Facsimilie. Originally published by T.M. Fowler, 1903.
Includes ill. and index to points of interest.
Contents
Illustrations: Weekly News, John G. Homsher, Pro. -- Residence of M.B. Rohrer -- Residence of J.L. Ranck -- Lutheran Church -- Public school -- Presbyterian Chruch -- Hotel Strasburg, T.L. Brackbill -- Strasburg M.E. Church.
Frank L. Musselman, Grain, coal & lumber -- Milton H. Ranck, Leaf tobacco -- W.C. Beam, Blacksmith -- Hotel Strasburg, T.L. Brackbill -- Carriage factory of T.L. Brackbill -- L.B. Shroy, Plasterer -- C. R. Keneagy, Farmer -- Dr. W.R. Rohbach, Dentist -- John K. Andrews, Paper hanging & Painting -- O.E. Rice, Paper hanging & Painting -- I.N. Hehn, Furniture dealer -- J.G. Weaver, Druggist & physician -- L.J. Bair, Tinner & Plumber -- H.F. Andrews, Jeweler -- H.F. Maurer, Jeweler -- Jacob k. Andrews, Photographer -- Fannie K. Andrews, Photographer -- Adam Hubertis, Boots, shoes & clothing -- S.E.E. Eckman, Confectionary & ice cream -- First Nat. Bank of Strasburg -- E. Bachman, Furniture & undertaking -- Edgar H. Herr, Saddlery -- Washington House, Wm. G. Fritz -- W.D. Chandler & Co., Druggist & pharmacist -- Post Office, B.F.Brown, P.M. -- W.W. Mason, Cigars, tobacco & confectionery -- I.N. Bachman, Harness making -- M.D. Rohrer, Cattle dealer -- Allen McKiney, Barber -- P.G.H. Sharpe, Meat market -- D.M. Aument, Tobacco dealer -- F.B. Koch, Tinsmith -- Strasburg Weekly News Office, John G. Homsher -- Jacob Homsher News Office -- W.R. Brackbill News Office -- M.S. Hildebrand, Hardwood merchant -- E.D. Miller, Superintendent, Water works -- Henry Tillbrook, Cigar maker.
Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania Newsletter supplement, July, 1984.
Contents
Three early Franconia Conference Mennonite libraries -- Letter from David and Catharine Funk to John Gottschalk, 1811 -- 1728 petition for "Susquehanna Road or line" -- 1728 petition to have Skippack and Perkiomen Township surveyed.
Being in part the genealogical and autobiographical manuscripts of Solomon P. McCurdy (1820-1890). Pertaining to the Sharp and McCurdy Families; indexed.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1980.
Physical Description
iv, 89 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Chapters include: Founding documents, William Penn's problems, Stormy politics, Problems of society (black and slave issues), Territorial delineation, westward expansion and Indian affairs, The French and Indian War and its consequences and The Revolutionary period.
Surviving early records of York County, Pennsylvania : more precisely being an alphabetical listing of all names found in York County Court of Quarter Sessions docket books for 1749-1754 and true copies of 5 known "Quarter Sessions" documents for 1749-1754 not recorded (abstracted) in the docket books, plus a surname index to same
This journal article describes how an African male came to be sold into slavery in America and how he became a member of the Moravian church community in Bethlehem , Pa. Also included is the autobiography of this man named Andrew which as a member of the church he was required to write. While he remained in slave status, his membership in the church provided him a life more normal than a slave would ordinarily endure.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 112, number 3 (July 1988), p. 433-451Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v.112
