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2011.33.1Scope and Content
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings documenting Germantown buildings, people, institutions, events, history and geography. Most date from the 1902-1908 period. A second series of clippings from the 1970s has been glued in the back of the book, on various storms, events etc.
Subjects and people listed by page, with dates of articles in parentheses.
*Photo or drawing of subject included.
Page 195, (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: German Township, Borough of Germantown, Warrants for property, Seal of Germantown*, Frankfort Company, Quaker Meeting House.
People mentioned: D. K. Cassel, Francis Daniel Pastorius, Jurian Hardtsfelder, Lenart Arets, Jan Lensen, Thones Kunders, William Streypers, Reynier Tysen, Abraham Tunes, Jan Lucken, John Streypers, Dirk Op de Graeff, Herman Op de Graeff, John Simons, Paul Wolf, John Bleikers, Jacob Shoemaker, J. Isaac Van Bebber, Jacob Tellner, Heivert Papen, J. Janes Klinges, Cornelius Siverts, Hans Peter Umstad, Peter Schumacher, Jacob Tellner, Claus Thompson, Hans Millan, Henry Fry, Johannes Kassel, Abraham Op de Graeff, Anthony Klinken, ? Silans, Joseph Shippen, Jr., Soseph Shippen, Sr., John Neiss, Conrad Jansen, Herman Tunes, John Henry Sprogel, John Jarrit, Tunis Conrad, George Adam Hogermeed, John Williams, Dirk Johnson, Philliop C. Zimmerman, John Henry Sprogel, Paul Engle, Peter Kenrlis, Tunis Kunders, John Lensen, Rynier Tyson, Jihn Lucken, Abraham Tunis, Gerhard Hendricks, David Sherges, Walter Simon, Dirk Kolk, Wiggert Levering, Herman Von Bon, Gerhard Levering, Henry Sellen, Isaac Scheffer, Henry Buchholtz, Cornelius Bom, Isaac Dilbeck, Enneke Klosterman, John Doeden, Andreas Souplis, William Rittenhouse, Claus Rittenhouse, Dirk Keyser, Sr., Isaac Van Sentern, Herman Carstorp, Jacob Godshalk, Isaac Schumacher, James Delaplaine, John Doeden, John Henry Sprogel, Paul Kestner, Daniel Geisler, Christain Warner, Arnold Van Fossen, Hans Henry Lane, Paul Engel.
Page 196, (c. 1900).
Subjects mentioned: Norriton, clock-making, mathematical instruments, Rittenhouse workshop, Reading Turnpike,
People mentioned: Daniel K. Cassel, William Rittenhouse, Garret Rittenhouse, Nicholas Rittenhouse, William Rittenhouse II, Henry Rittenhouse, Matthias Rittenhouse, Elizabeth Willimas, David Rittenhouse*, Benjamin Rittenhouse, Thomas Barton,
Page 197, (c. 1900).
Subjects Mentioned: orrery, Princeton College, Pennsylvania legislature, transit of Venus, surveying, Susquehanna, Delaware, Schuylkill, Committee of Safety for Pennsylvania, Old Pine St. Church, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Court of Germantown.
People Mentioned: Samuel Miller, D.D., Samuel Rhoads, Francis Daniel Pastorius, David Rittenhouse
Page 198, (c. 1900).
Subjects mentioned: Main and Manheim Streets*, Genral Wayne Hotel, Pickus Lane, Green St., butchers, Gilbert Stuart Studio.
People mentioned: Pickus, Roset, Captain Bockius, Samuel Butcher, William K. Coxe, John B. Maxwell, Willian Wynne Wister.
Page 199, (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Roe Buck Inn (Buttonwood Hotel)*, Quakers.
People mentioned: Edward Shippen, Joseph Shippen, William Shippen II, George Heft, Casper Heft.
Page 200, (c. 1900).
Subjects mentioned: Morris House*, Main St., Mill St., Battle of Germantown, Stenton, yellow fever epidemic.
People mentioned: David Deshler, Lord Howe, Isaac Franks, Elliston Perot, John Perot, Samuel B. Morris, Elliston P. Morris, George Washington.
Page 201, (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Old Bensell House*, Main St., School Lane, National Bank of Germantown, Germantown Library, yellow fever epidemic, Shoemaker Lane, Penn St., Battle of Germantown, Barr or Kurtz House*, Chelten Avenue, Vernon Park, Market St., Roxborough Township line, Bristol township line.
