History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 89

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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By the Presbyterian Board of Publication : Sunbeam, and Other Stories, 1863 ; School-Daye of Jequie Graham, 1863; Harold, 1866; Mabel Clarke, 1868; Out of the Dark, 1872; Now and Then, 1879; Five Women of England, 1881.

By the American Sunday-School Ucion: Talks About Adam and His Family, 1866; Trials and Triumphe, 1865; Guy Dennis, 1876; Locust Grove Stories, 1870.

By Garrigues & Brother: Uncle Sydney's Captaio, 1875.

John R. Sweeney.

John R. Sweeney, a native of West Chester, is a noted and reputable composer of music, and has published a number of books of sacred music, some of them in connection with others, of which the follow- ing are the titles :

1. Songs of the Night. 1872. Pp. 24.

2. Goodly Pearls. 1875. Pp. 160.

3. The Gems of Praise. 1876. Pp. 176.

4. The Royal Fountain .. 1877. Pp. 25.

5. The Garner. 1878. Pp. 120.

6. Joy to The World. 1879. Pp. 205.

7. The Quiver. 1880. Pp. 126.

8. The Royal Fountnio, No. 2. 1880. Pp. 32.

9. Songs of Cheer. 1880. Pp. 15.

10. The Welle of Salvation. 1881. Pp. 160.

11. The Church Choir, a Book of Anthems. 1881. Pp. 280.

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Six of these works were prepared by Mr. Sweeney alone, and five in connection with other persons. Mr. Sweeney has been for many years professor of music in the Pennsylvania Military Academy, at Chester, Pa.

William Entriken Baily.

Modern Rhymes. By William Entriken Baily. Philadelphia : printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1879. 12mu, pp. 104.

This volume euntains twenty poems. They are meritorious produc- tions, and show that the author, a young man, is endowed with the true poetic faculty.

Isaac D. Johnson, M.D.

1. Therapeutic Key ; or, Practical Guide for the Homoeopathic Treatment of Disease. New York and Philadelphia : Boericks & Tafel, 1879. 18mo, pp. 347.

This is designed as a work of ready reference for physicians of the homeopathic school, or, as its title indicates, is a practical guide in the treatment of disease. It was first published in 1871, and contained 187 pages ; since then it has passed through ten editions, has been en- larged from time to time, and now contains 347 pages. The last edition contains valuable practical hints on diagnostics, a feature not in the previous editinns. The work is popular with physicians of the homoeo- pathic school, for whom it was especially written.

2. A Guide to Ilomœopathic Practice. Designed for the use of Families and Private Individuale. New York aud Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1880. Svo, pp. 494.

This work is written in a comprehensive manner, and by the aid of it the intelligent layman can prescribe successfully for many of the ordinary ailments of life. The work is highly ceminended by the pro- fession, and has met a ready sale both in this country and in Europe.

Moses Mendenhall Auge.

1. Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa. By M. Auge. Published by tho Author, Norristown, Pa .. 1879. 8vo, pp. 508.

2. Five Essays or Lectures on Some of the Great Questions of the Day, with sketch of the author and his ancestors. By M. Auge, Norristown, 1879. 8vo, pp. 56.

Joseph T. Rothrock, M.D.

1. Sketch of the Flora of Alaska. Published in the report of the Smithsonico Institution for 1867. Pp. 30.

2. Botany. Being the sixth volume of the United States Geographical Surveys weet of the Que Hundredth Meridian, Lieut. George M. Wheeler, U. S. Eu- gineers, in charge, 1878. Quarto, pp. 404, with thirty plates and a frontis- piece. This volume containe (described or enumerated) 1657 species of our far Western and Southwestern plante, representing 637 genere and 104 orders, besides 52 pages of physical geography and economic hotany.

3. Catalogue of Trees and Shrubs Native of and lotroduced in the Horticultural Gardens adjacent to Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 1880. 8vo, pp. 99.

This volume gives also a short statement of tho character and uses of the trees and shrubs in the park.

4. Medical Botany of North America.

This work is (1881) in preparation, and will form an betavo volume of probably six hundred pages.

In addition to the foregoing works, Dr. Rothroek has published about six hundred pages in various medical, popular, and scientific periodicals of the country.

John Rutter.

The Culture and Diseases of the Peach. A complete treatise for the nee of Peach Growers and Gardeners of Pennsylvania, aod all districts affected by the " yellows" and other diseases of the tree. By John Rutter, West Chee- ter, Pa., ex-President of the Chester County Horticultural Society, and Hon- orany Member of the Pennsylvania Fruit-Growers' Society. 1880. 8vo, pp. 100.

