Reprinted from The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, v. 42-43, 1918-1919.
Summary
The spine of this book reads "Juliana Library Co. Lancaster". This book contains reprints of three articles that were penned by Charles Landis. The first article is entitled "The Julianan Library Company in Lancaster". It is followed by "History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike". And the last article is entitled "Jasper Yeates and his times".
The author writes about the " Kings Highway ", the first road from Philadelphia to the Lancaster area, and he then recounts the building of the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike. The third part of his article describes the various taverns and points of interest along the Lancaster County portion of the Turnpike.
This article was serialized across several issues. This record provides links to each installment. Most of the links are from the publisher's official online repository, although two parts were only available on the HathiTrust online depository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volumes 42 (p. 1-28, 127-140, 235-258, & 358-360) & 43 (p. 84-90 and 182-190).
Summary
The author writes about the " Kings Highway ", the first road from Philadelphia to the Lancaster area, and he then recounts the building of the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike. The third part of his article describes the various taverns and points of interest along the Lancaster County portion of the Turnpike.
"These excerpts from ... [the author's] 'Journal' are now published for the first time by courtesy of his great-grandson, Mr. Lawrence Richardson of Boston."--Foreword signed: William Bell Wait.
"Limited edition ... no. 80 [and] 398."
Description of travel from Philadelphia to Ohio (p. 3 - 7).
Principal faculty advisor: Benno M. Forman, Dept. of Art History.
Bibliography: leaves 50-55.
Contents
Chapters: Introduction - History of Lancaster Borough - The building and furniture trades in Lancaster - Economic Status of the Furniture and Building Trades in Lancaster - Success and Kinship - Products , perception , and use of material culture - Conclusion.
Summary
"Lancaster, Pennsylvania, flourished during the last half ofthe eighteenth century. The borough had been founded in 1729 as an inland supply center for the lucrative fur trade and as a gateway to western expansion. The financial opportunities Lancaster offered attracted merchants, professional men, tradesmen, and artisans. This thesis focuses on one group of craftsmen, woodworkers involved in thebuilding and furniture trades between 1750 and 1800. German immigration to southeastern Pennsylvania was high during the eighteenth century, and many of them settled in Lancaster. The ethnic ratio of the woodworkers reflected the town's five-to-one, German-to-British (that is, English, Irish, and Scotch-Irish ) ratio. These artisans shared a common technological skill and, in most cases, a common cultural heritage. This study will examine the growth of thewoodworking trade and will isolate factors that contributed to thewoodworkers' success or failure in the borough. The craftsmen's products will be discussed to determine the extent the Germans adaptedto the British culture and simultaneously retained their ethnic identity. [from the introduction]
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church Records, Bart Twp, 1796-1905: [Including primary Sunday school rolls, pew rents, treasurer's accounts, subscriptions and trustees minutes for various dates]
Middle Octorara Presbyterian, Bart Township: [Church records including session minutes 1847-1874, members, admissions and dismissals 1847-1873, baptisms 1848-1859, deaths 1848-1859 and cemetery lot sales 1882-1894]
