Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1961.
Physical Description
xiii, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"This classic study of the history of Pennsylvania's Indians, from the time of the European contact forward, was originally published in 1961. This accessible work explores the primary groups of Indian peoples most important to Pennsylvania's history-its most prevalent, primarily the Delaware or Lenni Lenape and the Susquehannock people, and the outside groups that had the largest impact upon Pennsylvania, primarily the neighboring Iroquois and refugee groups such as the Shawnee. The volume explores customs, governance, belief systems, conflict, migration, and policy, among many other topics. Sympathetic and balanced, this book has long been considered one of the best books on the Indian peoples of Pennsylvania." [from Amazon.com]
"Francis Asbury was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. During his 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States, he devoted his life to ministry, traveling on horseback and by carriage thousands of miles to those living on the frontier." [from Wikipedia]
(In Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Yearbook. 24 cm. v. 16 (1951), p. [7]-155)
Notes
The following list of contents includes other topics included in the yearbook. Each topic has its own entry in the database.
Contents
The later poems of John Birmelin (p. 7-155) -- Pennsylvania German folklore - an interpretation (p. 157-170) -- A list of German immigrants to the American colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate 1750-1771 (p. 171-184) -- A list of eighteenth-century emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American colonies 1734-1752 (p. 185-199 -- In memoriam - Philip Mason Palmer.
(In Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Yearbook. 24 cm. v. 16 (1951), p. [157]-170)
Notes
"A paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society held at Old First Evangelical Reformed Church, Philadelphia, Pa. on May 10, 1952."
The following list of contents includes other topics included in the yearbook. Each topic has its own entry in the database.
Contents
The later poems of John Birmelin (p. 7-155) -- Pennsylvaania German folklore - an interpretation (p. 157-170) -- A list of German immigrants to the American colonies from Zweibruecken in the palatinate 1750-1771 (p. 171-184) -- A list of eighteenth-century emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American colonies 1734-1752 (p. 185-198) -- In memoriam - Philip Mason Palmer.
(In Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Yearbook. 24 cm. v. 16 (1951), p. [171]-183)
Notes
The following list of contents includes other topics included in the yearbook. Each topic has its own entry in the database.
Contents
The later poems of John Birmelin (p. 7-155) -- Pennsylvania German folklore - an interpretation (p. 157-170) -- A list of German immigrants to the American colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate 1750-1771 (p. 171-184) -- A list of eighteenth-century emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American colonies 1734-1752 (p. 185-198) -- In memoriam - Philip Mason Palmer.
Of interest to Lancaster readers, Arnold's wife, Peggy Shippen, was a member of a wealthy Philadelphia family that had links to Lancaster. Major John Andre, the British spy, also had links to Lancaster. He had been captured earlier in the Revolution and had been a prisoner of war in Lancaster . As was the custom for interned officers, he was housed in a private home and was permitted to walk freely in the city.
Summary
"An account of the traitorous trio ( Arnold, his wife, and John Andre ) who almost toppled the American nation at its birth. Benedict Arnold offered to sell his soldiers, with the key fortress of West Point, and to deliver to the enemy, dead or alive, George Washington. The plot promised to destroy the American battle of freedom." [from the publisher]
Early land marks and names of old Pittsburgh; an address delivered before the Pittsburgh chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, at Carnegie Institute, November 30, 1923
The antiques book : outstanding, authoritative articles on ceramics, furniture, glass, silver, pewter, architecture, prints and other collecting interests
