Historical note -- Charter of the Historical Society of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania -- By-laws --Officers of the Society -- Officers and members, 1896-1903 -- Abstracts of minutes, 1869-1903 -- Memorial: Adam Boyd Hamilton, first president -- Memorial: William Henry Egle, 2nd president -- Memorial: Hon. John Wiggins Simonton, 3rd president -- 1903 Introductory address by James M. Lamberton -- Old-time militia training by George Bucher Ayers -- Memoris and incidents of the Lancasterian school by Theodore B. Klein -- Address by Samuel W. Pennypacker -- Personal recollections of Harrisburg fifty years ago by John P. Keller -- Simon Girty by Harley B. Bashore -- The improvement of the Susquehanna River by Theodore B. Klein -- Report of Governor on the completion of the Conewago Canal by John Hall -- Address by S. D. Fess -- Memorial: Henry Buehler Buehler -- Introductory address by Robert Snodgrass -- Fort Washingtonin 1863 by Samuel W. Pennypacker -- A journey from Harris' Ferry to Shamokin in 1747 by John W. Jordan -- Memoirs of Joshua Gilpin by Thomas Lynch Montgomery -- "Tornado damage in Lebanon Valley" by Mr. Shimmell -- Memorial: Meade David Detweiler by Theodore B. Klein -- Introductory addess by Marlin E. Olmsted -- A review by Theodore B. Klein -- Reminiscences, 1854-1864 by Thomas H. Robinson -- The Gettysburg Campaign of 1863 by Michael William Jacobs -- Memorial: Adam Boyd Hamilton by William Henry Egle -- Rev. George Lochman by David M. Gilbert -- East Market Street when I was a boy by Theodore B. Klein -- The burning of John Harris. Reeder's painting by George Bucher Ayers -- Hon. John Tod, Justice of the Supreme Court by William Pearson -- Hot times in the old town by Theodore B. Klein -- The John Harris mansion, 1766-1897 by Wm. C. Armor -- Old times and old people by William Henry Egle -- The songs of other days by Theodore B. Klein.
Prologue: the moving road that used to be -- 1733: the attempted history of John Harris' burning -- October 3, 1794: George Washington and the start of stopping by -- January 14, 1836: the first crusades -- February 25, 1858: seven women healing -- June 20-July 4, 1863: the lesser battles of greater Harrisburg -- April 29, 1877: the funeral of Harry Cook in the old "ate" ward -- September 14, 1885: children's day at the Dauphin County centennial celebration -- January 1, 1904: Harrisbrag [sic] -- 1911: aliens in Israel -- 1917: cub's ragtime -- March 31, 1928: the bottom line -- July 14, 1939: two tales of a city -- May 3, 1946-June 4, 1981: Harve Taylor's secret diary -- Greater Harrisburg's neighbors / by Mark Dorfman -- January 20, 1996: life by the overflowing road -- March 18, 1998: Mayor Reed sums up the State of the City -- Chronicles of leadership -- A timeline of greater Harrisburg's history.