Changes in German Surnames and Personal Names--Changes in City and Village Names--Mennonites, Quakers and the Settlement of Pennsylvania--The Wandering Menno Simons--The Beginnings of English Quakerism--William Penn's Travels in Europe--Early German Quakers: A Small Minority--The Frankfort Companie--Germantown and the Susquehanna Subscribers--Protestantism and Books: Driving Forces behind the German Migration--The Froschauer Presses of Zurich--The German Americans--The Land of Wars--Of Kings and Queens and Lesser Nobility--The Rhine as a Migration Route.
Photo album with marbelized cover and 40 plastic sleeves. 12 contain photos and notes related to Lancaster's Bicentennial celebration. Handwritten on card on first page: "June 10, 1992/ These documents from the City Safe were taken to The Conservation Centre for Art, Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia for restoration and preservation. Here are before and after pictures of
a. The Lancaster Corporation Book, 1742
b. The Charter of the City of Lancaster, 1742
c. The Plot Plan of the City of Lancaster, (?)
...Jarvis "(signature)
On page 14, handwritten on a card: "This was the metal box in which the Charter was stored until someone framed it and exposed it to the light."
On page 19: "This is the Plot Plan which needs to be studied. It has the drawing of gentleman X on the reverse side. Who drew this?"