[PDF] The Perkiomen Region eBook

Author : Henry Sassaman Dotterer
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 24,99 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230452968

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... Entertaining way how he came to make a view of the building. He kindly permitted us to use the engraving made from his sketch of the ancient landmark. This house of worship was built in 1744, (not 1774, as misprinted, ) and had therefore served the Reformed and Lutheran congregations one hundred and fourteen years, when it was taken down to make way for a new edifice. Leisure Hour Poems, by Charles K. Meschter, of Worcester, Pa, is a volume of thirty pages, issued from the press of A. E. Dambly's Estate, Skippack Pa. Its author, the son of G. K. Meschter the widely-known physician, is a student at the University of Pennsylvania. Several of the poems, such as Fair Worcester and The Maple by the Spring, touch upon home scenes; and a number are devoted to college subjects. We extend congratulations to the young author. The Patent to the Frankfort Com= pany. On the 12th of November, 1686, a company was formed by residents of the city of Frankfort-on-the-Main, in Germany, for the management of twenty-five thousand acres of land in the Province of Pennsylvania, which they had purchased of William Penn. The names of the members of the company were: Jacob Van de Wallen, Daniel Behagel, Johann Jacob Schutz, Johann Wilhelm Eberfeld, Francis Daniel Pastorius, Johann Wilhelm Petersen, Dr. Gerhard Van Mastricht, Dr. Thomas Van Willich, Johannes LeBrun, Balthazar Jawert and Johannes Kembler. The name given the organization was The Frankfort Company. On the Third day of Second month, 1689, the Proprietary's Commissioners of Property confirmed to Francis Daniel Pastorius, the attorney of the company, twenty-six hundred and seventy-five acres in part of the twenty-five thousand acres. On this land the town of Germantown was laid out. Penn subsequently

Author : Henry Sassaman Dotterer
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 26,29 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230858500

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...held at Brandywine to the hospital at Bethlehem. The grave of Samuel Bertolet, at Bertolet's Mennonite meeting house, is marked by a stone bearing these words: Hier ruhet der Leib des verstorbenen SAMUEL BERTOLET Er wurde gebohren deu 14 September 174.'! und Endet Sein Leben den Iter January 1805 Seines alters 61 Jahr: ! Monat und 16 Tag. Sub-Lieutenant Peter Richards. A BATCH OF VOUCHER FOR DISBURSEMENTS MADE BY HIM IN SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND ERiHTY-ONE. The following receipts given by actors in the Revolutionary struggle bring vividly to view the heartiness with which the leading men of the Perkiomen country supported the cause of freedom for America. Receiv" January the 3rt A. D. 1781 of Peter Richards Sub Lieu' the sum of Eighty Pounds which is for four Days attending at the Court of Appeal. I say receiv." JN. RICHARDS. 80. Received January 9"1 1781 of Peter Richards one of the Sub L' Couny of Philad" Two hundred it fifty Dollars for 5 days in Making the Return of the Inhabitants of my Comp1 District and Notifying y' 5th 6th "lh and 8, h Classes of mv Company and Likewise Six hundred Dollars for mv Drum & _ ife for last Sumer. FREDERICK BEITENMAN, 850 Dr." Capt. Received January 12, h 1781 of Peter Richards Sub L' Philadelphia County the sum of six hundred Dollars for the Drum & Fife of my Company for the Year 1780. and Two hundred Dollars for four days Service in making a Class Return & Notifying the Class's of iuv Companv. $ HENRICH BEYER, 300. Capt. Jan" 13" 1781. Received of Peter Richards one of the Sub 1" County of Philad" the sum of Six hundred Dollars in full for 10 days Service for the Drumer & Fifer of mv Company for the Sumer last past. f ISAIAH DAVIS, ...

Author : Jerry A. Chiccarine
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,31 MB
Release : 2005-07-27
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1439616191

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The Perkiomen Creek is a picturesque stream that drains a major portion of western Montgomery County. It begins just beyond the northern borders of the county and travels south. The creek empties into the Schuylkill River at the countys lower border. The old Perkiomen Railroad closely followed the same path. Along the Perkiomen showcases postcards of the Perkiomen Valley in Montgomery County as it existed during the first half of the twentieth century. Readers will visit the villages and towns along the creek and others nearby. This visual journey is intended to provide a glimpse of the Perkiomen regions rich history.

Author : Henry Sassaman Dotterer
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 24,98 MB
Release : 2009-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781104340445

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.