Pennsylvania History: A journal of Mid-Atlantic studies ; v. 83, no. 4
Summary
Abstract: From 1715 to 1730, Pennsylvania’s provincial legislature passed economic reform that transformed the colony into an enviable commercial center. Provisions enacted included liquor duties, flour inspection laws, and feme sole statutes, but the crowning achievement was a public loan office that issued loans to farmers in the form of paper money. Historians have shown how the Pennsylvania General Loan Office improved business conditions in the colony following an economic depression. Scholars have paid less attention to the implications of financial innovations such as paper money for economic thought and culture conceived broadly in early America. Using Pennsylvania as a case study, this article argues that paper money issued by public land banks in the British colonies not only improved colonial economic conditions, but also formed the basis of a fiscal and constitutional order founded on legislative control over local currencies and an extrinsic notion of value that pegged economic worth to the provincial community.
The Ritchey ancestry, 1840-2010 -- The Ritchey family: the move West -- The Ritchey genealogy -- The discovery of Henry Richey, brother of Isaac Ritschy -- Philip Rutschly of the 1727 ship, William & Sarah -- The Cunrath Rutschi family connection -- The Francis Richey family connection -- Final disposition of the Cunrath Rutschi family connection -- The Scotland-Ireland connection -- The genealogy of immigrant Francis Richey Sr -- The Ritchey ancestry, 1700-2010 -- The author's message to his grandchildren.
Summary
Glenn Arthur Ritchey (1912-1984), son of Arvel Ritchey (1886-1939) and Saloma L. Feathers (1890-1963), married Margaret Luella Burke (1912-1992), daughter of Walter John Burke (1882-1959) and Maude Marie Knee (1883-1947), in 1934 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Maryland and California.
The Ritchey ancestry, 1840-2010 -- The Ritchey family: the move West -- The Ritchey genealogy -- The discovery of Henry Richey, brother of Isaac Ritschy -- Philip Rutschly of the 1727 ship, William & Sarah -- The Cunrath Rutschi family connection -- The Francis Richey family connection -- Final disposition of the Cunrath Rutschi family connection -- The Scotland-Ireland connection -- The genealogy of immigrant Francis Richey Sr -- The Ritchey ancestry, 1700-2010 -- The author's message to his grandchildren.
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; ser. 2, v. 46
Notes
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and indexes.
Contents
Berks County: the center of it all -- Daniel Schumacher: a Fraktur artist of some note -- Henrich Otto, 1784 -- Friederich Krebs, August 4, 1790 -- Johann Valentin Schuller -- The greatest development of Fraktur writing, 1800-1835 -- Johann Ritter: a century of influence -- Conclusion: The last flickering -- Appendix 1. Fraktur artist who routinely made Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 2. Scriveners who routinely infilled Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 3. Berks Couny printers of Taussscheine in order by active dates -- Appendix 4. Translations.