People mentioned: Charles Bensell (Carl Benzelius), Joseph Vanderslice, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Bayley, Langstreth, Kurtz, Barr, C. J. Wister.
Page 202, (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Courts of Germantown. Crime, saloons, oldest church bell, Market Square Presbyterian Church, naturalization, Quakers.
People mentioned: Casper Karsten, William Penn, John Pettinger, Herman von Bon, John Knester, Peter Kerlis, Charles J. Wistar, Charles J. Wistar, Jr., George Washington, Thomas Lloyd, Jacob Telner, Dirck Isaac Op de Graff, Herman Isaacs Op de Graff, Tunis Conderts, Abraham Isaacs Op de Graff, Jacob Jones, Johannes Cassels, Heiret Popen, Herman Bou, Albertus Brandt, Jacob Schumaker, Dirck Keyser, Arnold Cassell, Pieter Dirck Keyser, Jan Lansen, Jan Duplouvys, Peter Schumacher, Peter Schumacher, Jr., Isaac Delbeck, Jan Daeden, Walter Simons, Abraham Tunis, William Rittinghousen, Johannes Kusters, Heinrich Buckholt, Isaac Jacobs, Matthew Jacobs, Wiggert Levering, Isaac Shoffer, Claus Jansen, Hans Milan, Dirck Sellen, Heindrick Sellen, Paul Wolff, Leonard Arents, Atents Klinken, Paul Kestner, William Strepers, Johannes Bleikers, Cornelius Severts, Reiner Herman, Andreas Souplis, Koendradt Backer, Viet Scherks, Hans Peter Umstead, Anthony Duplouvys, Heinricj Kasselbergs, Reinert Tissen, Jan Lucken, Peter Klever, Heinrich Frey, Hans Andreas Kreamer, Jurgen Schumacker, Isaac Schumacker, Peter Kurlis, Gerhard Levering, Herman Op de Trap, Dirck Op de Kolk, Anthony Loof, Jan Williams.
Page 203, (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Robert's Mill*, Mill Creek, Church Lane, Mill Street, Lukens' Mill, Friends, Chester Creek, Reading Railroad.
People mentioned: Richard Townsend, William Penn, Lukens, Hugh Roberts, John T. Roberts, Spencer Roberts.
Page 204, (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Main St.*, School St. Market Square*, Soldier's Monument, Mill St., Frankford Land Company, Market House, log prison, Town Hall, Lafayette St., Mutual Insurance Building.
People mentioned: Francis Daniel Pastorius, Wiggard Levering, James Delaplain, Peggy Wolf, James Stokes.
Page 205, (c. 1900).
Subjects mentioned: Mutual Insurance Company, Market House, Coulter property, hay scale, prison, prank with a hay wagon, Soldier's Monuyment*Fellowship Fire Engine House.
People mentioned: William E. Morris, James Stokes, Frederck Axe
Page 206, (c. 1900).
Subjects mentioned: Toll gate*, Germantown and Perkiomen Pike, Rittenhouse St., Government of Germantown
People mentioned: Mr. Blackburn, John Lamkins, Charles Colloday, Solomon Gigel, Jesse Davis, John Kulp, Michael Wunder, Benjamin Redheffer, Enos Springer*, Samuel Harvey, Charles Nice, Jacob Rittenhouse, Francis Daniel Pastorius, Dirck Op de Graeff, Arnold Cassell, Reinart Tisen, Cornelius Sieverts, Aret Klinken, Daniel Faulkner, James Delaplaine, Thomas Rutter.
Page 207, (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Engle House*, Main St., Town Hall, graveyard at Skippack, tanning.
People mentioned: Benjamin Engle, Samuel Harvey, Charles Engle, George Engle, Belle Shipley, Paul Engle.
