The famous speech of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania : in opposition to the repeal of the common school law of 1834, in the House of representatives of Pennsylvania, April 11, 1835
At head of title: Supplement to the Yale review, vol. X, no. 2, August, 1901.
Bibliography: p. 120-125.
Summary
Written in 1901, this books describes the systems that were developed to bring willing workers to the American colonies from Europe when they did not have the money to travel and to establish themselves in a new home.
Includes records of "Marriages by Rev. George Wack."
"List of Huguenot galley-slaves. Released by the King of France in ... seventeen hundred and thirteen and seventeen hundred and fourteen" p.43-47, 63-64, 77-80.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 1
Summary
This Journal article speaks of resistance in the Donegal area of Lancaster County to a law passed by Congress to recruit a militia during the American Revolutionary War in 1777. Some residents of that area resisted recruitment efforts and there was an armed conflict. The County then requested ammunition to be used to meet this challenge.
