Historical papers and addresses / Lebanon County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 11
Contents
The Pennsylvania-German and his English and Scotch-Irish neighbors / By M.D. Learned -- The educational works of Lebanon County / By H.U. Roop -- Jacob Weidle : a biographical sketch of Hon. Jacob Weidel, Reading, Pa. -- In memoriam-William Coleman Freeman.
Addresses delivered at the second stated meeting of the Lebanon County Historical Society, held in the court house, Lebanon, Pa., Friday, April 15, 1898.
Lebanon County Historical Society publications ; v. 1, no. 3
Notes
Photocopy.
Contents
Chapters: Great influx of Germans and Swiss -- Early residents -- The plan of the town -- The name of the town -- The old market house -- The Franklin House -- The water works -- Stiegle's Castle or Tower -- The Reformed church -- Early members of the Reformed church -- The Lutheran Church -- The Lutheran School House -- The founder of the town -- The old cemetery -- Copy of a paper found in the Reformed Church records ( in German ).
Papers read before the Lebanon County Historical society, October 21, 1904, Vol. III, No. 2.
Summary
Written in the early 20th Century, the "Eastern Border..." discusses how the boundaries of Lebanon County were assigned and how German refugees from the Palatine area of Europe came to Lebanon County after having been disappointed with other North American locations in the early 18th century. The "Western Border ..." discusses the settlement of the Scotch-Irish " in that area , their motives in leaving Ireland , and some cultural differences from the Germans .Many family names of the community are mentioned.
Chapters: Fair Play Territory: Geography and Topography --- The Fair Play Settlers: Demographic Factors --- The Politics of Fair Play --- The Farmers' Frontier --- Fair Play Society --- Leadership and the Problems of the Frontier --- Democracy on the Pennsylvania Frontier --- Frontier Ethnography and the Turner Thesis
Summary
The book discusses a self-governing community established in an area that was between today's Williamsport and Lock Haven, settled primarily by Scotch-Irish immigrants who had felt unwelcome in the Province of Pennsylvania.
Historical papers and addresses / Lebanon County Historical Society) ; v. 1, no. 1
Notes
"Addresses delivered at the first stated meeting of the Lebanon County Historical Society, held in the Court House, Lebanon, PA., Friday, Feberuary 18, 1898."
Summary
The Hebron Diary tells of events during the Revolutionary War period in Hebron, the settlement that later became Lebanon, PA. The author gives commentary about entries in the diary.
Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
vi, 149 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"... with support from Institute of Museum and Library Services, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and Pennsylvania Heritage Tourism Initiative."
