History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 85

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162

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Humphry Marshall.

1. Arbustum Americanum. The American Grove, or an Alphabetical Catalogue of Forest Trees and Shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged According to the Linnaan system, contuining the particular distinguishing characters of each Genus, with plain, simple, and familiar descriptione of the manner of growth, appearance, etc., of their several species and varie- ties. Also, some hints of their nGes in medicine, dyes, and domestic econ- omy. Compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors. By Humphry Marshall. Philadelphia: printed by Joseph Cruikshank, in Market Street, between Second and Third Streets, 1785. 8vo, pp. 174.

2. Observations on Botany as applicable to Rural Economics, tendiog to show the utility of Botanical Knowledge in relation to Agriculture, and the feed- ing of Cattle, etc. Prepared for tho Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, by Humphry Marshall, 1786.

See biographical sketch of Humphry Marshall for further notice of these works.

Rev. David Jones.

1. Peter Edwards' Candid Reasone Examined and Answered. By David Jones, A.M., Pastor of the Baptist Church at the Great Valley, Chester County. Philadelphia : printed for the anthor by Dennis Heartt, 1811.

2. Review of John Campbell's Sermon, preached at Stonomouth Meeting-Ilonse, Oct. 28, 1810, containing his opinion on the eulaject and mode of_Baptism, etc., in a letter submitted for that gentleman's consideration. By David Jones, Pastor of the Baptist Church at the Great Valley, Chester County. Philadelphia : printed for the author by Dennis Heartt, 1811.

These two works were subsequently published in one volume, Svo, pp. 201.

James Ross, A.M., LL.D.

1. Latin Grammar. 8vo, pp. 184.

The first edition was published in Chambersburg in 1798 ; the second in Lancaster in 1802; and subsequent editions in Philadelphia. It had reached the fifth edition in 1818, and the ninth in 1829. It was subsequently revised and enlarged by Prof. N. C. Brooks.

2. Greek Gravimar. First edition, 1813 ; second edition, 1817.

This work was wholly in Greek and Latin, not a word of English being used in the book.

3. Erasmi Colloqnia Selectæ: The Select Colloquies of Erasmins, with an English Translation. 1818. 12mo, pp. 172.

4. Corderii Colloquiommi Centuria Selecta; or, A Select Century of the Collo- quies of Corderius, with an English Translation. First edition, 1810; fifth edition, 1818. 12mo, pp. 156.

5. Selecta e Profauis Scriptorilrue Historia. 1819, 12mo, pp. 300.

6. Esop's Fables-Latin and English.

7. Ciceronis Epistolæ.

Mr. Ross also wrote and published a number of Latin poems, and translated the Preshytorian Shorter Catechismn into Latin. See bio- graphical sketch.

John Comly.

English Grammar made Easy to the Teacher and Pupil. Originally compiled for the use of Westtown Boarding-School, Chestor County, Pa. 18mo, pp. 216.

John Comly was, from 1800 to 1802, a teacher in the Westtown Friends' Boarding-School, and while there prepared his "English Grammar," the first edition of which was published in 1803. It has passed through numerous editions, and has been extensively nsed in schools and academies. His other well-known books were written after he left the Westtown school.

Thomas Ruston, M.D.

1. An Essay on Inoculation for the Small-pox, wherein the nature of the Disease is explained, and the various Methode of preparation that have been Prac-

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tlced in America are critically examined. First sdition, London, 1767; second edition, grently enlarged, 1768. 8vo, pp. 174.

2. A Collection of Facts interspersed with observations on the Nature, Cause, and Cure of the Yellow Fever, in a series of Lstters addressed to the inhab- itants of the United States. Philadelphia, 1804. 8vo, pp. 65.

The author of these volumes was a celebrated physician in his day. He was born al Fagg's Manor, Chester County, and was a sun of Job Ruston, long a prominent citizen of the county, and a member of the Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church.

Hugh Williamson, M.D., LL.D.