Page 208. (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Wyck*, Battle of Germantown
People mentioned: Hans Milan, General Lafayette; Reuben Haines
Page 209. (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Mennonite Church*, Keyser House*, German hymns; Mennonite practices; shoemaking, Methodist ministers, Dolly Lolly corner, Shoemakertown
People Mentioned: Christopher Dock; Samuel Keyser, Rev. John Minnock, Nanny Minnock
Page 210. (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Dirck Keyser's House*, Dutch immigrants, assignment of lots in Germantown, Mennonites
People mentioned: Dirck Keyser, Mrs. John C. Channon
Page 211. (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Concord School House*, Concord Burying Ground, American Revolution, american Mechanics, Free Masons, Adam Shisler tombstone
People mentioned: John Grimes, Adam Shisler
Page 212. (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Johnson House*, Battle of Germantown, tanneries, Honey Run
People mentioned: John Johnson, John Johnson Jr., Dirck Johnson, Katerina Johnson, Samuel Johnson, William Keyser, Bockius, Peter Keyser, Charles Engle
Page 213. (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Ship House*, meeting hall; Chestnut Hill stage, 'Bull Dog' fire engine, Battle of Germantown, ladies boarding school, horse collars
People mentioned: George Peters, Jmes Ford, Jacob Unruh, Bockius
Page 214. (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Johnson House at Main and Johnson*, Battle of Germantown, Chew House, German Baptist Bethren's (Dunkard) Church, Crefeldt, North Prussia, Beggar's Town (Bettel Housen)
People mentioned: Hewert Papen, Abraham Op de Graeff, Jacob Schumacher, Alexander Mack, Christopher Sauer, Peter Pettikoffer
Page 215. (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Dunkard Meeting House*, German Baptist churches, graveyard, George Weiss coal yard, Concord Burying Ground
People mentioned: Keysers, Lehmans, Langstroths, Gorgases, Foxes, Sharpnacks, Alexander Mack
Page 216. (c. 1900)
Subjects mentioned: Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad, Stony Creek, Norristown, Plymouth Township, White Marsh Township, Germantown Village, Philadelphia, Kensington, 'Old Ironsides' engine, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Chestnut Hill stage, Germantown station*, passenger car*
People mentioned: Governor George Wolf
Page 217. (1902)
Subjects mentioned: Lorain or Adamson House*, Negley's Hill, Battle of Germantown, Stenton, Shoemaker House, Shoemaker Lane, hosiery business, Lovett Memorial Library, stone spheres, Turk cannon balls, Rhodes, Knights of St. John of Jurusalem, U. S. frigate Congress, Philadelphia Naval Asylum, Rock House, Belfield Avenue, slavery, Old Metzger Homestead*, Jacob Unrod House, pewter bullets, Ship House
People mentioned: Jacob Miller, Sir William Howe, James Stokes, John Lorain, Jr., Octavia Lorain, John Grigg, William Adamson, Henson family, Soliman II, Admiral Breese, Samuel H. Collom, William Penn, Mr. and Mrs. Moses Lewis, Elizabeth Metzger, Joshua Metzger, Betsy Metzger
Page 218. (1902?)
Subjects mentioned: Duy House*, Duys Lane, Wister Street, Farmers' and Mechanics' Hotel, Stenton, Philadelphia squares, Quakers, Wingohocking (Logan's Run), Indian treaty , Hadley quadrant, Cape Henlopen, Logan Library
People mentioned: J. H. Boyer, historian Ward, Royal family, James Logan, George Fox, William Penn, Ann Shippen, Mayor Shippen, Thomas Story, Charles Read, Thomas Godfrey, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, John Jay Smith, Lloyd P. Smith, General Howe, Deborah Logan, Dr. George Logan, John Fanning Watson
Page 219. (1902?)
Subjects mentioned: Loudon*, yellow fever, Naglee's Hill, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, portraits
People mentioned: James Logan, William Penn, Albanus Charles Logan, Maria Dickenson Logan, Thomas Wright Armat, Solomon Bush, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Dr. William Logan, Deborah Norris Logan, Peale, Dr. George Logan, Gilbert Stewart, Inman, Mrs. Gustavus Logan, John Dickinson
Page 220. (1902?)
Subjects mentioned: De La Plaine House*, Mutual Insurance Company, Market Square, Watson's Annals, Bethkehausen, Lancaster, American Revolution, St. Lukes Episcopal Church, Places of Friends' meetings*, Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, Shoemaker's Station, Lesher's Tavern, Manheim St., Thones Kunder House* (2010.472.9
People mentioned: Dirck Kolch, Wygert Levering, James De la Plaine, Peter Schumacher, Isaac Schumacher, Nicholas De la Plaine, George Whitfield, Squire Ferree, John Mittchell, Henry Huber, Charles Bensall, Joseph Ferree, Leonard Stoneburner, Fromberger, James Stokes, John Fromberger, Bishop Morris, Jacob Stauss, Tennis Kunders, Dennis Conrad, Dr. Malin, Christopher Kinzell
Page 221. (1902?)
