An 1852 lithograph of the city of Lancaster,PA, is lauded for it's exceptional clarity and exactness in it representation of the city. The author discusses some of the buildings shown and also points out the vast open area which would explode into the Cabbage Hill section of Lancaster.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 1/2 (2019), p. 66-74Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.1/2
The origins of the "Cabbage Hill" neighborhood of Lancaster,PA, is discussed in this journal article. This area was first settled in the early part of the 18th century and its first neighborhood, Bethelstown, was established in 1762. Bethelstown's role in the development of Cabbage Hill is discussed.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 120, number 1/2 (2019), p. 42-65Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.120 n.1/2
The early history of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lancaster : Part 1: Starting as a mission Sunday school of Trinity Lutheran Church, and struggling to establish a stable congregation, 1867-1880
The early history of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lancaster : Part II: Becoming a separate congregation, considering location options, and planning for a new church building, 1880-1890
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 118, number 1 (2017), p. 3-37Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article974.9 L245 v. 118, no. 1
A good, honest, hard working man : William Christian Paulsen and his family - German immigrants who settled in Lancaster in the mid- to late-nineteenth century
"William Paulsen's story, although unique in its details, is generally typical of the stories of many other middle-class German immigrants in Lancaster. Together, these stories comprise an important part of Lancaster's history that may not be very well known because immigrants in the middle class, although in the great majority, did not leave as many traces in the historical records as did more affluent, well-known immigrants. As a result, the stories of middle-class immigrants are more difficult to piece together. However, in the case of William Paulsen and his family, we are fortunate to have extensive family sources of information to draw on, as well as a substantial number of historical records."
Prologue: the Kutztown Folk Festival -- Reading and the Oley Valley -- Fingers of guilt -- Middling stiff -- When law and humanity had but faint connection -- Twelve honest men -- A distraction from grim tidings -- As innocent as a child -- The last melancholy resource -- Ten o'clock to two o'clock and fifty minutes -- Slinking off anonymously -- A last hope -- Seduced by the devil -- Confession -- I poor wretch -- A final jolt -- Peace be to her -- The printers of Exeter Township -- The sad, sad song of Susanna Cox -- Advice from the dead to the living -- Her exit--infamy -- Epilogue: back to the festival.
Summary
The unfortunate Susanna Cox gained notoriety for killing her illegitimate infant son. The fatal episode led to her hanging in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1809, the last public execution of a woman in the commonwealth. But was Susanna really the culprit? The legend of her fate, repeated in Pennsylvania German broadsides by the generations that followed, suggests she herself was a victim. Now, in this first full-length investigation into the tragedy, new evidence reveals some startling facts about how indifference, an undeveloped court system, and the inexact science of nineteenth-century forensics combined to determine Susanna's tragic fate. A full look at how Susanna's "sad song" became romanticized through broadside ballads follows, complete with illustrations.
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; ser. 2, v. 46
Notes
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and indexes.
Contents
Berks County: the center of it all -- Daniel Schumacher: a Fraktur artist of some note -- Henrich Otto, 1784 -- Friederich Krebs, August 4, 1790 -- Johann Valentin Schuller -- The greatest development of Fraktur writing, 1800-1835 -- Johann Ritter: a century of influence -- Conclusion: The last flickering -- Appendix 1. Fraktur artist who routinely made Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 2. Scriveners who routinely infilled Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 3. Berks Couny printers of Taussscheine in order by active dates -- Appendix 4. Translations.
Appendix 1 : Founding members of the High German Church ; Appendix 2 : Members of the High German Church who were arrested for distrubing the peace during the riot on January 17, 1835. Charges were brought by Carl Schaeffer and George Milligsach, elders of the High German Church ; Appendix 3 : Pastors and members of the vestry of Zion Lutheran Church during its peak years in the late nineteenth century.
"May God have mercy on the deeply affected congregation" : the divisive 1825 language dispute at Lancaster's Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
