Download or read book History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by William Watts Hart Davis and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by William Watts Hart Davis and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by J. H. Battle and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by William Watts Hart Davis and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1975 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of v. 3 of the 1905 ed. published by Lewis Pub. Co., New York under title: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time.
Download or read book History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by William Watts Hart Davis and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by J. H. Battle and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by J. H. Battle and published by Southern Historical Press. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By: J.H. Battle, Pub. 1887, reprinted 2020, 1086 pages, Index, hard cover, ISBN #0-89308-912-5. Bucks County was created in 1682 and was one of the first three counties created within the state. It is the parent county to Northampton and Lehigh counties. It sits in the Delaware Valley just north of Philadelphia in the Southeastern portion of the state boarding New Jersey. This book is broken up into two main sections. The first deals with the history of the county with such things as: early settlements on the Delaware, Dutch occupation, Indian hostilities and land claims, pioneer life, Dutch & English immigration, the Militia, the court system, slavery within the county, along with the discussion of the development & history of the various towns or boroughs found throught the county. The second section of this book is devoted to 1028 biographical sketches of these early settlers broken down via townships or boroughs and followed up with a new Full Names Index with approximately 27,000 entries.
Download or read book HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA written by WILLIAM WATTS HART. DAVIS and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hidden History of Bucks County written by Jennifer Rogers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bucks County was an original county in William Penn's newly formed Pennsylvania province and has carried the weight of history ever since. Join author Jennifer Rogers as she recounts the lesser-known history of Bucks County. Industrial power in the region expanded in the late 1700s as Irish laborers sacrificed life and limb to construct a section of the Pennsylvania Canal and the Durham Furnace. In 1921, a gruesome train wreck claimed the lives of twenty-seven people, forever leaving its tragic mark on the busy rail lines emerging from Philadelphia. Raised a Quaker in Doylestown, James A. Michener went from local English teacher to Pulitzer Prize-winning author, leaving his philanthropic mark at the art museum named for him.
Download or read book The History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by William Watts Hart Davis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time Labor of love, than of gain, to the author. It was undertaken from a desire to preserve interesting facts, connected with its settle ment and history, that in a few years would have been lost forever; and no reasonable compensation would reward us for the seven yc-ars' labor bestowed upon it. We labored under many ditliculties. Its story had never been written, and the material, in a great measure, had to be first gathered in isolated facts and then woven into the thread of history. This was the most difficult part of our task. In most cases individuals and families gave up their papers for ex amination, which proved of great assistance. With the lapse of years the material grow upon our hands beyond our anticipations, and we could have written a larger work, but are content to give the result of our labors in a volume not too large for convenient use. Our greatest diflieulty was in collecting matter relating to the set tlement and early history of the German townships, because they were less in the habit of preserving family and personal records. We consulted the most reliable records and authorities to be reached, and are satisfied it contains as few errors as could reason ably be expected in a work of the kind. As a rule we have given the original spelling of the names of both persons and places, which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book History of Bucks County written by J. H. Battle and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by William Watts Hart Davis and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book History of Bucks County Pennsylvania from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time written by William Watts Hart Davis and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Bucks County Pennsylvania Vol 1 written by William W. H. Davis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Vol. 1: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time Bucks, one of the three original counties of Pennsylvania, is bounded on the northeast and southeast by the Delaware, southwest by Philadelphia and Montgomery counties, and, 011 the north, by Lehigh and Northampton. The surface is uneven and rolling, the soil fertile. It is watered by several tributaries of the Delaware, the princi pal being the Neshaminy, Pennypack, I'oquessing, Tohickon, and a branch of the I'erkiomen emptying into the Schuylkill. Limestone, in large quan tities, is found in the central region of the county. And valuable deposits of iron ore in the northeast. The inhabi tants are almost exclusively employed in agricultural pursuits. In 1790 the population was 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book History of Bucks County Pennsylvania from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time written by W W H (William Watts Hart) 18 Davis and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book History of Bucks County Pennsylvania written by William W. H. Davis and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bucks County Pennsylvania written by Kathryn Finegan Clark and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for an intimate depiction of a community that's known throughout the world for its natural beauty and nurturing of the arts. Explore remnants of the county's 330-year history through 191 images and story-essays, showing how the present has roots in the past - how the old becomes new. This collection goes beyond the iconic fieldstone farmhouse and covered bridge to capture the magic flavor of the region. Visit spots most tourists never see and discover some surprising secrets, such as the oldest "old boy's club" in the world, pyramids, Ivy League Indians, and more. From estate to public park, old towns to villages, relive the history of Bucks County as it enters a prosperous now.