Subjects mentioned: First protest against slavery, Quakers, deed for Quaker meeting house, Germantown Savings Fund Society, Quaker Meeting House*
People mentioned: Daniel Francis Pastorius, William Kite, Isabella James, Thomas Potts, Jr., Derick up de Grave, George KeithReiner Tyson, Tennis Kunders, Peter Shoemaker, Thomas Chalkey, Dennis Conrad, Prof. Seidensticker, Abrahan Isaac op de Graef, Jacob Shoemaker, Jacob Isaacs Van Bebber, Dr. Malin, Judge Pennypacker
Page 222. (1902)
Subjects mentioned: Wyck, Battle of Germantown, Lafayette visit, Chew House, Mt. Airy College, Masons, Germantown Academy, Belmont Mansion, Walnut Lane, Morris Homestead, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Bank of America, St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Spook Hill, Philellena clock tower, Carpenter estate, street names
People mentioned: General Lafayette, Hans Millan, Francis Daniel Pastorius, W. Norton Johnson, Reuben Haines, Dirck Jannsen, Margaret Millan Jannsen, Catherine Jannsen, Caspar Wistar, Richard Haines, Logan's Hill, Negley's Hill, R. Constant, Charles Pierce, John T. Watson, Walter R. Johnson, Benjamin Franklin, Ann Wistar, Ann Willing Morris, Charles Willing, Edward Shippen, William Penn, Thomas Willing, Thomas Harrison, Simon Mayne, Dr. Hammond, George W. Carpenter
Page 223. (1901)
Subjects mentioned: King of Prussia Inn*, Masons, Indian Queen Hotel, Germantown Bank, Battle of Germantown, yellow fever epidemic, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Lehman lumber yard fire, Middle Ward Fire Company, Washington Fire Comany, Fellowship Hose Company, Rubicam School*, Mongomery County Historical Society, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Williams School
People mentioned: Alexander McCarrahar, Thomas Vapault, Michael Riter, Jacob Tripler, Abraham Schrack, G. Boswell, General Knyphausen, Genral Agnew, General Grey, Dr. Williams, Gilbert Stuart, James M. Gowan, Franklin B. Gowan, theodore Ashmead, William Ashmead, Charles F. Ashmead, Henry W. Smith, Lewis C. Cassidy, George W. Williams, Thomas Williams, William Rubicam, Susanna Rubicam, Anthony Williams, John Cleaver, Exekiel Potts, Isaac Cleaver, George Williams, Henry Childs, John Unrue, Absalom Michener, Jesse Kirk
Page 224. (1901?)
Subjects mentioned: Henry House*, Wagner House*, Battle of Germantown, tanningHoudse of Refuge, Germantown Infant School, Lower Burying Ground, French and Indian War, Funeral practice.
People mentioned: Charles H. Wagner, George Mechlin Wagner, Townsend Ward, John Zachary, Samuel Mechlin, John Theobold Ent, Samuel Mechlin, John Gottfried Wachsmuth, John Snowden Henry, Alexander Henry, Reuben Haines, Jan Streepers, Leonard Arets, Paul Wolff, William Hood, William H. Stewart, Eliza A. Hood, Mary Ann Robertson, Joseph Coulston, Margaret Coulston, Thomas Coulston, Samuel Coulston, General John Agnew, Captain Bird, John F. Watson, Christian Frederick Post, Johannes Frey
Page 241. (1901)
Subjects mentioned: Carlton*, Smith Mansion, Battle of Brandywine, Queen Lane reservoir, Queen Lane
People mentioned: George Washington, Henry Hill, Cornelius S. Smith, John Lowther, Ann Lowther, William Penn, Isaac Tustin
Page 242. (1901?)