1. Discourse on the Benefits of Civil History, before the New York Historical Society. New York, 1810.

2. Observations on the Climate in different parts of America, compared with the climate In corresponding parts of the other Continent. To which is added remarks on the different Complexions of the Human Race; with some acconut of the Aborigines of America. With diagrame. New York, 1811. 8vo, pp. 207.

3. History of North Carolina, by Hugh Williamson, M.D., LL.D., Member of the Holland Society of Science, of the Society of Arts and Sciences of Utrecht, of the American Philosophical Society, etc. Philadelphia : published by Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House, No. 41 South Second Street, 1812. 8vo. 2 vols. With maps. Pp. 290, 288.

4. An Essay on Comete. Printed in the first volume of the "Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New York."

He was also the author of several valuable papers on medical, phil- osophical, scientife, and literary subjects, published in the American Medical and Philosophical Register, the Medical Repository, and other journals. He was a nutive of West Nottingham township, Chester Co., Pa. See hiographical sketch.

Thomas Carrington.

A Christian Exhortation to the People, dated the 9th of 3d mouth, 1778. Re- printed three times, 12mo, 8vo, and 16mo : the last in 1803.

The author was a member of Londongrove Friends' Meeting.

Samuel Emlen, M.D.

A valuable paper on yellow fever, the fruit of his observations- made as a member and secretary of the Board of Ilealth-when the yellow fever prevailed along the water-margin of Philadelphia in 1819. See biographical sketch.

John Gummere.

A Treatise on Surveying, containing the Theory and Practice; to which Is pre- fixed R Perspicuous System of Plans Trigonometry. The whole clearly demonstrated and illustrated by a large number of appropriate examples. Particularly adapted to the use of Schools. By John Gummere. First edition. Published by Kimber & Richardson, Philadelphia, 1814. 8vo. pp. 358.

This well-known treatise on surveying was prepared by the author, John Gummere, and the first edition was published while he was a teacher in the Westtown Boarding-School, in Chester County. It has passed through many editions, and is still extensively used in schools.

A new edition, revised and improved by Isaac Sharpless, has re- cently been published.

Francis Glass, A.M.

Georgii Washingtonii, America Septentrionalis Civitatum Fæderetarum Præsi- die primi, Vita, Francisco Glass, A.M., Literis Latinis conecripta.

This work was a life of Washington in Latin prose, by Francis Glass. Mr. Glass was one of the first teachers in the West Chester Academy, and the above work was prepared while he was a teacher there, abunt the year 1814. He subsequently removed to Ohio and died there. A revised edition of the work was published by IIarper & Brothers in 1835. It generally met the approval of scholars, and has been used as a text-book hy teachers. Mr. Glass was a man of erudition, and a thorough classical scholar. He devoted his life to teaching.

Joseph Sharpless.

Family Record; containing the Settlement and Genealogy to the present time, of the Sharples Family in North America. With an Appendix containing Memorials of the Dying Sayinge, etc., of several deceased Members of the Family, not before published. By Joseph Sharpless. Philadelphia: puh- Ilshed and sold by the author, No. 30 Arch Street; sold nleu by Kimber & Sharpless, No. 93 Market Street, 1816. 12mo, pp. 132.

This is an early work on family genealogy, it having had but few predecessors in this country, and, considering the time of its compi- lation, it is a very creditable performance. It is hoped some one or more of the now extensive family of Sharples, or Sharpless (the name being now spelled both ways, although the first is the original-mode),

will undertake the task of bringing the genealogy down to the present tiurc.

William Baldwin, M.D.

Notices of East Florida and the Ssa-Coast of the State of Georgia, in'n series of letters to a friend In Pennsylvania. By William Baldwin, M.D. With an Appendix containiog & Register of the Weather, and a Calendarium Florte, kept at St. Marys.