This is the work of one thoroughly qualified by experience for the task, and fruit-growers will do well to give heed to his advice and in- structiens.

Willis P. Hazard.

Aunals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the Olden Time; or, Memoirs, Anecdotes, and Incidente of Philadelphia and its Inhabitants from the days of the Founders. By Willis P'. Hazard. Philadelphia : J. M. Stoddart & Co. 1879. Royal octavo, pp. 524. Profusely illustrated.

This forms the third volume of the work known as Watson's " An- nals uf Philadelphia and Pennsylvania." Watson's "Annals" was published some years since in two volumes, and a new edition being called for, the publishers requested Mr. Ilazard " to prepare an ad-

ditional volume of similar character, which, in the light of later re- seareb, would eliminate certain facts, and by additions bring some portions down to a recent period; also make necessary corrections of various things that cither escaped Mr. Watson's notice, or which docu- ments that were net then accessible have since proved to have been different." This third volume was accordingly prepared by Mr. Haz- ard, with a single index to the whole three volumes. The work is a valuable addition to Watson's " Annals," and contains a large amount of very interesting historical matter not contained in the original work. Mr. Hazard resides in East Bradford township, Chester County.

John Russell Young.

Around the World with General Grant. A narrative of the visit of Geoernl U. S. Grant, ex-President of the United States, to varione countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879. By Joha Rneeell Young. Published by the American News Company, New York. Two volumes. Royal octavo, pp. 1360, with eight hundred illustrations.

Isaac Sharpless.

1. The Elements of Plane and Solid Geometry, with chapters on Mensuration and Modern Geometry. By Isaac Sharplees, Professor of Mathematics in Haverford College, Pa. l'hiladelphia : Porter & Coates, 1879. Svo, pp. 260.

2. The Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry, and a Trentise on Mensura- tion, with Logarithmic Tables. By lsaac Sharpless. 8vo, pp. 386.

3. A New Edition of John Gummere's Surveying, Revised and Corrected, with Additional Matter. By Isaac Sharpless.

This is the most thorough and practical treatise on the subject pub- lished.

Thomas K. Brown.

Elementary Algebra. By Thomas K. Brown, of Westtown Boarding School. Philadelphia : Porter & Coates, 1879. 1'p. 244.

George L. Maris, A.M.

The Normal English Grammar. A manual of analysis and parsing, for the nee of schools and teachers. By George L. Muris. A.M., Principal of the West Chester State Normal School. West Chester, Pa., 1880. Square 18mo, pp. 112.

The author, in the preface, states that the work was prepared by him to mect the wants of his classes, and that the method adopted is one that he has used for several years to the entire satisfaction of his normal classes.

Prof. George G. Groff, M.D.

1. The Common Minerals, Ores, and Rocks of Chester County, Pa. Chart. Ar- rnoged for use in the schoole of Chester County.

2. The Common Minorals and Ores of the States of Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and Maryland. Chart.

3. The Chemical Elemente. Chart.

4. Geological Chart.

5. Plant Description.

6. Elements of Animal Physiology.

7. Elemente of Mineralogy.

8. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry.

9. A Manual of Accidente aod Emergencies.

Professor Groff is a native of Tredyffrin township, Chester County ; was for some years natural seicnee professor in the West Chester State Normal School, and is now (1881) a professor in the university at Lewisburg, Pa.

Edwin A. Barber.

Mr. Barber has in course of preparation for early publication, a work to be entitled " Antiquity of the Tobacco-Pipe," a subject to which he has devoted much attention. The volume will be an octavo, illustrated, and euntain from 250 to 300 pages.

Mr. Barber has published several valuable papers, among them the following : "Comparative Vocabulary of the Utah (Indian) Dialcets," 1877; " Les Anciens Pueblos," published in French, 1877 ; and "Com- parisen of Pueblo Pottery with Egyptian and Grecian Ceramics," 1878.

The author is a son of William E. Barber, Esq., a member of the bar of Chester County.

Esther J. Trimhle.

1. A Chart of General Liternture, from the earliest times, embracing a complete outline of English Literature, with the prooniuent writers of other nations; also a chart of Ancient Literature. By E. J. Tricible, Instructor of Litera- ture in Swarthmore College. Philadelphia : J. M. Stoddart & Co., 1875.

This chart is an outline history of universal literature. It presents at a glance the prominent facts in the history of literature throughout all ages, showing the different periods of intellectual development in different countries, the origin, growth, and decline of the various forms of literature, the prominent contemporary writers of all nations,

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with other facts incident to the subject of literature. All writers are c'assed upon the chart under seven beads, namely, poets, dramatists, novelists, philosophers, theologians, historians, and essayists. A brief biographieal rceord gives the names of nearly fourteen bundred per- sons more or less distinguished in literature, with dates of birth and death, nature of their writings, and the nationality of each.

