Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania : genealogy, family history, biography ; containing historical sketches of old families and of representative and prominent citizens past and present
390, 60 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 29 cm
Notes
Extra numbered pages (40a-b, 213a-g, 305a, 309a, 311a) and unnumbered pages inserted.
"The reproduction of this publication has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Schuylkill County Historical Society, 14 N. Third Street, Pottsville, Pa 17901"--Title page verso.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : W.W. Munsel, 1881.
by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with about five hundred and fifty biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county ; carefully revised and edited by Henry W. Ruoff.
Pennsylvania historic marker on US Route 30 four miles northwest of Gettysburg reads :"Surveyed in 1766. Named for an estate in England.The Manor was about 6 miles wide and 12 miles long with the southern boundary at present Mason-Dixon Line. It was the second largest reserved estate of the Penns in Pennsylvania. The western boundary line of the Manor was near this point."
iv, 242 pages : maps ; 28 cm + 1 map (28 x 34 cm, folded to 14 x 22 cm)
Notes
Includes index.
" ... this book contains a map showing the present-day locations of all the tracts located as they were first surveyed, beginning in 1735. With copies of the survey maps included and citations detailed for the other Land Office sources ..."--Page 4 of cover.
A geography of Pennsylvania : containing an account of the history, geographical features, soil, climate, geology, botany, zoology, population, education, government, finances, productions, trade, railroads, canals &c. of the state : with a separate description of each county, and questions for the convenience of teachers : to which is appended, a travellers' guide, or table of distances on the principal rail road, canal and stage routes in the state
"Limited special publication to coincide with the Lititz Historical Foundation's Lititz and Warwick Township milk bottle and dairy display for the 2011 season."
xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
Contents
The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.
Summary
"In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies marched on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups - women, immigrants, and African Americans - and reveals how wide the battle's dimensions were."
"Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most remarkable event."--Jacket.
Anna Johanna Piesch Seidel, influential Moravian / Catherine Looker, SSJ -- Fanny Kemble, British stage actress : Philadelphia abolitionist / Bernadette Balcer and Fran Pelham -- Assisium McEvoy, SSJ, education pioneer / Mary Helen Kashuba, SSJ -- Anna M. Ross, Civil War nurse / Janice Showler -- Agnes Repplier, essayist / Marie Hubert Kealy, IHM -- The Drexel women, educators and philanthropists / Stephanie Morris -- Anna Kugler, MD, medical missionary to India / Karen Getzen -- Cecilia Beaux, artist / Suzanne Conway -- Violet Oakley, artist / David R. Contosta -- Ida Tarbell, journalist, muckracker / Marie Conn -- Mary Brooks Picken, fashion designer, teacher, pioneer in distance learning / Kathryn West and Patrick McCauley -- Gertrude Hawk, candy entrepreneur / Mary Ellen O'Donnell -- Rachel Carson, environmentalist / David R. Contosta -- Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, computer pioneer / Lisa Olivieri, SSJ and Merilyn Ryan, SSJ -- Adrian Barrett, IHM, champion of the poor / Nancy DeCesare, IHM -- Judee von Seldeneck, diversity hiring expert / Nancy Porter -- Joan Dawson McConnon, co-founder, Project H.O.M.E. / Geralyn Arango.
Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents 1. Early America and the Coming of the Transportation Revolution 2. The State of Pennsylvania's Program of Canals and Railroads (1826-1858) 3. The Eastern Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 4. The Western Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 5. The Juniata Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 6. The Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad 7. The Allegheny Portage Railroad 8. The Susquehanna, West Branch, and North Branch Divisions 9. The Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal 10. Pittsburgh to Lake Erie -- The French Creek Division, the Beaver Division, and the Erie Extension 11. The Gettysburg Extension and the Demise of the State of Pennsylvania's Canals and Railroads Bibliography Index -- About the Author.
Summary
"Between 1826 and 1858 the state of Pennsylvania built and operated the largest and most technologically advanced system of canals and railroads in North America-almost one thousand miles of transport that stretched from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and beyond. The construction of this ambitious transportation system was accompanied with great euphoria. It was widely believed that the revenue created from these canals and railroads would eliminate the need for all taxes on state citizens. Yet with the Panic of 1837, a financial crisis much like boom and bust cycle that ended in 2008, a deep recession fell across the country.By 1856, Pennsylvania had sold all canals and railroads to private companies, often for pennies-on-the-dollar. Over the Alleghenies: Early Canals and Railroads of Pennsylvania is the definitive history of the state of Pennsylvania's incredible canal and railroad system. Although often condemned as a colossal failure, this construction effort remains an innovative, magnificent feat that ushered in modern transportation to Pennsylvania and the entire country. With extensive primary research, over one hundred illustrations, newspapers clippings, and charts and graphs, Over the Alleghenies examines and dissects the infrastructure project that bankrupted the wealthiest state in the Union. "--
ii, 56 pages : illustrations (some color), chart, portraits ; 23 cm
Notes
Cover title.
"Volume 20, number 1."
Includes family tree of owners: page 11.
Contents
Dedication -- Contributors -- The day-light department store remembered -- Heritage -- Ownership family tree -- Stambaugh and Haak -- Haak Bros. -- Advertisements -- Recollections -- Beyond Haak's -- Conclusion -- About the author.
