William Rittenhouse and Moses Dissinger, two eminent Pennsylvania Germans. William Rittenhouse, America's pioneer paper manufacturer and Mennonite minister
"This first edition, printed on permanent all-rag paper, is limited to five hundred copies." --Pref.
The region described comprises mainly the counties of Lancaster, York, Berks, and Montgomery and some portions of Bucks and several other counties, without completely covering any county.
The last chapter contains a brief account of the author's maternal great-grandfather, Matthias Helm of Freeburg, Pennsylvania.