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Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 5, Moores Memorial Library
"At '19 Mile Stone' on York Road built in 1810 by Capt. Joshua Gorsuch, a shipbuilder. The tavern was the meeting place of the Baltimore Countians who went to Pennsylvania to reclaim their slaves. Thus bringing on the Christiana Riot of 1851."
The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.
Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:
Moores Memorial Library
9 West Slokom Avenue
Christiana, PA 17509
chrlib@christianalibrary.org
610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687
The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.
LancasterHistory
230 N. President Ave
Lancaster, PA 17603
archives@lancasterhistory.org
(717) 392-4633
Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.
Credit
Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 14, Moores Memorial Library
Mrs. Ferne Smith Hetrick, PHMC Commissioner, and Michael Marcucci, Junior Historan state president, place a floral tribute at foot of William Penn statue on October 24, 1970, during the 326th Anniversary Birthday Celebration in the State Museum. Music provided by the John Harris Singers under the direction of Mr. Thomas Schwalm. The Bishop McDevitt High School Chapter under Sr. Michaelene hosted the event in cooperation with the PHMC.
Eagle Museum, June 22, 1973. Pennsylvania Rifle Junior Historian Workshop. Samuel Dyke, former president of the Lancaster County Historical Society, at the 17th Life and Culture Institute.
A presentation by a student historian to Donald Kent, Associate Director of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, at the time of his retirement