Subjects mentioned: City History Club, Wissahickon, Teachers' Photographic Society, Chelten Avenue Station, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Rittenhousetown, Railroad excavations, Wissahickon Drive, Kitchens Lane, Woman of the Wilderness, Bush Hill, Hermits of the Ridge, Observatory, Botanic Garden, Dunkers, Germantown Water Works, Wyck, Mennonite Church, Cresheim Valley, Rittenhouse clock, Mathematical instruments, University of Pennsylvania, Providence Presbyterian Church, Orrery
People mentioned: C. Henry Kain, Matilda Hand, Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, W. E. Meehan, Howard Lloyd, David Rittenhouse, William Rittenhouse, Johannes Kelpius, Benjamin Fletcher, William Markham, Jacob Isaac Van Bibber, Ann Haines, General Agnew, Garrett Rittenhouse, Nicholas Rittenhouse, William Rittenhouse II, Henry Rittenhouse, Matthias Rittenhouse, Elizabeth Williams, Evan Williams, Benjamin Rittenhouse, Thomas Barton, Eleanor Coulston, Hannah Jacobs
Page 243. (1901)
Subjects mentioned: Rittenhouse Orrery, Princeton College, Susquehanna and Delaware Canal, Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, Pennsylvania State Treasurer, Mint, Carlton, Queen Lane Station, City History Club, Teachers' Photographic Association, Midvale Avenue, Dentistry, tomato seeds, Midvale Avenue, Carlton, Battle of Brandywine, Wissahickon Avenue, School Lane, Revloutionary Encampment, Civil War fortifications, Gypsy Lane, Wissahickon Hall, Maple Spring Hotel, Hermit's Lane, Kelpius Cave, Hermitage
People mentioned: John Adams, David Rittenhouse, Samuel Miller, Dr. Witherspoon, Samuel Rhoads, Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, Dr. E. B. Gardette, Dr. James Gardette, Dr. Le Maire, Robert S. Smith, Isaac Tustin, M. R. Lee, John Lowther, Ann Charlotte Lowther, William Penn, Joseph Turner, John Ashmead, James Vaux, William F. Stockton, Thomas Lee, John C. Craig, General Timothy Pickering, "Rootie" Smith, Johannes Kelpius, Christopher Witt
P. 244. (1901)
Subjects mentioned: City History Club, Cresheim Valley, Livezey House, Mermaid Inn*, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Battle of Germantown, Mt. Airy Reservoir, Mt. Airy School, Allens Lane, Wissahickon Avenue, Water pipes, Flour mills, Devil's Pool, Carr's Dam, Lake Surprise
People mentioned: Naaman H. Keyser, Howard Lloyd, W. E. Meehan, William Allen, Thomas Livezey, Henry Peterson, Mrs. Francis Howard Williams
P. 245. (1901, 1904)
Subjects mentioned: City History Club, Teachers' Photographic Association, Wister Station, Belfield, Fisher's Hollow, Wakefield, "Solitude", Stenton, Stenton Avenue, Clarkson Avenue, Wingohocking Creek, Revolutionary War, Wakefield Mill, Cotton mills, Mill Creek, Betton's Woods, Harper's Hollow, Wister Hollow, Church Lane, Townsend's Mill, Luken's Mill, Pingree potato patch, Philadelphia Vacant Lot Association, Cornwallis Lane, Cornwallis Barn, Annsberry Farm, York Road, Logan burial grounds, Immages of farm and mill buildings*.
People mentioned: Naaman H. Keyser, Charles Wilson Peale, Mrs. John Wister, William Logan Fisher, Sarah Logan Fisher, William Wister, Thomas K. Fisher, William Logan, James Logan, Elisha Kent Kane, Issachar Thorp, Joshua Maud, Lippencotts, Thomas Roberts, Morris Morris, Richard Waln, Griffith Jones, William Penn, John Roberts, Mrs. de Benneville Keim, Horace J. Smith
P. 246. (1901)
Subjects mentioned: City History Club, Flourtown Pike, Wheel Pump Inn, Springfield, Plymouth Railroad, Inns of Flourtown, Ottinger's tavern, Wagon and Horse, Cross Keys Tavern, White Swan, Bethlehem Stage, iron industry, Hedricks cabin, Black Horsr Inn, Cleaver Mills, Union Church yard, Old St. Thomas Church, Hope Lodge Farm, Battle of Germantown
People mentioned: Naaman H. Keyser, Howard Lloyd, Michael Spiegel, John Kenner, John Streeper, Phillip Miller, Christopher Mason, Jacob Neff, Nicholas Kline, Christopher Ottinger, Mary Ottinger, Christopher Ottinger II, William Ottinger, John Ottinger, W. E. Meehan, Abraham Hedricks, Balthasar (Baltis) Hedricks, Jane Sinclair, Henry Sheetz, H. H. Houston, Henry Wentz, Henry Hope, Samuel Morris, Susanna Morris, Robert Heath, William Penn, Annie EvansJames Watmough, Russell B. Thayer, Eli K. Price, Fort Washington
P. 251. (1901, 1903)
Subjects mentioned: City History Club, Germantown Avenue, Gravers Lane, perpetual motion, Franklin Institute, Piper homestead, Lenni Lenape burial ground, Norwood Hall, "Woodside," "Monticello", St. Joseph's Academy, Tedyuscung, Council Rock, Rex Avenue bridge, Indian Rock Hotel, Thomas' Mill Road, Spruce Mill, Thorps Lane bridge, Bischoff and Company, stone quarry, Andorra Nurseries, Paul's Mill, Monument to General Agnew and Lieutenant- Colonel Bird, De Bennevill Cemetery*, Lower Burial Ground
People mentioned: Naaman H. Keyser, Charles Redheffer, Nathan Sellers, Colman Sellers, Isaiah Luken, Charles Newhall, John Adams Piper, Susan Piper, Lydia Piper, Chancellor C. English, Joseph Middleton, E. R. Cope, Charles Magargee, Isachar Thorp, James Thorp, Isaac Myers, Stewart Walton, Wilfred Powell, George de Benneville