The ebart is published in two forms; it is mounted liko a map, to be used on the wall, and it is also prepared in book form for desk or reference use. In the latter shape it is a folio, fifteen by twenty- one inches, pp. 62.

2. A History of English Literature.

This work is in course of preparation, and it is contemplated to publish it during the present year (1881). It will form an oetavo volume of about 400 pages. Each chapter will be devoted to a period of English literature, prefaced with a brief history of the times, and the whole will constitute a connected history of the development of English literature. Specimens from the best authors will be given, and biographical sketehes of all the important lives.

Miss Trimble is now (1881) professor of English Literature in the Normal School at West Chester, Pa.

John M. Jenkins.

Trials and Triumphe of a Traveling Typo, Truthfully Told.

This is an autobiographieal work, by John M. Jenkins, of the office of the Weekly Times, Coatesville, which is now (1881) in press.

William T. Haines, Esq.

Township and Local Laws of the State of Pennsylvania, compiled from the Acts of Assembly by William T. Haines, a meniher of the West Chester Bar. West Chester, Pa .: Edward F. James, Printer and Publisher, 1860. 8vo, pp. 418.

This volume contains all the township and local laws in feree at the time of its publication, with a large collection uf valuable legal forms.

Francis C. Hooton, Esq.

1. The General and Special Pennsylvania Road Laws. By F. C. Ilooton, a member of the West Chester Bur. West Chester: American Republican, Book, Card, and Job Printer, 1869. fvo, pp. 46.

2. The Supervisor's Guide: A manual of the Road Laws of Pennsylvania, with the decisions thereon. By F. C. Hooton, of the West Chester Bar. Phila- delphia : Kay & Brother, Law Publishers, etc., 1872. 8vo, pp. 120.

This is a seeond and thoroughly revised edition of the above work, and is admirably adapted to instruct supervisers and other township officers in their doties.

John J. Pinkerton, Esq.

A Practical Guide to Administrators, Guardiane, and Assignecs, containing full and complete instructions for the settlement of estates, together with all the necessary forms, explanations, and directions. By John J. Pinkerton, Connsellor-et-Law. West Chceter, Pa .: E. B. Moore, 1870. 8vo, pp. 115.

Hon. P. Frazer Smith.

1 .. Forme of Procedure in the Courts of Pennsylvania. A complete and reliable collection of Forms of Procedure in the Courts of Quarter Sessions, Orphane' Court, Register'e Court, before the Register, In the Court of Common Plene, etc. By P. Frazer Smith, Counsellor-st-Law, etc. Philadelphia: H. P. & R. H. Small, Law Bookeellers and Publishers, 1862. Large Svo, pp. 748.

A new edition of this work was published in 1872, under the title of " A Complete Collection of Forms of Procedure in the Several Courts of Pennsylvania." By P. Frazer Sinith, Counsellor-at-Law, State Reporter, etc. Second edition. Philadelphia: Kay & Brother, Law Booksellers, Publishers, etc., 1872. Svo, pp. 791.

2. Pennsylvania State Reports, comprieing cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1865 to 1876. By P. Frazer Smith, State Re- porter. Thirty-two volumes, 8vo, each containing about 576 pagee.

Frederick S. Dickson, Esq.

1. AD Analysis of Blackstone'e Commentaries. By Frederick S. Dickson, of West Chester, Pn. Philadelphia : Rees Welch, Law Bookseller, Publisher, Gud Importer, 1872. Quarto, pp. 98.

2. An Analysis of Kent's Commentaries. By Frederick S. Dickson. Philadel- phia : Recs Welsh, Publieher, 1875. Quarto, pp. 428.

These volumes are designed for the use of students of the cemmen- taries of Sir William Blackstone and of Chancellor Kent, and will bo found of great service, not only to the law student, but to the prac- tieing lawyer.

James Monaghan, Esq.

Chester County Reports, being reporte of cases decided in the several courte of Chester County, etc. Vol. I. in preparation.

Directories.

1. Directory of the Borough of West Chester for 1857. Wood & Janes, Poh- lichere. Weet Chester, 1857. 8vo, pp. 160.

This work, besides being a complete directory of West Chester at that time, contains also a history of the town, and of Mason and Dixon's line, both written by Dr. William Darlington.

2. Directory of Chester County for 1870-71, containing the names, business, and address of the merchants, manufacturers, and professional men throughont the county, prominent farmers, sketches of the principal towns and villages, etc. Compiled by Samuel Alexander. Published by Andrew Boyd, 1871. Large 8vo, pp. 232.

