"Begins with an account of the building of the first covered wooden bridge in America, the permanent bridge over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia by Timothy Palmer of Massachusetts, and continues to recount the works and accomplishments of numerous famous bridge builders...With individual maps and informative listings of the existing spans in each state, this book is an indispensable guide to structures past and present...Rare photographs, old prints, cartoons, sketches add enthralling visual interest to the story. It's complete for instant reference, with a full index, glossary, engineering notes and bibliography." [from the publisher]
xii, 219 pages : illustrations, portrait, map ; 24 cm.
Series
Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history ; no. 8
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index.
Contents
Bernese Anabaptists in the sixteenth century -- Debates and early persecution -- Bernese Anabaptism in the seventeenth century -- Bernese Anabaptism in the eighteenth century -- Bernese Anabaptism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Migration of Bernese Anabaptists to America in the nineteenth century -- Bernese Anabaptist settlements in America -- Bernese Anabaptism in America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Summary
"This book holds a wealth of information discovered in archives and libraries in Europe. Early history of the beginnings of Anabaptism in the Bernese area of Switzerland is given, followed by emigration stories as people fled to the Alsace and the Palatinate in the 17th century. Genealogy and history is combined, with examples of family names, stating where they lived in Switzerland before emigrating to other parts of Europe and later to America. The appendix lists Anabaptists who fled from Bern to the Palatinate in the 1670s; Bernese Anabaptists found in Basel in the early part of the 18th century; Anabaptists in Commune Florimont, France, in 1791; Anabaptists in Canton Bern in 1823; and Bernese Anabaptist-Mennonite congregations in America." [from the publisher]
This essay provides contextual information concerning how the English actually hired the soldiers and why the German princes, and not other nations who were asked, were willing to sell their men to English. It also discusses how the English and German public reacted to the hiring of German soldiers.
Hessian soldiers in the American Revolution : records of their marriages and baptisms of their children, in America, performed by the Rev. G.C. Coster, 1776-1783, chaplain of two Hessian regiments
Loan exhibition of portraits of the signers and deputies to the convention of 1787 and signers of the Declaration of Independence : including their families and associates ... the Corcoran Gallery of Art, city of Washington, November 27, 1937, to February 1, 1938
Colonial and Revolutionary lineages of America : a collection of genealogical studies completely documented, and appropriately illustrated, bearing upon notable early American lines and their collateral connections
York county's historical heritage as the capital of the United States, 1777-1778 : including reproductions of the William Wagner collection of early American drawings and the Lewis Miller collection of early American folk art
