Name/Title
PosterEntry/Object ID
2001.002.00173Description
Urban Village Exhibit Ex301
Poster: Articles of the Fire Company of the Lower Ward, ca 1764.
Label: In Germantown in the 1760s there were fire companies in the Upper Ward, Middle Ward, and Lower Ward. The Fire Company of the Lower Ward published its Articles in 1764. Each member was required to provide two fire buckets, at his own expense and to bring those buckets to fight fires.