P. 252. (1901?)
Subjects mentioned: City History Club. Girls' Grammar School, Germantown, Philadelphia, Cherry's shoe store, mile markers boundaries, pent roof, Watson's Annals, Wayne Junction, Negley House, Dewalden house, Loudon, Lorraine House, Mehl House, Toland House*, Wagner House, Battle of Germantown, Henry house, Dedier house, Mechlin house, Duy house, Duy's Lane, Dannehower's Lane, Wister St., Lesher house, Hiram Lodge, Masons, Tennis Kunder house, Schaffer and Chatburn paint shop, Barr (Kurtz) house*, Johnson house*, Knorr house*
People mentioned: Naaman H. Keyser, dorothy Reger, Bishop Asbury, Thomas Armatt, Captain George Miller, Samuel Wagner, John Snowden Henry, Mayor Henry, T. Charlton Henry, Dr. Ambler, Christopher Kinsel, Commodore Barron, Stephen Decatur, Henry A. Adams, John T. Watmough.
P. 253. (1901?)
Subjects mentioned: General Wayne Hotel, Battle of Germantown, Germantown Blues, Roebuck (Buttonwood) Hotel, Green homestead, St. Stephen's Church, Howell house, Woltemate greenhouse, Van Lauchet's house, Indian Queen Hotel, Christopher Sauer Printing House*, Sauer Bibles, Wister mansion, National Bank og Germantown, Shoemaker house, Friends' meeting house, St. Luke's Church, Market Square, Morris house, DeLaPlaine house, Mutual Insurance Co., Stokes house, Clower's market, King of Prussia Inn, Lehman house, Potter and Seymour. Barr house, Miss Rooker's School, Rodney-Keyser house, cellar doors
People mentioned: Anthony Wayne, John B. Maxwell, Horace F. McCann, Gilbert Stuart, Alexander Provost, Naaman Keyser, Charles Wister, C. J. Wister, Charles W. Otto, J. F. Watson, George Wilson, Gravensteins, Louisa Alcott, Fred Axe, William Knight, James DeLaPlaine, Bishop Morris, Benjamin Lehman, George Bensell, Christian Lehman, Benjamin Lehman, Wyndham Stokes, William K. Frye, John Keyser, Rev. John Rodney
P. 254. (1901, 1902)
Subjects mentioned: City History Club, Clayton's Hotel, De Benneville Graveyard, Logan Graveyard, Kulp Graveyard, Warmer Graveyard, St. Michaels P. E. Church, old graveyard in Nicetown, Battle of Germantown, Silver Pine Farm, Lukens tract, Lukens Mill, Roberts Mill, Church Lane, Branchtown Hotel, Revolutionary War graves, Rock Creek, Benjamin Lay's cave,Bonneval Cottage, Manheim St., Harris; second hand store, Greens' hat store, Heft estate, Roebuck Inn, Buttonwood Hotel, St. Stephen's Church, Germantown Telegraph, Galbraith's drug store, Masland's store, slavery protest, Generl Wayne Hotel, Kratz drug store, Schaeffer & Chatburn, Toland House, Negley's Hill
People mentioned: Haaman H. Keyser, Hamilton Clayton, George de Benneville, Joseph Spencer, Gen. Agnew, Lt. Col. Bird, Hannah Lukens Spencer, Matthias Lukens, Daniel de Benneville, Thomas Godfrey Sr., Jonathan Childs, Charles Wharton, Russel Smith, Lehmans, Jean Bertolet, Lucretia Mott, Commodore Barron, Decatur, Joseph Shippen, Edward Shippen, William Shippen, George Heft, M. Trumbauer, Theodore Ashmead, Philip R. Freas, I. Bockius, F. W. Bockius, Thopnes Kunder, John B. Maxwell, Lord Abercrombie, Jacob Somers, Jacques Marie Roset
Page 255, (1902)
Subjects mentiond: Mannheim St., Pickius' Lane, Corse's Lane, White Cottage, Battle of Germantown, Manheim Club, tomato cultivation, Fern Hill, Loudown, Neglee houses, Huber estate, quadrant, mathematical study, Stenton, Cape Henlopen, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Robert's Mill, Moravian Church, Thomas Godfrey's birthplace*