This was the title of a volumo in the course of preparation hy Dr. Baldwin, but the completion of which was prevented by his death in 1819. Some portions of it have been preserved in the " Reliquia Baldwinianæ" of Dr. William Darlington. Dr. Darlington was the " friend in Pennsylvania" to whom the letters were addressed. Dr. Baldwin was an eminent scientist, and published some valuable papers in Silliman's Journal and in the "Transactions of the American Philosophienl Society." He was a native of Newlin township. Sce biographical sketch.

John Creswell.

Essays and Letters on the World, or the Modern Observator on Various Subjecte. By a Citizen of Chester County. Priuted for the author, 1820. 12mo, pp. 153.

This is a collection of papers on various subjects, written in the form of letters, under the assumed signatures of John Rolday, Willy Markly, Conway Curden, J. Ingham, and B. Onghill. The author, John Creswell, was an eccentric bachelor, and resided in Londonderry township, about one-half inile north of Fagg's Manor Presbyterian church, on the road leading to Cochranville. His parents were Charles and Isabella (Walker) Creswell. He died in 1843, at the age of about sixty-five years.

Anonymous Songs.

Songs and other Jollification Ditties, collected chiefly from the columns of the American Republican. West Chester: printed at the office of the Republican, 1824. Pp. 31.

This was a collection of songs appropriate to the times, written by citizens of Chester County, and printed from time to time in the American Republican and other prints, and collected and published in a volume in 1824.

Hezekiah Niles.

I. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America. Dedicated to the " young men of the United States." By Hezekish Niles.

This work was first published in Baltimore in 1822, and republished in New York hy A. S. Barnes & Co. in 1876. Royal 8vo, pp. 500. It contains speeches, orations, and proceedings, with sketches and remarks on men and things belonging to the Revolutionary period of the United States, and is a very interesting and valuable contribution to the political history of the country.

2. Niles' Weekly Register.

This was a weekly octavo journal, each number containing sixteen pages, founded by Hezekiah Niles in 1811, and edited and published by him in Baltimore until 1836. It was continued by his son, William Ogden Niles, and others, until 1849. Fifty volumes were edited by Hezekiah Niles, and twenty-six by his son. The volumes of this journal contain an inexhaustible supply of valuable material for our national history, consisting of political, historical, geographical, sta- tistical, and biographical documents, essays, and facts, together with notices of the arts and manufactures, and a record of the events of the times, und it has always been held in high estimation.

Hezekiah Niles was born in East Bradford township, Chester County, on the farm now owned by John James, near Jefferis' Ford, on Oct. 10, 1777, and died in Wilmington, Del., April 2, 1839.

Samnel Jackson, M.D.

Dr. Samuel Jackson was a son of Isaac Jackson, of New Garden township, Chester County, where he was horn, Aug. 3, 1788. After graduating as M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, he settled at Northumberland, where he resided until beyond middle life, in the enjoyment of a large medical practice. He then removed to Phila- delphia, and engaged in the practice of his profession there, and was designated as Dr. Jackson, " formerly of Northumberland," probably to distinguish him from Prof. Samuel Jackson, of the Medical Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, as they bore the same name, were nearly the same age, and hoth eminent in their profession. Ile wrote a work entitled "Nature Improved, or a New Method of Teach- ing Languages, Exemplified by its Application to Latin, Greek, and French," which was published in Philadelphia, by Robert H. Small, in 1827. 12mo; pp. 166. He was also the author of numerous valu-

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able medical and literary papers and addresses, which were published from time to time, among them extended memoirs of Dr. Benjamin Rash and Dr. Isaac Parrish. Dr. Jackson was an elegant scholar, a forcible writer, and profoundly learned in his profession. He died Dec. 17, 1869. One of his sons-Francis Aristides Jackson-has been for many years Professor of Latin in the University of Pennsylvania.

John Jones.

The Power of Deception Unveiled, and The Man of Sin Revealed; in An Anal- ysis of the Book of Revelations, to which is prefixed An Essay on the Sys- tem of Man. By Joha Jones. Philadelphia : published by R. H. Small, 1829. Quarto, pp. 350.

