American industry began its forward march, this area of Pennsylvania might easily have become the glassmaking center of the United States. Even so, the name of Stiegel will ever be an honored one whenever and wherever the story of glass manufacture is recited; and it is a magnificent trib- ute to the

accepted and sent to the American colonies to a task which proved to be the work of his life. Enroute to America, he began a journal—on September 4, 1771—which he assiduously continued until December 7, 1815— �REV. HENRY BOEHM Born June 8, 1775 Died December 29, 1875 three months before his death. On

lots and also outlots 21, 23, and 25. From extant records of the period there is evidence that Hieronimus Heintzelman was a close friend of Henry William Stiegel and more- over was an important man in the little community. Peter, the second son of Jerome Heintzelman, was also in his time a person of

by Dr. Shippen and collected a large quantity of Lint from the sisters. Yours. W. B. �of Byron Wm -ger \ ry .1.2`r.cattPx• House built in 1763 by Henry William Stiegel, famous glass manu- facturer. Residence of Robert Morris and family, 1777-78. Matthew Irvine, a Pennsylvanian, was a Surgeon's Mate

Germans too saw America as the land of freedom and opportunity. One Hessian soldier who elected to remain was Henry Seybert, who was but a lad of fifteen years when he was brought here as a minion of Great Britain. His name, Henry Seibert, is found in a list of Hessian soldiers of the Regiment of Infantry