People mentioned: Jacques Marie Roset, Fanny Kemble, Anthony J. Drexel, Samuel Betton, Thomas Forrest, Janney, Joseph T. Pearson, Robert Toland, Marquis of Cuandos (Duke of Buckingham), Henry FraleyHeinrich Foli, Elizabeth Froli, John Fraley, Joseph Shippen, E. B. Gardette, James Gardette, Joseph Le Marie, Henry Pratt McKean, Thomas McKean, Thomas Godfrey, James Logan, Joshua Fisher, Joseph Button, Conyers Button, Martin Landenberger, Samuel Carpenter, Richard Townsend, Griffith Miles Lucee Godfrey
Page 256, (1902)
Subjects mentioned: City History Club, Collegeville, Trappe, Audubon house, copper mine on the Perkiomen, Barren Hill, Hitner marble quarries, Plymouth meeting, Trappe Lutheran Church, Revolutionary War, Shannonville, ornithology, "Honey Hill," Jacob Taylor's Academy, Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railway Station*
People mentioned: Hovenden, Hannah Schrack,Christian Schultze, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Herman Augustus Francke, Francis Rahn Shunk, John Jacob Schrack, Mr. Wetherill, Thomas Watson, John Watson, Governor Morris, Benjamin Franklin
Page 257, (1901)
Subjects mentioned: City History Club, Central Girls' Grammar School, Old Germantown Road, First Presbyterian Church, Kurtz orchard, Mitchell and Fletcher grocery, Vernon Park, Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad, Cedar Hill, "Old Ironsides" Baldwin Locomotive Works, surveying in Germantown, Shingle Tavern, Reeder's Tavern, Fountain Inn, King of Prussia Inn, Hiram Lodge 81, F. & A. M., hat manufacturing, Engards confectionary store, Rittenhouse grocery, toll gate*Haines St. Methodist Church, Coulston blacksmith shop
People mentioned: Oliver Jester, John Christopher Meng, Matthias Kin, John Wister, Thomas R. Fisher, Edward H. Bonsall, Matthias W. Baldwin, Joseph Kite, Daniel Dungan, Hillary Krickbaum, Eli K. Price, Robert Thomas, Henry Clay, Anthony Hergesheimer, Jacob Wunder, John Schaeffer, Joh Wister, David Livezey, Romaine Keyser, John Smith, Peter Smith, Samuel Keyser I, Samuel Keyser II, John Rittenhouse, Enos Springer*, William Potter, Baltus Black, John Detweiler, Captain Bruner
Page 258, (1901?)
Subjects mentioned: Christopher Sauer printing house, Engle House*, Town Hall, Harvey property, Methodist Church, Bank of Germantown, Cuyler Hospital, Engle tannery, Morris-Littell house, Academy of Natural Sciences, Warmer property, St. Michael's P. E. Church, Dunton house, First M. E. Church, Green Tree Inn*, old Post Office, Philadelphia Musical Academy, "The Laurens", manual training school, Lafayette College, Wyck*, Mennonite Meeting House, Mennonite graveyard
People mentioned: Henry Bruner, Dr. Koehler, Jacob Jacobs, Dr Darrach, Dr. Dunton, Dr. Dawes, Thomas F. Betton, P. D. Keyser, Benjamin Engle, Charles B. Engle, Ann Willing Morris, Dr. Witt, Kelpius, John Bartram, Peter Collison, Daniel Pastorius, Sarah Pastorius, Charles Hackett, Andrew Heath, Dr. Alexis P. Smith, George Junkin, Hans Millan, Ann Haines, Jacob Kolb, Sarah van Listern, Dirck Keyser, Hans Boyer
Page 259, (1901?)
Subjects mentioned: Shoemaking, Methodist Church, silk industry, Germantown Water Department, Rose Cottage, Paper Mill Run, Dirck Keyser or Channon House*, Washington Hotel, Kirk and Nice Funeral Home, funeral practice, Germantown Real Estate, Deposit and Trust Co., Johnson House*, Battle of Germantown, Peter Keyser house, Dunkard church
People mentioned: Samuel Keyser*, Dirck Keyser, Physick, Martin Weaver, Peter Dirck Keyser, Jesse Benner, Jacob Knorr, Samuel Nice, Edward Mellor, Dick Jansen, Samuel Johnson, Peter Keyser, Elwood Johnson, Alexander Mack
Page 260, (1901?)
