LancasterHistory Research Collections

Responsibility

by Charles Schuyler Castner.

Author

Castner, Charles Schuyler.

Place of Publication

[Reading, Pa.]

Publisher

Berksiana Foundation,

Date of Publication

c1976.

Physical Description

xvii, 350 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Subjects

Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Berks County

Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Reading

Berks County (Pa.) - History.

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.

Reading (Pa.) - History.

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

974.816 C353

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Place of Publication

Buffalo

Publisher

Biographical publishing company,

Date of Publication

1898.

Physical Description

iv p., 2 l., [11]-739, [1] p. incl. ports. 3 port. 29 cm.

Subjects

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.

Biographies.

Additional Corporate Author

Biographical Publishing Company.

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

974.816 B615

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Alternate Title

Early history and biographical annals of Brecknock Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

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by Evans C. Goodling, Jr.

Author

Goodling, Evans C.

Place of Publication

Wyomissing, PA

Publisher

Evans C. Goodling, Jr.,

Date of Publication

c2014.

Physical Description

2 v. : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Summary

In Part 1, Goodling writes a concise history with illustrations from the township's earliest days to the end of the 19th century. It lists churches and schools, post offices, trades and businesses and the military. Part II is a genealogical and biographical record of all families living in the township and nearby areas at the time of the 1860 U.S. Census. Supplement Part 1 describes the churches of the township and appendices. Supplement Part 2 contiues the appendices.

Subjects

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.

Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Pennsylvania - Berks County.

Biography.

Genealogy.

History.

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

974.816 G652b

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by Benjamin Alderfer Fryer.

Author

Fryer, Benjamin Alderfer

Place of Publication

Reading, Pa

Publisher

Historical Society of Berks County,

Date of Publication

1939.

Physical Description

vi, 358 p. illus. 23 cm.

Subjects

United States. - Congress - Biography.

Berks County (Pa.) - Politics and government

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

974.816 F893

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Author

Greaff, Arthur Dundore,

Place of Publication

Manheim, Pa

Publisher

The John Conrad Weiser Family Association,

Date of Publication

1964.

Physical Description

16 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Weiser, Conrad, - 1696-1760.

Weiser family.

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.

Lebanon County (Pa.) - Biography.

Tulpehocken Creek (Pa.)

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

923.2 W427g

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Responsibility

by Morton L. Montgomery.

Author

Montgomery, Morton L.

Place of Publication

Laughlintown, Pa

Publisher

Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services,

Date of Publication

[198-?]

Physical Description

295, 11 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes

Reprint. Originally published: Reading, Pa. : C.F. Haage, 1894.

Includes index.

Subjects

Berks County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.

United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

974.816 M788b

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Responsibility

by I. Daniel Rupp.

ISBN

0871523965

Author

Rupp, I. Daniel

Place of Publication

Spartanburg, S.C

Publisher

Published for Pennsylvania Reprint Society and Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, Laughlintown, Pa. [by] Reprint Co.,

Date of Publication

1984.

Physical Description

vi, 519, 67 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes

Reprint. Originally published: Lancaster, Pa. : G. Hills, 1844. With new index.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects

Berks County (Pa.) - History.

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.

Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.

Lebanon County (Pa.) - Biography.

Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

974.816 R946

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Alternate Title

Mark Bird, ironmaster & patriot

Responsibility

by Daniel A. Graham.

ISBN

9781601265029

1601265026

Author

Graham Daniel A.

Place of Publication

Elverson, Pennsylvania

Morgantown, PA

Publisher

Friends of Hopewell Furnace,

Masthof Press.

Date of Publication

[2016]

©2016

Physical Description

xiv, 92 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-91).

Contents

Early years and background: Morlatton and Birdsborough, 1739-1761 -- Birdsborough Forges, 1762-1770: ironmaster -- Pre-Revolution, 1770-1774: Birdsborough Forges and Hopewell Furnace ironmaster -- Revolutionary years, 1774-1782: political and military/Colonel Mark Bird -- Revolutionary War years, 1774-1782: Industrial/Hopewell Furnace -- Financial ruin, 1782-1788: Delaware Mills/Works, Bucks County -- Exile and death, 1788-1812: Western North Carolina -- Children of Mark and Mary (Ross) Bird -- Photos.

Summary

This work captures the American Revolutionary spirit of Hopewell Furnace's first ironmaster and founder who served as George Washington's quartermaster and provided needed supplies to Washington while he encamped at Valley Forge during the harsh winter of 1777. The book not only contains the complete Bird biography, but also illustrations of Revolutionary war cannon making, original Mark Bird correspondence, a complete bibliography of sources, and photos of Mark Bird's ironmaking pieces and other relevant historic locales. [from the publisher]

Subjects

Bird, Mark, - 1739-1812.

Byrd family.

Iron-works - Pennsylvania - Berks County

Iron and steel workers - Pennsylvania - Berks County - Biography.

Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Berks County

Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Berks County.

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (Pa.) - History.

Pennsylvania - Berks County.

Biography.

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

974.816 g738

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Passions of a legendary Pennsylvania German, Lester P. Breininger, Jr., the porch potter of Robesonia, Pennsylvania

Responsibility

by Wayne R. Kline, Candace Kintzer Perry, and Thomas J. Gerhart.

Author

Kline, Wayne R.

Place of Publication

Kutztown, Pa

Publisher

The Pennsylvania German Society,

Date of Publication

2012.

Physical Description

50 p. : col. ill., facsims., ports. ; 28 cm.

Notes

Special issue of Es Elbedritsch : a newsletter of the Pennsylvania German Society.

"Spring, 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary

Tribute to Lester P. Breininger, Jr., Berks County, Pennsylvania -- science teacher, antique collector, and potter in the Pennsylvania German folk tradition -- following his death in December, 2011.

Subjects

Breininger, Lester P.

Pennsylvania Dutch - Biography.

Potters - Pennsylvania - Robesonia - Biography.

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author

Gerhart, Thomas J.

Perry, Candace Kintzer.

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

929 B748

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Responsibility

editor-in-chief Cyrus T. Fox.

Author

Fox, Cyrus T.,

Place of Publication

New York

Publisher

Lewis historical publishing company, inc.,

Date of Publication

1925.

Physical Description

3 v. fronts., plates, ports., map. 28 cm.

Notes

Biographical sketches comprise last part of v. 2 and all of v. 3.

Subjects

Reading (Pa.) - History.

Reading (Pa.) - Biography.

Berks County (Pa.) - History.

Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.

Location

Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number

974.816 R287

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