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History of York County Pennsylvania

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History of York County Pennsylvania

  • published by J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1907

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** See also, a book with a similar title History of York County Pennsylvania, From the Earliest Time to the Present. published in 1886

Table of Contents

Volume 1
Chapter I. Organization of the County — Topography — Geology — The Indians
Chapter II. Indian Conferences of 1721 and 1722— Keith's Newberry Tract
Chapter III. Springettsbury Manor— Blunston's Licenses
Chapter IV. Border Troubles — The Chester County Plot — Colonel Thomas Cresap
Chapter V. The Boundary Line — Digges' Choice — Manor of Maske — The Temporary Line — Mason and Dixon's Line
Chapter VI. Pioneers and Pioneer Life
Chapter VII. Early Highways— Roads, Ferries and Bridges
Chapter VIII. Friends or Quakers
Chapter IX. The Scotch-Irish
Chapter X. The Germans-Mennonites — German Baptists — Dutch and Huguenot Colony — Early Marriages and Baptisms
Chapter XI. The French and Indian War
Chapter XII. The Revolution — First York County Troops — Battle of Long Island
Chapter XIII. The Flying Camp — Battles of Fort Washington, Trenton and Princeton
Chapter XIV. Battles of Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown and Monmouth — Major John Clark— Genera1 Henry Miller — Colonel Thomas Hartley
Chapter XV. Pennsylvania Line, Pulaski's Legion and Armand's Legion at York — Quartermaster's Posts in York County
Chapter XVI. British and Hessian Prisoners — Baron and Baroness Riedesel at York
Chapter XVII. Associators — Muster Rolls and Pensioners
Chapter XVIII. Continental Congress at York— First National Thanksgiving — Artic1es of Confederation Adopted— Proceedings in 1778
Chapter XIX. Alliance with France — Death of Philip Livingston— Baron Steuben at York — The Conway Cabal— Gates-Wilkinson Duel— Members of Congress
Chapter XX. Whiskey Insurrection
Chapter XXI. War of 1812— Rendezvous at York
Chapter XXII. Mexican War — York County Soldiers
Chapter XXIII. The Civil War— Camp Scott — Regimental Muster Rolls-Confederate Invasions of 1862 and 1863
Chapter XXIV. Emergency Troops — Confederates at York and Wrightsville — United States Hospital at York.
Chapter XXV. Battle of Hanover— The Monument
Chapter XXVI. The Spanish- American War
Chapter XXVII. Noted Men of York County
Chapter XXVIII. The Bench and the Bar
Chapter XXIX. The Medical Profession
Chapter XXX. Educational
Chapter XXXI. The Printing Press
Chapter XXXII. Political — Post Offices — Census Reports
Chapter XXXIII. Slavery in York County — The Underground Railroad
Chapter XXXIV. Turnpikes— Canals— Railroads— Telegraph — Telephone
Chapter XXXV. Storms and Floods — Weather Observations
Chapter XXXVI. Distilling and Tobacco Culture
Chapter XXXVII. City of York — Early History
Chapter XXXVIII. Before and After 1800
Chapter XXXIX. City of York— Religious History
Chapter XL. City of York— Schools, Societies, Libraries
Chapter XLI. City of York — Visits of Famous Men
Chapter XLII. City of York— Banks and Manufacuring
Chapter XLIII. City of York — Public Enterprises
Chapter XLIV. City of York— Military and Fire Department
Chapter XLV. City of York— Markets, Inns Hotels
Chapter XLVI. Borough of Hanover
Chapter XLVII. Cross Roads — Dallastown — Delta — Dillsburg — Dover — East Prospect — Fawn Grove — Felton — Franklintown— Glen Rock— Goldsboro— Jefiferson— Lewisberry— Loganville
Chapter XLVIII. Manchester— New Freedom— Railroad— Red Lion — Seven Valley — Shrewsbury — Spring Grove — Stewartstown — Wellsville — Windsorville — Winterstown — Wrightsville — Yoe — York Haven— York New Salem
Chapter XLIX. Township History — Carroll — Chanceford — Codorus —Conewago— Dover
Chapter L. Fairview— Fawn— Franklin— Heidelberg— Hellam— Hopewell— Jackson— Lower Chanceford
Chapter LI. Lower Windsor— Manchester and East Manchester — Manheim — Monaghan — Newberry — North Codorus — Paradise — Peach Bottom
Chapter LII. Penn— Shrewsbury— Springfield — Springgettsbury — Spring Garden — Warrington — Washington — West Manchester— West Manheim— Windsor York
Volume II - Biographical - Index of names starts on page 1048

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