History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley ; embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, U. J. (Uriah James), 1818-1864.

Contributor:

Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901.

Hoenstine, Floyd G.

Hoenstein, Floyd G.

Elise Willing Balch Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--Penn.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Indians of North America--Penn.

Indians of North America.

Pennsylvania--Juniata Valley--History.

Pennsylvania.

Physical Description:

440 p., [14] pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

History of the Juniata Valley.

Place of Publication:

[Harrisburg, Pa., The Telegraph Press, c1940]

Notes:

Maps on lining-papers.

First edition published at Philadelphia, 1856.

Appendix, prepared by William H. Egle (including a biographical sketch of U. J. Jones and The Pattersons of Juniata): p. [351]-421.

Local Notes:

From: Elise Willing Balch Collection.

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

OCLC:

1852477