9 pts. (14 leaves, [53] leaves of plates) : chiefly ill. ; 35 cm.
Notes
Each part in the original illustrated blue paper covers, printed in gold, as issued; in portfolio.
Photomechanical reproductions of photos. of residences, public buildings, urban and rural views with accompanying descriptive text "Harrisburg, Lancaster and York" by Joseph Grant Ewing.
"An illustrated picture book containing over 130 late eighteenth and early nineteenth photographs and illustrations documenting a wide variety of subjects in Ephrata's history. Each illustration is accompanied by detailed historical text and arranged by categories,including: homes, businesses and public works; churches and schools; and events and activities." [from the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]
"Inspired by John W. Jackson's Fort Mifflin: valiant defender of the Delaware."
"A Barra Foundation book."
" Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia is the first comprehensive illustrated history of one of the only remaining examples of the oldest harbor defense fortification system in the United States. The site of Fort Mifflin, the Great Mud Island along the entrance of the Delaware River, was the natural barrier to protect early Philadelphia from maritime attack. Fort Mifflin of Philadelphia provides the most complete modern account of the crucial and heavily contested battles around the fortification during 1777, when the British and Americans realized the strategic value of the Great Mud Island as the key to control of the Delaware River, one of the busiest waterways in colonial America. " ( publisher )
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index.
Contents
CONTENTS 1 Fortifying the Delaware, 1626-1774 2 Fort Island, 1775-1777 3 Defensive War on the Delaware, 1777 4 The Battle of Fort Mifflin, 1777 45 5 Economic Warfare, 1778-1789 6 Guarding the Nation's Capital, 1790-1800 7 A Democratic Fort, 1801-1815 8 Decay and Renovation, 1816-1853 94 9 Naval Magazine and Civil War Prison, 1855-1865 10 A Simple Barbette Fort, 1866-1945 11 Politics of Historic Preservation, 1946-1997 124
Contains pictures of old scenes and buildings in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
v. 1 only.
Contents
v. 1. Beallsville, Burgettstown, California, Canonsburg, Charleroi, Finleyville, Monongahela, Washington, West Alexander, West Middleton--v. 2. Avella, Bentleyville, Claysville, Donora, Eighty Four, Hickory, Houston, Morris Township, New Eagle, West Brownsville--v. 3. Centerville, Cross Creek Township, East Washington, McDonald, McMurray, Meadowlands, North Charleroi, Roscoe, Elco, Stockdale, Allenport, Long Branch, Scenery Hill, West Finley Township--v. 4. Amwell Township, Blaine and Buffalo Townships, Cecil Township, Coal Center, Ellsworth and Cokeburg Townships, Hanover and Jefferson Townships, Marianna, Midway, Speers and Lower Speers, Union Township.