The author of this work was a native of Chester County. It was his wish that it should be published soon after his death, which oc- carred in 1800, but it did not appear until 1829, when it was pub- lishicd through the instrumentality of his friend, Joseph Churcharan, of Frankford, Pa. It contains a biographical sketch of the author, by Joseph Churchman; an introductory address by the author; an essay on the system of man, being a theological dissertation, com- posed of several sections ; and the Analysis of the Revelations, in twelve parts. The last is a lengthy discourse, explanatory of the alle- gorical or figurative parts of the Book of Revelation, and in it is manifested the great originality and reasoning powers of tho author. He was noted as a powerful, as well as eloquent, preacher among Friends.

Thomas L. Smith, M.D.

Chronicles of Turkeytown; or, the Works of Jeremy Peters. Containing the history of a Dreadful Catastrophe, the Amours of Dr. Poet and Mrs. Peweetle, and the History of a Tatterdemalion. By Thomas L. Smith, M.D. Pbila- delphia : R. H. Small, 165 Chestnut Street, 1829. 12mo, pp. 238.

Dr. Smith, when this book was written, resided in Easttown town- ship, Chester County, and was engaged in the practice of medicine. Ile subsequently removed to New Albany, Ind., and became a member of the bar, and, eventually, one of the judges of the Supreme Court of Indiana. He was also for some years one of the editors and pro- prietors of the Louisville Democrat, and had many a tilt with the witty George D. Prentice, who then edited the Louisville Journal.

Titus Bennett.

A New System of Practical Arithmetic, particularly calculated for the use of Schools in the United States; containing a large proportion of examples in Federal Money, in each rule throughout the work. Compiled by Titus Bennett. To which is annexed a Course of Book-Keeping by Single Eutry. Philadelphia.

Eight large editions of this arithmetic were published prior to the year 1824. In that year it was revised, and a new edition, called the " Revised Impression," was issued by Bennett & Walton, pohlishers, in Philadelphia. The sixteenth edition of this revised impression was issued in 1829. The book was very popular, and was for many years extensively used in the schools. "Dilworth's Assistant," as it was called, was also in use at the same time. In Chester County these were generally superseded by Pike's, Rose's, and other arith- metics, over forty years ago. The older persons now living will remember having in their school-days "ciphered" in Bennett and Dilworth. Titus Bennett was a native of Birmingham township, Chester County.

Cheyney Hannum and John Rutter.

Chester County Almanac for the year 1833; containing the usual Astronomical Calculations, and a variety of entertaining Statistical Matter. Calculated by Hannum and Rutter. Printed by Denny & Whitehead, West Chester, Pa. 12mo, pp. 32.

Probably few of the people of Chester County know that an almanac was at one time published within her borders wholly the work of her citizens. This almanac for 1833 was calculated by Cheyney Hannamn and John Rutter, then engaged in teaching, and printed by John T. Denny and William Whitehead, at that time editors and proprietors of the National Republican Advocate, a weekly newspaper, published at West Chester. In addition to the usual astronomical tables, it cuntains forms and directions for transacting business at the Bank of Chester County, directors and officers of the bank, chronologienl list of officers of the United States government since the Revolution, Dr. IIershell's weather table, times of holding court, etc. It presented a very cred- itable appearance, and was fully equal to the other almanacs of that day.

Alexander Maitland.

The Political Instructor and Guido to Knowledge; being s Compendium of Po- litical Information. Designed for the use of Schools. By Alexander Mait-

land, Esq., of the County of Chaster. Philadelphis: printed by William Browa for the author, 1833. 12mo, pp. 355.

The compiler of this volume was a resident of Brandywine town- ship. It contains a large amount of information of a political char- acter, suitable, at the time of its publication, for the instruction of the people. The writer of this can attest its value from having studied it while a youth, and finding it what it purported to be, "a political instructor and guide to knowledge." It contains also a collection of forms frequently needed by the people in the transaction of their business. The work was published by subscription. A list of the subscribers' names, numbering about one thousand, was appended to the volume; of these, about three-fourths were of Chester County.

