Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 8/9
Summary
The author disputes the account (found in Daniel Rupp's "History of Lancaster County") that Anthony Wayne wintered his troops in Mount Joy, Lancaster County, while Washington and other troops wintered at Valley Forge.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 1
Summary
This journal article discusses a plan in 1701 for a group to buy a large piece of land east of the Susquehanna River from William Penn and make it the fourth county of Pennsylvania. Penn had set forth an offer for a particular parcel, but the group that was interested in purchasing the land was unable to raise enough money to buy it.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 6, no. 6 & 7
Summary
This article addresses the practice, during the Amercan Revolution, of Britain contracting with several German principalities to use their troops in America. These troops were the "Hessians." Britain used 30,000 Hessian troops, and about 17,000 of them came from Hesse-Cassel .The author quotes a letter from the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel to one of his ministers in which he is concerned about the payments he should receive from the British for his wounded or killed soldiers. He believes there was a miscalculation.
Some of the descendants of John Michael Dübendorf, 1695-1778; more especially those directly descended through his grandson David Diffenderffer, 1752-1846, by his great-great grandson Frank Ried Diffenderffer, 1833-1921
as revised and continued through David Rittenhouse Diffenderffer, 1822-1900; by his grandson William Henry Owen, III ... with addendum Dunham and Owen families, Lebanon, Mo.
Some of the descendants of John Michael Dübendorf, 1695-1778 : more especially those directly descended through his grandson David Diffenderffer, 1752-1846
