Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.5.115a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 5 -The Wissahickon
Page 115 contains Jellett's notes, as follows:
(a, top) B. 3. Powder Mill Roxborough Powder MIll
Just west of where Gorgas Run crosses Gorgas Lane stood, about the year 1780, the saw mill of Benjamin Davis. In the year 1802 this was occupied by the Roxborough Powder MIll. The last occupant of the mill was the chemical works of Charles T. Crease.
(b, bottom) These notes are a description of a conveyance to John Wood made by William and Anna Louisa Peterson on October 1, 1833 in return for payment of yearly rent. Mention is made that these permises were conveyed by Sherifff Benjamin Duncan to William Peterson on September 8, 1833.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
