Reproduced from the collection of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
LCHS has reel 48 of 112.
See "Minutes and Papers of the Revolutionary Committees in Lancaster County, 1774-1777" by Francis S. Fox found in Pennsylvania History, v. 71, no.2 (2004), p. 213-225 for related information.
Contents
Series 8A. George Chalmers -- Series 8B. Ebenezer Hazard -- Series 8C. Hispanic collection -- Series 8D. Other collections -- Series 9. Miscellaneous manuscripts.
Autobiography of Harry B. Moseman recounts his life through the periods of World War I and the Depression to his service in the U.S military during World War II and thereafter.
Principal faculty advisor: Benno M. Forman, Dept. of Art History.
Bibliography: leaves 50-55.
Contents
Chapters: Introduction - History of Lancaster Borough - The building and furniture trades in Lancaster - Economic Status of the Furniture and Building Trades in Lancaster - Success and Kinship - Products , perception , and use of material culture - Conclusion.
Summary
"Lancaster, Pennsylvania, flourished during the last half ofthe eighteenth century. The borough had been founded in 1729 as an inland supply center for the lucrative fur trade and as a gateway to western expansion. The financial opportunities Lancaster offered attracted merchants, professional men, tradesmen, and artisans. This thesis focuses on one group of craftsmen, woodworkers involved in thebuilding and furniture trades between 1750 and 1800. German immigration to southeastern Pennsylvania was high during the eighteenth century, and many of them settled in Lancaster. The ethnic ratio of the woodworkers reflected the town's five-to-one, German-to-British (that is, English, Irish, and Scotch-Irish ) ratio. These artisans shared a common technological skill and, in most cases, a common cultural heritage. This study will examine the growth of thewoodworking trade and will isolate factors that contributed to thewoodworkers' success or failure in the borough. The craftsmen's products will be discussed to determine the extent the Germans adaptedto the British culture and simultaneously retained their ethnic identity. [from the introduction]
National Genealogical Society Quarterly, v., 59 (1971).
Summary
This is a short article that provides the last names of Hessian prisoners who were being paid for work on "public buildings" in Lancaster. No other information about the prisoners or their work is given.
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine. Volume 25, Folk Festival Supplement (Summer 1976), p. 48-56Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 PDF v. 25
