Author: Lancaster County Historical Society
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332339238
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Friday, June 2, 1916, Vol. 20: Abraham Witmer's Bridge, And, Minutes of the June Meeting On November 4, 1786, petitions were presented to the General Assembly from a number of the inhabitants of the borough of Lancaster, and others residing on the east side of that part of the said Conestogoe Creek, where the great road leading from the borrough to the city of Philadelphia crosses the same, praying that a law, entitled An Act establishing a ferry and building a bridge, across Conestogoe Creek, in the county of Lancaster might be passed. Abraham Witmer at that time must have resided on the east side of the Conestogoe. As shown by the records, he owned con siderable land on that side of the river, and his deed shows that he only acquired the tavern property on the west side on September 23, 1789. It is said, in Evans' and Ellis' History of Lancaster County, that he first pur chased the land on which the tavern was built and afterwards, in 1789, acquired an adjoining tract. But this statement is incorrect. The convey ance of 1789 includes in its descrip tion the tavern plot, and after his death his executor sold the whole of this land, the tavern with four acres and one hundred perches, to Samuel Diller, 'and the balance of fourteen acres, more or less, to John Schwartz. An old draft in the possession of Israel Carpenter, showing the courses and distances of the tavern property, conclusively proves this claim. The petition to the Assembly was read and ordered to lie on the table, and on November 7, it was read a second time, and referred to Mr. Hubley, Mr. Lowry and Mr. Findley, to report a bill, if they deemed it necessary. On November 15, the committee reported a bill, which was duly read. At the same time, petitions remonstrating against the proposed act were filed. On December 15 the bill was read a second time, and a remonstrance of 740 inhabitants of the county was pre sented against it. No further action seems to have been taken by the As sembly at this session. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Friday, June 2, 1916, Vol. 20
Author: Lancaster County Historical Society
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332339238
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Friday, June 2, 1916, Vol. 20: Abraham Witmer's Bridge, And, Minutes of the June Meeting On November 4, 1786, petitions were presented to the General Assembly from a number of the inhabitants of the borough of Lancaster, and others residing on the east side of that part of the said Conestogoe Creek, where the great road leading from the borrough to the city of Philadelphia crosses the same, praying that a law, entitled An Act establishing a ferry and building a bridge, across Conestogoe Creek, in the county of Lancaster might be passed. Abraham Witmer at that time must have resided on the east side of the Conestogoe. As shown by the records, he owned con siderable land on that side of the river, and his deed shows that he only acquired the tavern property on the west side on September 23, 1789. It is said, in Evans' and Ellis' History of Lancaster County, that he first pur chased the land on which the tavern was built and afterwards, in 1789, acquired an adjoining tract. But this statement is incorrect. The convey ance of 1789 includes in its descrip tion the tavern plot, and after his death his executor sold the whole of this land, the tavern with four acres and one hundred perches, to Samuel Diller, 'and the balance of fourteen acres, more or less, to John Schwartz. An old draft in the possession of Israel Carpenter, showing the courses and distances of the tavern property, conclusively proves this claim. The petition to the Assembly was read and ordered to lie on the table, and on November 7, it was read a second time, and referred to Mr. Hubley, Mr. Lowry and Mr. Findley, to report a bill, if they deemed it necessary. On November 15, the committee reported a bill, which was duly read. At the same time, petitions remonstrating against the proposed act were filed. On December 15 the bill was read a second time, and a remonstrance of 740 inhabitants of the county was pre sented against it. No further action seems to have been taken by the As sembly at this session. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332339238
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Friday, June 2, 1916, Vol. 20: Abraham Witmer's Bridge, And, Minutes of the June Meeting On November 4, 1786, petitions were presented to the General Assembly from a number of the inhabitants of the borough of Lancaster, and others residing on the east side of that part of the said Conestogoe Creek, where the great road leading from the borrough to the city of Philadelphia crosses the same, praying that a law, entitled An Act establishing a ferry and building a bridge, across Conestogoe Creek, in the county of Lancaster might be passed. Abraham Witmer at that time must have resided on the east side of the Conestogoe. As shown by the records, he owned con siderable land on that side of the river, and his deed shows that he only acquired the tavern property on the west side on September 23, 1789. It is said, in Evans' and Ellis' History of Lancaster County, that he first pur chased the land on which the tavern was built and afterwards, in 1789, acquired an adjoining tract. But this statement is incorrect. The convey ance of 1789 includes in its descrip tion the tavern plot, and after his death his executor sold the whole of this land, the tavern with four acres and one hundred perches, to Samuel Diller, 'and the balance of fourteen acres, more or less, to John Schwartz. An old draft in the possession of Israel Carpenter, showing the courses and distances of the tavern property, conclusively proves this claim. The petition to the Assembly was read and ordered to lie on the table, and on November 7, it was read a second time, and referred to Mr. Hubley, Mr. Lowry and Mr. Findley, to report a bill, if they deemed it necessary. On November 15, the committee reported a bill, which was duly read. At the same time, petitions remonstrating against the proposed act were filed. On December 15 the bill was read a second time, and a remonstrance of 740 inhabitants of the county was pre sented against it. No further action seems to have been taken by the As sembly at this session. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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The Practice of Pluralism
Author: Mark Häberlein
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271078138
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The clash of modernity and an Amish buggy might be the first image that comes to one’s mind when imagining Lancaster, Pennsylvania, today. But in the early to mid-eighteenth century, Lancaster stood apart as an active and religiously diverse, ethnically complex, and bustling city. On the eve of the American Revolution, Lancaster’s population had risen to nearly three thousand inhabitants; it stood as a center of commerce, industry, and trade. While the German-speaking population—Anabaptists as well as German Lutherans, Moravians, and German Calvinists—made up the majority, about one-third were English-speaking Anglicans, Catholics, Presbyterians, Quakers, Calvinists, and other Christian groups. A small group of Jewish families also lived in Lancaster, though they had no synagogue. Carefully mining historical records and documents, from tax records to church membership rolls, Mark Häberlein confirms that religion in Lancaster was neither on the decline nor rapidly changing; rather, steady and deliberate growth marked a diverse religious population.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271078138
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The clash of modernity and an Amish buggy might be the first image that comes to one’s mind when imagining Lancaster, Pennsylvania, today. But in the early to mid-eighteenth century, Lancaster stood apart as an active and religiously diverse, ethnically complex, and bustling city. On the eve of the American Revolution, Lancaster’s population had risen to nearly three thousand inhabitants; it stood as a center of commerce, industry, and trade. While the German-speaking population—Anabaptists as well as German Lutherans, Moravians, and German Calvinists—made up the majority, about one-third were English-speaking Anglicans, Catholics, Presbyterians, Quakers, Calvinists, and other Christian groups. A small group of Jewish families also lived in Lancaster, though they had no synagogue. Carefully mining historical records and documents, from tax records to church membership rolls, Mark Häberlein confirms that religion in Lancaster was neither on the decline nor rapidly changing; rather, steady and deliberate growth marked a diverse religious population.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Dept
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference Department
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
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Papers Read ... Vol. 9, No. 12, Dec 1905
Author: Lancaster County Historical Society
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Category : Inventories
Languages : en
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Category : Inventories
Languages : en
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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Farm Machinery and Hardware
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Category : Agricultural machinery industry
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Category : Agricultural machinery industry
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Bibliographie des Deutschtums der kolonialzeitlichen Einwanderung in Nordamerika
Author: Emil Meynen
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Category : German Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Category : German Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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