History of Cecil County, Maryland, and the early settlements around the head of Chesapeake Bay and on the Delaware River, with sketches of some of the old families of Cecil County
"The loss of many of the early colonial and county records and the miserably dilapidated condition of many of those extant, have added greatly to the difficulty and labor of the work, and made it in some cases impossible to refer the reader to the sources from which important information has been obtained. Not withstanding which, the author has quoted largely from the archives of the State and county as well as from the writings and correspondence of many persons mentioned in the work " [from the preface]
George Frederick Baer (September 26, 1842 - April 26, 1914) was an American lawyer who was the President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and spokesman for the owners during the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902. Baer's statements on workers and labor relations became rallying cries for the unions. Most famously he wrote in a letter, later leaked to the press, "The rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and cared for -- not by the labor agitators, but by the Christian men of property to whom God has given control of the property rights of the country, and upon the successful management of which so much depends." Baer attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, and for the last 18 years of his life he was the College's president.
This story is a border tale of southern Pennyslvania, dealing with certain phases of the Civil War and the events immediately preceding it. The historic details are based on fact.
"George Rapp was the founder of the most successful of all American communist groups in our history, which provided social and spiritual security with prenatal care and post-mortem burial over a century before the New Deal."
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 1
Summary
This journal article follows John Casper Schaffner and Anna Maria Knobel who met onboard ship traveling to America in 1733 and married in Lancaster County, PA.
In: Pennsylvania Heritage, v. 4, no. 1 (December 1977).
Summary
"The emergence of Black churches at the beginning of the nineteenth century was crucial to the survival of Black people in Pennsylvania and in the North because it provided two key resources. First, it provided a sense of meaning and destiny grounded in hope. Secondly, the Black church provided the institutional base for the economic, social, and political struggle of Blacks, including the struggle to eliminate slavery and all forms of racism. For Blacks throughout the nineteenth century, religion was both an instrument of protest and a source of relief. " [from the article]
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
Contents
Chapters : The Land and The People -- Town and Country -- Colonial Houses -- Habiliments ( clothing ) and Habits -- Everyday Needs and Diversions -- The Intellectual Life -- The Cure Of Souls ( religion ) -- The Problem of Labor -- Colonial Travel
The folklore of the Pennsylvania Germans; a paper read before the Pennsylvania-German society at the annual meeting, York, Pennsylvania, October 14th, 1910
"Reprinted from part II, volume XXIII of the Proceedings of the Pennsylvania-German society."
Contents
Contents: Prayers -- Lullabies -- ABC -- In Grandpa's Lapp -- Honsel von Bach -- Counting-out Rhymes -- Powwowing and Charms -- Riddles and Catches -- Short Ballads -- Local and Personal Rhymes -- New Year Wishing -- Cumulative Ballads -- Popular Ballads --
Journal of the first session of the tenth House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the Commonwealth the twenty-fourth
"Appendix. Receipts and expenditures in the Treasury of Pennsylvania, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, 1799, both days inclusive."--Page 59, [1] p. at end, with separate title page.
"Report of the register-general of the state of Pennsylvania for the year 1799"--18 p. at end, with separate title page.
Journal of the first session of the thirteenth House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two
Journal of the Senate of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Lancaster, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirtieth. : Volume XVI
Journal of the session which began Dec. 3, 1805 and concluded Mar. 31, 1806.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Book number 28 as assigned by Yeates.
"Appointments made by the governor of Pennsylvania, since March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred, (the date of the last report of the secretary of the commonwealth, to the legislature) with the dates of their commissions, and the names of their sureties ..."--Page 423-461.
"Expiration of the appointments of the members of Senate."--Page 478.
Report of a committee 21 pages printed by William Hamilton.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Full tooled leather binding with maroon title on spine.