Introduction / Dr. Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. -- Foreword / June Burk Lloyd -- Slavery in Pennsylvania and the early abolitionist movement -- The early growth of the Underground Railroad -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania -- An open pathway for fugitives -- From discord toward dissolution -- The bloody road to emancipation -- Afterword / James McClure -- Appendix A : Reported Underground Railroad conductors in York County -- Appendix B : The slaveholder's prayer.
A declaration and remonstrance of the distressed and bleeding frontier inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania, presented by them to the Honourable the governor and Assembly of the province, shewing the causes of their late discontent and uneasiness and the grievances under which they have laboured, and which they humbly pray to have redress'd
On the massacre of the Conestoga Indians by the "Paxton Boys" and the Indian policy of the Pennsylvania authorities.
"Signed on behalf of ourselves, and by appointment of a great number of the frontier inhabitants. Matthew Smith. James Gibson. February 13th, 1764"--Page 18.
Printer's name and place of publication supplied by Evans.
Signatures: A-B4 C2 (C2 blank).
Reproduction from Library of Congress by Eighteenth Century Collections Online Print Editions, date not specified.
Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,
Summary
These documents were created by representatives of the Paxton Boys as a written defence of their massacre of the Conestoga Indians. "A Declaration" was written before the Paxton Boys arrived in Germantown, and Matthew Smith and James Gibson completed the "Remonstrance" on February 13. Both documents were later published together as "A declaration and remonstrance of the distressed and bleeding frontier inhabitants of the province of Pennsylvania". This book is a facsimile of an early published copy of the texts.
Minutes of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Philadelphia on Tuesday the twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eight-nine, for the purpose of reviewing, and if they see occasion, altering and amending the constitution of this state
Bound with Minutes of the proceedings of the convention of the state of Pennsylvania...fifteenth day of July 1776 - Minutes of the convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvvania...twentieth day of November 1787...Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1787 - Minutes of the grand committee of the whole convention of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania..twentieth-fourth day of November, 1789 - Index to the journal of the convention who framed the present constitution...Philadelphia: John Bioren, 1808.
x, 205 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Contents
Setting the stage : the war, army, and community -- Martha Washington at Valley Forge : "the worthy partner of the worthiest of men" -- Martha Washington at the other encampments : a resolute and loyal lady -- Catharine Greene and Lucy Knox : the ladies come to Valley Forge -- Rebekah Biddle, Lady Stirling, and Alice Shippen at Valley Forge : "I should not be sorry to see you here" -- The women with Washington's "family" : slaves, servants, and spies -- Camp women at Valley Forge : "a caravan of wild beasts" -- Camp women with the Continental Army : cannonballs and cooking kettles -- The general returns to Valley Forge : a distinguished officer's musings -- Appendix: Making the myth of Martha Washington : nineteenth-century fantasy vs. eighteenth-century reality.
Summary
"[This book] tells the story of the forgotten women who spent the winter of 1777-78 with the Continental Army at Valley Forge -- from those on society's lowest rungs to ladies of the upper echelon. Poor, dirty beings who clung to the very edge of survival, many camp women were soldiers' wives who worked as the army's washerwomen, nurses, cooks, or seamstresses. Though these women's written correspondence is scarce, author Nancy Loane uses sources such as issued military orders, pension depositions after the war, and soldiers' descriptions to bring these women to life. Other women at the encampment were of higher status: they traveled with Washington's entourage when the army headquarters shifted from place to place and served the general as valued cooks, laundresses, or housekeepers ... Drawing from diary entries and letters, Following the drum illuminates the experiences of these ladies, including Martha Washington, Lucy Knox, and Lady Stirling, during the encampment and then traces their lives after the Revolutionary War"--Jacket.
Printed by Daniel Browne, for T. Waller, at the Crown and Mitre, opposite to Fetter-Lane, in Fleet-Street.,
Date of Publication
M DCC XLIV. [-M DCC LI.]
Physical Description
3 volumes : maps, portraits ; folio.
Notes
Pagination: v.1: [2], iv, 962, [30] p., [5], 10 leaves of plates; v.2: [4], 1130, [22] p., 11 leaves of plates; v.3: [2], 1396, [12] p., 5 leaves of plates.
Title pages printed in red and black.
Printed marginalia.
Text printed in double columns.
V. 1 has imprint: 'London: printed by Daniel Browne, for T. Waller, at the Crown and Mitre, opposite to Fetter-Lane, in Fleet-Street., M DCC XLIV.'; v.2 has imprint: 'London: printed for T. Waller, at the Crown and Mitre, opposite to Fetter-Lane, in Fleet-Street., M DCC XLVII.'; v.3 has imprint: 'London: printed for T. Waller, at the Mitre and Crown, opposite Fetter-Lane, in Fleet-Street., M DCC LI.'
V.2 has title: A general history of England, beginning with the reign of Edward the Second, and ending with that of Henry the Eighth.
V.3 has title: A general history of England, from Edward the Sixth to the restoration of King Charles the Second. With a summary of public affairs from the restoration to the time of the revolution, digested in annals.
Published in parts.
'Proposals for printing the third and last volume' was issued on 7 November 1747.
Jasper Yeate's Colonial Law Library.
Book numbers 5, 6, and 7 as arranged by Yeates.
Signature of Yeates at top of title page.
Includes index at the end of each volume.
ESTC,
Full leather binding gold tooled around perimeters and figured gold tooling on edges of covers; spines strengthened by leather strips.