Joshua Jones.

English Grammar, in two parts. The First, A brief analysis of tho English Language. Tha Second, A practical system of Etymology and Syntax, with exercises in Parsing and Corrections. By Joshua Jones, Great Valley, West Chester, Pa. Printed by Simeon Siegfried, 1833. 12mo, pp. 366.

Jesse Conard.

1. Stephen Moreland. A Novel. In two volumes. By Jesse Conard. Phila- delphia : Key & Biddle, 23 Minor Street, 1834. 12mo, pp. 247, 253.

2. The Secrets of Mount Echo. An American Romance. By Jesse Conard. Cincinnati : Robinson & Jones, 1848. 8vo, pp. 122.

The author of these volumes was a member of the Chester County bar, and the scenes of the novels are laid in Chester County.

Enoch Lewis.

1. A Revised Edition of Simpson's Trigonometry. Published 1810.

2. A Revised Edition of Boanycastle's Algebra. 1811.

3. A Treatise on Arithmetic. First published 1a 1819 .- 12mo.

4. The Practical Analyst; or, A Treatise on Algebra, containing the most use- ful parts of thst Science. Illustrated by a copious collection of examples. Designed for the use of Schools. Philadelphia: Kimber & Sharplass, 1826. 12mo, pp. 166.

5. A Familiar Introduction to English Grammar, on the Taductive System. 1836. 12mo.

6. A Treatise ou Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ; including the construction of the Auxiliary Tables, a Concise Tract on the Conic Sections, and the Principles of Spherical Projection. 1844. 8vo, pp. 228.

The foregoing works passed through several editions, and were exten- sively used in schools. The author was a thorough mathematician and grammarian.

7. A View of the Militia System of Pennsylvania. 1822.

8. A View of the Preseut State of the African Slave Trade. 1824. Pp. 120.

9. Vindication of the Society of Friends, being a reply to s review in the fifth volume of the " Biblican Repertory" of Dr. Samuel H. Cox's work, entitled " Quakerisin not Christianity." 1834. 8vo, pp. 73.

10. A work on Domestic Slavery. 1837. Pp. 120.

11. The African Observer. A Monthly Journal, containing Essays and Docu- ments illustrative of the General Character and Moral and Politics1 Effects of Negro Slavery. Edited by Enoch Lewis. One volume. 1828. 8vo, pp. 384.

12. A Dissertation on Oaths. 1838. 12mo, pp. 100.

13. Observations on Legal and Judicial Oatlıs. 1846.

14. Essay ou Baptism, showing that the Baptism of the Spirit, and not with water, is the True Christian Baptism. 1839. 12mo, pp. 63.

15. Life of William Penn, in a series of Essays published in The Friend, 1844 and 1845.

16. Friends' Review. A Religious, Literary, and Miscellaneous Journal. Ed- ited by Enoch Lewis, ia nine volumes, 1847 to 1856. Roynl octavo, each volume pp. 832.

See biographical sketch of Enoch Lewis.

Joseph J. Lewis.

Letters on the History of Chester County, -- twenty-seven numbers,-published in the Village Record, West Chestor, Ps., from Jaunary to August, 1824.

Anthony Bolmar.

1. A Collection of One Hundred Fables, with two Keys, one for the literal und free translation, and the other for the pronunciation of the Freach text. Philadelphia. 12mo.

2. Les Adventures da Telémsque, par Fénélon, with a key for the literal and free translation uf the first eight hooks ; intended as a sequel to the Fables. Philadelphia. 12mo.

3. A Collection of Colloquial Phrases, on svery Topic necessary to maintain Con- versation ; arranged under different heads; with remarks on the Peculiar Pronunciation and nee of various words. The whole so disposed as consid- ernbly to facilitate the acquisition of a correct pronunciation of the French. Philadelphia, 1830. 16mo. A new edition, revised and corrected, 1850. 16mo, pp. 208. Published by Les & Blanchard.

