233, 91 p., [4] leaves of plates (3 fold.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1901 ed. published by Dispatch Pub. Co., York, Pa.; with Index to Persons in Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania compiled by Rhea Duryea Johnson.
Includes church records of Reformed and Lutheran church, cemetery records, warrantees of Heidelberg Township, list of immigrants and genealogical register.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-253) and index.
Contents
Introduction: a country storekeeper and his network of relationships -- Beyond "wild forest people": Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania -- The Rex Store and its local customers -- Feeding the furnaces: the iron community and the Rex Store -- "Orders thankfully received, and carefully executed": Rex and the Philadelphia merchants -- A life of "comparative ease" -- Epilogue: Rex's network and its significance.
Summary
"Examines the role that country storekeeper Samuel Rex of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, played in the society and economy of the mid-Atlantic region from 1790 to 1807. Studies consumption patterns of one typical Pennsylvania-German community"--Provided by publisher.
Addresses delivered at the second stated meeting of the Lebanon County Historical Society, held in the court house, Lebanon, Pa., Friday, April 15, 1898.
Lebanon County Historical Society publications ; v. 1, no. 3
Notes
Photocopy.
Contents
Chapters: Great influx of Germans and Swiss -- Early residents -- The plan of the town -- The name of the town -- The old market house -- The Franklin House -- The water works -- Stiegle's Castle or Tower -- The Reformed church -- Early members of the Reformed church -- The Lutheran Church -- The Lutheran School House -- The founder of the town -- The old cemetery -- Copy of a paper found in the Reformed Church records ( in German ).
Includes photos and brief background notes of the most historically significant sites in Schaefferstown. A reference map is located on verso of cover.
Contents
The Franklin House -- Umberger's Store -- The Mock House -- Fountain Park -- The Philip Erpff House -- Fountains and troughs -- Jew's House - Lutheran Church - Alexander Schaeffer's Grave - Stiegel House - Weigley Mansion - Brendle Museum - Reformed Church - Schaeffer Farm.
