Pub. under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of Reading, Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1931.
Physical Description
p. 7-162 p. front., illus., pl., ports., facsims. 24 cm.
Notes
Illustrated lining-papers.
"Notes and authorities": p. 151-156.
Contents
Chapters: Early Association // The Garrison Village // The campaign of the upper schuylkill // The choice of winter quarters- Reading or Valley Forge // The Conway Cabal // Warriors in undress , Part One, The native born // Warriors in undress , part 2 , The soldiers of fortune // Washington's visit to Reading in 1793 // Washington's visit to Reading in 1794 // The catafalque (response to Washington's death )
Describes Gilbert Marie Mutier de Lafayette's visits to Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. Lancaster is mentioned as one of the cities he visited--Philadelphia was prominently mentioned.
Published under the auspices of the Berks county bar association
Date of Publication
[c1927]
Physical Description
104 p. pl., ports. 24 cm.
Notes
Most of these letters were published in "The Burd papers. Selections from letters written by Edward Burd. 1763-1828. Ed. by L. B. Walker. [Pottsville, Pa.] 1899."
The career of Company I, later known at Company D, 150th machine gun battalion, Forty-second division, American expeditionary force.--The career of Company A, later known as Company B, 106th machine gun battalion, Twenty-eighth division, American expeditionary force.
Bennett Nolan’s The Schuylkill treats the reader to a fast-paced sojourn down the river valley that, time and again, guided the course of American history. From the mountain headwaters to the mouth of the “hidden river†at Philadelphia, Nolan chronicles the vast natural resources and three centuries of inventiveness, industriousness, eccentricities, courage and conflict that carved the corridor’s story. Rich in lore as well as historical notes and anecdotes, this sweeping tome offers a tale for virtually every turn of the serpentine 128-mile river and its tributaries. (Publisher)
Bibliography : p. 304-307.
Contents
Contents: Hidden River Hidden River Anthracite Valley Source and river head Epic of anthracite Mountain capital Junction of the branches Southward to the ridge The pleasant land of Berkshire Berkshire County of the Palatines Proprietary town of Reading Below Never Sink Below Never Sink Boundary River Phoenixville and Perkiomen Nation's Shrine Valley Forge Norriton Downstream to Flat Rock Gorge of the Schuykill Manayunk Wissahickon and falls of the Schuykill Fairmount The Fair Mount East Drive The Fair Mount West Drive Urban River Urban River Down the Kingsessing Up through Passayunk The Mouth Crossings and navigation The fords The bridges Pioneer voyages The canal River Regeneration River regeneration
