Metal Wilton Armetale plate with "Lancaster County Bicentennial Corp. 1776 Hands of Liberty 1976" around the center design of hands. Made by Wilton, Columbia, PA
"Col. Thompson's Battalion of Pennsylvania Riflemen" commemorative plate. In center, around rifleman:" Edward Hand, Lieutenant Colonel; Captains James Ross, Lancaster; Robert Cluggage, Bedford; Michael Doudle, York; George Nagel, Berks; James Chambers, Cumberland; John Lowdon, Northumberland; William Hendricks, Cumberland; Abraham Miller, Northampton; Matthew Smith, Lancaster. Lancaster County 1775-1975"
On back, 2 "RWP" seals; + 2 additional seals in ovals. "U.S.A." impressed twice.
Carafe, Commemorative, etched with church steeple & "275 Years of Tradition, Mission & Vision Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 1730-2005 Lancaster Pennsylvania"
Contents 1. Peter Grubb: Ironmaster? (this chapter tells of Peters start as a stone mason, how he discovered iron ore while searching for stone, and how he later established iron furnaces at Hopewell in Berks county and Cornwall in Lebanon county ). 2-Curttis and Peter Grubb: Ironmasters (this chapter chronicles the work of the two sons after they inherit the business from their father).3- The Patriot Cause (Peter Grubb is elected to the Warwick Committee of Observation and Inspection; Curttis forms a company of associators). 4- The Call to Action (Peter suffers from public criticism; Curttis leads battalion of flying camp). 5- A Qustion of Inheritance (Curttis marries a third wife, pregnant with child, which complicates the expectations of inheritance). 6- Appendix with Grubb family genealogy