Subjects mentioned: Concord School House*, Junior Order, United American Mechanics, Concord burying ground, Pomona Grove*, Jacob Unrod house, Peter Keyser house, Ship house*, Battle of Germantown, Germantown Fire Company, "Bull Dog" fire engine, Vernon Park, Green Tree Inn, Rodney House, Jansen House, Upsala
People mentioned: Paul Wolf, Alexander Mack, Cornelius Tyson, Francis Daniel Pastorius, Colonel Forrest, Mr. Duval, Amos R. Little, Jacob Unrod (Unruh), Miss Hocker, Bockius family, Joshua Metzger (Butcher), Elizabeth Metzger, Betsy Ruhlman, George Peters, Josiah Wood, Horace Greeley, Wendell Phillips, John Stallman, William Keyser, Mrs. Woodrop, Jacob Hortter, H. C. Himes, Christopher Ment, Oliver Jester, Macknett, Theiss, Samuel Keyser, Daniel Keyser, John Keyser, Hewert Papen, Norton Johnson
Page 261, (1901?)
Subjects mentioned: Upsala, Cliveden, Battle of Germantown, billmeyer House, Sparrow Jack house, English sparrows, Dunkard Church*, St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Phil-Ellena, Paul House, Bayard House
People mentioned: Bejamin Chew, Ann Chew, John Bardsley, William F. Smith, Peter Shoemaker, Alexander Mack, Henry M. Muhlenberg, George W. Carpenter, Ellen Carpenter, A. Gorgas, Henry Rittenhouse, Benjamin Gorgas, Duval House*
Page 262, (1901?)
Subjects mentioned: General Court of Germantown, Germantown Court Seal*, Quakers, liquor laws, stray animals, tax authority
People mentioned: Francis Daniel Pastorius, Jugen Hartsfelder, DircsIsaacs Optegraaf, Jacob Schumacker, Peter Kuerlis, Matthew Smith, George Muller, Edward Lowther
Page 267, (1902)
Subjects mentioned: Germantown Academy*, Green Tree Tavern, funeral practive
People mentioned: Alfred Percival Smith, David Machinett, Alexis D. Smith, Jacob Knorr, Poulson Knorr
Page 268, (1902)
Subjects mentioned: Mennonites, Quakers, founding of Germantown, slavery protest, Site and Relic Society of Germantown
People mentioned: Samuel W. Pennypacker, Menno Simons, Robert Barclay, Jacob Telner, Dirck Sipman, Jan Streyperts, Govert Remke, Levart Arets, Jacob Isaacs Van Bebber, Abraham Hermann Opden Graeff, Dirk Opten Graeff, Reynier Tyson, William Streypers, Jan Lucken,Johannes Bleickers, Abraham Tunes, Jan Lensen, Jan Seimans, Thoves Kunders, Peter Kuerlis, Francis Daniel Pastorius Cornelius Born, Anthony Morris, Bockenogen, Henry Armitt Brown, Gerhard Hendricks, Pieter Corneliz Plockhoy, Robert Carr, Jan Doeden, Wilhelm Ruttinghuysen, David Rittenhouse, Charles J. Wister. C. F. Jenkins, Hannah Ann Zell, William Y. Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Howard Williams, Louisa May Alcott, Elliston P. Morris, Miss Shoemaker, Mr. Gates, Dr. Keyser, Luther E. Albert.
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Subjects mentioned: Site and Relic Society, Settlement of Germantown, Mills, Poor House, Robert's Mill*, Liberty Bell, Turnpikes, Commerce, Germantown wagon, Stage lines, Donat Tavern, General Wayne Inn, King of Prussia Inn, Horse car lines, PG&N Railroad, "Old Ironsides", Baldwin Locomotive Works, Shingle's Tavern, Reeder's Tavern, Parker's store, Manayunk
People mentioned: Mrs. Francis Howard Williams, Horace F. McCann, William Rittenhouse, Reuben Haines, James Stokes, William Ashmead, Christopher John Junkurth, Thomas P. Cope, Jake Peters, William Stadleman, Thomas R. Fisher, Edward H. Bonsall, Matthias W. B... [truncated due to length]