390, 60 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 29 cm
Notes
Extra numbered pages (40a-b, 213a-g, 305a, 309a, 311a) and unnumbered pages inserted.
"The reproduction of this publication has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Schuylkill County Historical Society, 14 N. Third Street, Pottsville, Pa 17901"--Title page verso.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : W.W. Munsel, 1881.
Pennsylvania historic marker on US Route 30 four miles northwest of Gettysburg reads :"Surveyed in 1766. Named for an estate in England.The Manor was about 6 miles wide and 12 miles long with the southern boundary at present Mason-Dixon Line. It was the second largest reserved estate of the Penns in Pennsylvania. The western boundary line of the Manor was near this point."
by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county ; carefully revised and edited by Henry W. Ruoff.
iv, 242 pages : maps ; 28 cm + 1 map (28 x 34 cm, folded to 14 x 22 cm)
Notes
Includes index.
" ... this book contains a map showing the present-day locations of all the tracts located as they were first surveyed, beginning in 1735. With copies of the survey maps included and citations detailed for the other Land Office sources ..."--Page 4 of cover.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : genealogy, family history, biography ; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens past and present
Introduction / Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. -- Foreword / June Burk Lloyd -- Slavery in Pennsylvania and the early abolitionist movement -- The early growth of the Underground Railroad -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania -- An open pathway for fugitives -- From discord toward dissolution -- The bloody road to emancipation -- Afterword / James McClure -- Appendix A : Reported Underground Railroad conductors in York County -- Appendix B : The slaveholder's prayer.
Autographed by the author after his presentation of 25 September 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue : a community at war -- "A colony of aliens" : diversity, politics, and war in pre-revolutionary Lancaster, Pennsylvania -- "Divided we must inevitably fall" : war comes to Lancaster -- "A dangerous set of people" : British captives and the making of revolutionary identity -- "'Tis Britain alone that is our enemy" : German captives and the making of American identity -- "Enemies of our peace" : captives, the disaffected, and the refinement of American patriotism -- "The country is full of prisoners of war" : nationalism, resistance, and assimilation -- Epilogue : the empty barracks.
Summary
"As the Americans' principal site for incarcerating enemy prisoners of war, Lancaster stood at the nexus of two vastly different revolutionary worlds: one national, the other intensely local. Captives came under the control of local officials loosely supervised by state and national authorities. Concentrating the prisoners in the heart of their communities brought the revolutionaries' enemies to their doorstep, with residents now facing a daily war at home.Many prisoners openly defied their hosts, fleeing, plotting, and rebelling, often with the clandestine support of local loyalists... The challenge of creating an autonomous national identity in the newly emerging United States was nowhere more evident than in Lancaster, where the establishment of a detention camp served as a flashpoint for new conflict in a community already unsettled by stark ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences. Many Lancaster residents soon sympathized with the Hessians detained in their town while the loyalist population considered the British detainees to be the true patriots of the war. Miller demonstrates that in Lancaster, the notably local character of the war reinforced not only preoccupations with internal security but also novel commitments to cause and country." [from Amazon.com]
In Part 1, Goodling writes a concise history with illustrations from the township's earliest days to the end of the 19th century. It lists churches and schools, post offices, trades and businesses and the military. Part II is a genealogical and biographical record of all families living in the township and nearby areas at the time of the 1860 U.S. Census. Supplement Part 1 describes the churches of the township and appendices. Supplement Part 2 contiues the appendices.
