Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 2
Summary
Contains interesting and entertaining vignettes of some of the school teachers , and schools established in the Octorar Valley, in the years before public education. Schools in Lancaster County, PA, and some bordering the county in Chester County are discussed.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 7/8
Notes
Contains song "Kitty of Coleraine."
Summary
"In the present paper I propose to present another of the lost industries, as it was practiced severnty-five years ago. I refer to the growing and manufacture of flax into its various products in the region [of the Octorara Valley]"
Collection consists of personal, legal, and business-related letters and documents concerning the life and affairs of J. Houston Mifflin. Also, similar documents to, from, and about other members of the extended Houston and Mifflin families. Contains typed copies of two letters from J. Houston Mifflin to his son, Lloyd Mifflin, containing an eye-witness account of the June 1863 Confederate advance into Wrightsville. Also, a legal document signed by John Passmore.