Indian trade and Pennsylvania traders // The perils of the path.
This article was serialized across several issues. This record provides links to each installment. Most of the links are from the publisher's official online repository, although two parts were only available on the HathiTrust online depository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volumes 42 (p. 1-28, 127-140, 235-258, & 358-360) & 43 (p. 84-90 and 182-190).
Summary
The author writes about the " Kings Highway ", the first road from Philadelphia to the Lancaster area, and he then recounts the building of the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike. The third part of his article describes the various taverns and points of interest along the Lancaster County portion of the Turnpike.
This book follows up on the "The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington Del., from1697 to 1773. Translated from the original Swedish by Horace Burr,with an abstract of the English records from 1773 to 1810" and catalogs all the names that appeared in the original tome and citing various errata. The Catalogue takes the form of separate bride and groom indexes to the 3,600 marriages in the original volume, an index to some 4,000 births/baptisms performed under the auspices of Holy Trinity, a smaller index to burials, and a complete name and subject index to all persons or subjects not found in the vital records. All in all, some 12,500 individuals are listed here.
Outline of the history of old St. Paul's church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an appeal for its preservation, together with articles of agreement, abstract of title, list of rectors, vestrymen, and inscriptions of tombstones and vaults
A 1910 sightseeing tour of Lancaster County published by the trolley company. It is divided into destinations, citing locations and detailed history along each trip.There are many photographs and illustrations included. Tours to Lancaster, Marietta, Elizabethtown, Pequea, Quarryville, The "East End" of the county, Terre Hill, Ephrata and Adamstown, Lititz and Manheim, and a section on Lancaster "in days of yore."
This record provides a link to this resource on JSTOR's online repository.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , v.40.
Letter written by Edward Hand to U.S. Representatives and Senators, Mar. 17, 1789, presenting reasons why Lancaster should be considered for the permanent capital of the U.S.