4. A Complete Treatise on the Genders of Freach Nouns. 12mo, pp. 14.

5. A Book of the French Verbs, both regular and irregular; with numerous notes and directions. Original oditioa, 1831 ; naw edition, 1850. 12mo, pp. 173. Lee & Blanchard, Philadelphia.

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6. A Theoretical and Prnetical Grammar of the French Language. By M. de Levizac. With numerous correctlons, improvements, and additions, by A. Bolmar, Principal of the West Chester Academy, and anthor of several works to facilitate the acquirement of the French Language. First edition, 1834; fifth edition, correctod by the author, 1838. Philadelphia : E. L. Carey & A. Hart. 12mn, pp. 467.

7. Key to tlie Exercises of the preceding Grammar.

8. The Institutes of Morality, for the instruction of Youth, with numerous Scriptural references, by Questione and Answers. Traneluted by Eli K. Price and A. Bolmar.

Anthony Bolmar, the author and translator of the foregoing worka, was for many years principal of the old West Chester Academy, and subsequently of " Bolmar's School for Boys," in West Chester. He educated many thousand boys, and his pupils wero from almost every seetion of the country, and from the West Indies and South America. See biographical sketch.

Charles Miner.

1. Essaye from the desk of Poor Robert the Scribe, containing Lessons in Man- ners, Morale, and Domestic Economy. Originally published in the Gleaner. Duylestown : printed by Asher Miuer, July, 1815. 12mo, pp. 120.

The author of these essays was Charles Miner, for many years editor, and one of the proprietors, of the Village Record, of West Chester, and at one time a member of Congress from Chester County. One of the essays in this volume, entitled "Who'll turn Grindstone?" con- tains the original of the expression, " He has an axe to grind," an expression which is world-wide, but of the origin of which very few have any knowledge. The essay represents a boy persuaded by flat- tering words to turn grindstono for a man who wished to grind an axe, and who, when it was done, was sent off without praise or reward, with a reprimand for playing truant. The writer of the essay moral- izes upon incidents in real life, and eloses each thought with the expression, "Thinks I to myself, he has an axe to grind."

: . History of Wyoming, in a Series of Letters, from Charles Miner, to his con William Peno Miner, Esq .. with an Appendix, containing The Hazleton Travellers; or, numerous Personal and Family Sketches of the ancient Suf- ferers, together with various incidental and illustrative matter, by Charles Miner, including a description of the Monument, and a Ballad on the ter- rible Massacre of 1778, written immediately after the event, Philadelphia, 1845. 8vo, pp. 504, with maps and other illustratione.

This is the standard history of the far-famed Wyoming Valley, and leaves but little to be gleaned by the future historian in that field.

William Darlington, M.D.

1. Florula Cestrice: An Essay towerde a Catalogue of the Phanogamone Plants, native and naturalized, growing in the vicinity of the Borough of West Chester, in Chester Co., Pa .: with brief notices of their properties, and uses, in medicine, rural economy, and the arts. To which is subjoined an Appen- dix of the Useful Cultivated Plante of the same district. By William Dar- lington, M.D. West Chester, Pa : printed for the author, by Simeon Sieg- fried, 1826. Large octavo, pp. 152, illustrated.

2. Flora Cestrica: An attempt to enumerate and describe the flowering and filicoid Plants of Chester County, in the State of Pennsylvania. By William Darlington, M.D., President of the Chester County Cabinet of Natural Sci- ence, Member of the American Philosophical Society, Correspondent of the Academy of Natural Sciences, at Philadelphia, and of the Lyceum of Nat- ural History, at New York, etc. West Chester, Pa. : printed for the enthor, by Simeon Siegfried, 1837. 12mo, pp. 640, with a map of Chester County.

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 85

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts Number of Pages: 1162

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162