xvii, 474 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + 1 folded map (38 cm. x 58 cm.)
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958.
This is number 532 of 1000 copies printed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"John Heckewelder was one of the most active and observant American travellers in the eighteenth century. His extensive journeys through our eastern woods in the service of the Moravian Church and, at times, of the government of the United States, have been preserved for us in a number of superb travel journals. Hitherto these either have lain unseen in manuscript collections or, if published, have appeared disconnectedly, so that few readers have suspected how engrossing they are and how illuminative of our early history when read as a continuous narrative." [from the foreward]
A directory of the eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County : giving the names and ages of males and females, published by cities, boroughs, wards, townships, precincts or towns, in connection with a business directory of the same for advertising purposes ... together with a brief historical resume of each district, statistics, etc
Includes bibliographical references (p. 412-419) and index.
Contents
The School Management Treatise. Dock's Teaching Career. Dock's Penmanship and Artistry. Translations of his writings : " A Simple and Thoroughly Prepared School Management " and "Spiritual Magazine"
Summary
Author, Gerald Studer, is a Mennonite minister. Christopher Dock (1698-1771) emigrated to the American colonies sometime before 1714. He was a school teacher and a farmer in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was also a religious man. It is assumed that he was Mennonite, but this is not confirmed. He introduced methods of teaching children which were less stringent than typical education at that time , placing importance on the use of persuasion, discussion, and positive peer pressure. He wrote about how students should be taught as well as rules of behavior for children.
The compass : a concise and factual compilation of all vessels and sources listed, with reference made of all of their voyages and some dates of registration
The iron industry in Pennsylvania : with a listing of national, state, and private sites related to the Pennsylvania iron industry and open to the public
Chapters: The Process of Iron Making // Iron Plantations In the Colonial Era // Iron Plantations in Antebellum Pennsylvania // Technological Change and Urbanization // Ironmasters and Ironworkers in an Urban Setting // The Shift to Steel
Summary
"From the opening of the first iron forge in 1716, the iron industry played a central role in the economies of Pennsylvania and the nation. Learn how iron was made, and follow the story of iron production through the experiences of the industry's pioneers and the iron workers and their families whose labor built Pennsylvania's industrial might." [from the publisher]
Poles and Russians in the 1870 census of New York City : full alphabetical index for the second enumeration (with a partial index for the first enumeration)
Emigrants in chains : a social history of forced emigration to the Americas of felons, destitute children, political and religious non-conformists, vagabonds, beggars and other undesirables, 1607-1776
General index to the Slentz-Stentz connection in the Province of Pennsylvania : a compilation of connected and unconnected genealogical material relating to the surname Stentz, misspelled as Slentz in colonial period records, including selectively oreinted [sic] historical extracts, Revolutionary War records, War of 1812, documentation and notes on others, assembled as an aid to enhance research by respective descendants
A history of a Quaker branch of the Musgrave family : of the north of Ireland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Illinois, and elsewhere, with selected papers relating to the ancient and landed Musgraves of England
