A snapshot evaluation of stream environmental quality in the Little Conestoga Creek Basin, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania a cooperative project between the residents of Lancaster County, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, and the U.S. Geological Survey
"William Henry Egle was a physician, author and historian who served as the State Librarian of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1889. His body of work documented Pennsylvania's history from its founding through the late 19th century - excerpts of which continued to be reprinted in newspapers following his death in 1901 and are still cited as references by present-day historians and professional genealogists." [from Wikipedia]
Prepared by Monique Bourque, Nancy K. Zeigler, Bernard L.Herman, Rebecca J. Sides.
Place of Publication
Newark, Del
Publisher
Center for Architecture and Engineering, University of Delaware,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
v. 93 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Photocopy.
Contents
The Architectural Context of the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital: Setting and Current Appearance Construction Changes in the Structure Early Almshouses and Hospitals of the Lower Delaware Valley / The Social and Cultural Context of the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital: English Antecedents and Early Pennsylvania Poor Relief General Functions of the Almshouse The Almshouse and the Community Occupants of the Almshouse Conclusions / Recommendations for Future Use.
compiled by Mary Dunn ; prepared for publication by Martin Reamy ; with a foreword by Jonathan R. Stayer of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
This index corresponds to the second edition of the Colonial Records. The LancasterHistory.org library has volumes 4-16 from the second edition. Volumes 1-3 are from the first edition, so the pagination is different from Dunn's references. Patrons can find the first three volumes online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010447960.
Ruth Hershey (1895-1990), photographer ; Phyllis Pellman Good, author ; photographs selected and printed by Edwin P. Huddle, a grandson of Ruth Hershey.
Ruth Hershey (1895-1990), photographer ; Phyllis Pellman Good, author ; photographs selected and printed by Edwin P. Huddle, a grandson of Ruth Hershey.
Ruth Hershey (1895-1990), photographer ; Phyllis Pellman Good, author ; photographs selected and printed by Edwin P. Huddle, a grandson of Ruth Hershey.
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography ; v. 123, no. 1/2.
Notes
This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.
Summary
The unprovoked murder of Conestoga indians of Lancaster county by the "Paxton Boys" and the subsequent Paxton march on Philadelphia resulted in a pamphlet war described by the author in this way: "All told, more pamphlets were generated by the Paxton Boys activities than by any previous Pennsylvania issue, including the 1755-56 crisis over Quaker reluctance to participate in the French and Indian War or the controversial Sugar Act enacted the same year the [Paxton] march occurred."This article points out the context of the massacre - the fear and anger of those living on the Pennsylvania frontier who believed the Quaker controlled state government was not making an effort to protect them from indian attacks during "Pontiac's Rebellion." She also describes the literary styles used in the pamphlets and the use of British-style satire.
From "Historical Society of Pennsylvania" referring to the Paxton pamphlet war: "Waged in pamphlets, political cartoons, broadsides, and correspondence, the ensuing pamphlet war featured some of Pennsylvanias preeminent statesmen, including Benjamin Franklin, governor John Penn, and Hugh Williamson, who would later sign the U.S. Constitution. At stake was much more than the conduct of the Paxton men. Pamphleteers used the debate over the actions of the Paxtons to stake claims about peace and settlement, race and ethnicity, and religious conflict and affiliation in pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania."
