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Historical and biographical sketches by Samuel W. Pennypacker
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA F 149.P41 1883
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796.
- Rittenhouse, David.
- Dock, Christopher, approximately 1698-1771.
- Dock, Christopher.
- Moore, William, 1699-1783.
- Moore, William.
- Atlee, Samuel John, 1739-1786.
- Atlee, Samuel John.
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881.
- Garfield, James A.
- Brown, Henry Armitt, 1844-1878.
- Brown, Henry Armitt.
- Graeff, Abraham op den, d. 1731.
- Graeff, Abraham op den.
- Graeff, Dirk op den, d. 1697.
- Graeff, Dirk op den.
- Richardson, Samuel, d. 1719.
- Richardson, Samuel.
- Richardson, Joseph, d. ca. 1798.
- Richardson, Joseph.
- Taylor, Charles Frederick, 1840-1863.
- Taylor, Charles Frederick.
- Society of Friends--Penn--History.
- Society of Friends.
- Mennonites--Penn.
- Mennonites.
- Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
- Pennsylvania--Biography.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Germantown--History.
- Pennsylvania--History.
- Physical Description:
- 416 p. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : R.A. Tripple, 1883.
- Contents:
- The settlement of Germantown, Pa. and the causes which led to it.
- David Rittenhouse, the American astronomer.
- Christopher Dick, the pious schoolmaster on the Skippack, and his works.
- Der blutige schauplatz, oder Martyrer spiegel. Ephrata, Pa. A noteworthy book.
- Mennonite emigration to Pennsylvania.
- Abraham and Dirck op den Graeff.
- Ziontischer weyrauchs hugel oder myrrhen berg. Germantown, 1739.
- William Moore of Moore Hall.
- Samuel Richardson, a counselor, judge, and legislator of the olden time.
- Captain Joseph Richardson.
- Samuel John Atlee, Colonel of the Penn. musketry battalion in the Revolutionary army.
- James Abram Garfield.
- Henry Armitt Brown.
- Charles Frederick Taylor.
- Six weeks in uniform, being the record of a term in the military service of the United States in the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863.
- Notes:
- Part of the papers were previously published in the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Harpers monthly, Penn monthly, Bulletin of the Library Company of Philadelphia, and Lippincott's magazine.
- Local Notes:
- HSP has 2 copies; both inscribed by the author.
- OCLC:
- 1135207
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