3. Directory of West Chester for 1879-80. Compiled by S. Fred. Boyd. Jamies & Webb, Publishers and Printers, Wilmington, Delaware. Svo, pp. 125.

Maps.

Map of Chester Conoty, constructed by virtuo of an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania. By Jatues Hindman. 1822 and 1830. Scale, two aud one- half miles to an inch.

James Hindman, who constructed this map, was a surveyor of re- pute, residing in the western part of the county. It was first pub- lished in 1822, by James Melish, of Philadelphia, and again in 1830, by II. S. Tanner. It gives the various townships as they then existed, the roads and places of note in the county, with tolerable aeeuraey. A statistical table is also given, containing the geological formation of the county, a list of the townships, their length and breadth, area, face of country, character of soil, population, post-offices, and their distances from West Chester, and other matter of interest.

This map is now very searce, a copy of it being seldom met with. Map of Chester County. From Original Surveys. By Samuel M. Painter and John S. Bowen. Projected and drawn by John S. Bowen, West Chester, 1847. Scale, one inch to the mile.

This map was a decided improvement on that of Mr. Ilindman, and was made with great aeeuraey, and on a much larger scale. A statis- tical tahle gives a list of the post-offices, townships, number of acres in eneh township, and population according to the census of 1840.

In 1856 the copyright was transferred by Messrs. Painter and Bowen to T. J. Kennedy, who made some corrections and additions and pub- lished a new edition, embellished around the border with views of the public buildings of the county, and of some private residences.

Map of the Vicinity of Philadelphia. From actual surveys. By D. J. Lake and S. N. Beers. 1860. Scale, one inchi to the mile.

This map includes Chester County, and gives the names of all the land-owners in the county. On the inargin are plans of the boroughs, and of a number of the principal villages.

Map of the Borough of West Chester, Pa. Surveyed and drawn by Martin and Kennedy. Scale, two hundred feet to the inch.

The names of all the owners of property are given. 1860.

Bird's-Eye View of West Chester, Pa. 1874.

This map is eighteen by twenty-five inches.

Map of the Borough of West Chester, Pa. By J. D. Scott. 1877.

Map of New Csetle County, Delaware. From original surveys. By Samuel M. Rea and Jacob Price. Published by Sutton & Wistar. Philadelphia, 1849.

This map gives the Hundreds in the county, the number of aeres and number of miles of roads in each Hundred, names of property- owners, boundaries of school districts, and plan of the city of Wil- mington.

Atlas of Chester County, Pennsylvania. From actual surveys. By H. F. Bridgens, A. R. Witmer, and others. Published by A. R. Witmer, Safe Harbor, Lan- caster Co., Pa. 1873. Folio, pp. 57.

This atlas contains a general map of the whole county, and alse separate maps of the several boroughs, townships, and villages in the county, on a large seale, noting the names of the owners of proper- ties. It also contains tables of the population of the several boroughs and townships according to the census of 1870, a distance table show - ing the distances between important places throughout the county, list of post-offices, and a business directory of each borongh and town- ship.

NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS.

The earliest effort to furnish the people of Chester County with periodical literature was made in the year 1797. In January of that year Philip Derriek and Nathan H. Sharples established a monthly magazine, entitled the Literary Museum or Monthly Magazine, which was printed by them in a frame printing-office on the west side of

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South High Street, West Chester, nearly opposite the present residence of John E. Leonard. Each number contained fifty-six octavo pages of excellent reading matter, and was sold at twenty-five cents. It was, however, in advance of the times, and the publication was suspended at the end of the first volume, embracing the six monthly numbers from January to June, 1797. Some of the num- bers were illustrated with copper-plate engravings. Copies of the volume arc now very rare. The intellectual activity of the people of Chester County at that early day-now eighty-four years ago-is shown in the fact that such a magazine was projected and for a time sustained.

The first attempt to establish a weekly newspaper in the county was made near the close of the last century by three young printers,-Jones, Hoff, and Derrick. The paper was called the West Chester Gazette. It was, however, premature, and after a few numbers were published it was suspended. It is doubtful whether a single specimen of the Gazette is yet extant.

Philip Derrick, who was connected with the foregoing periodicals, was the father-in-law of the late Hon. Town- send Haines and William H. Price, and the father of Wil- liam S. Derrick and Alexander H. Derrick, for many years connected with the State Department at Washington.

In August, 1808, some nine or ten years after the fail- ure of the West Chester Gazette, a weekly paper was com- menced in Downingtown by Charles Mowry, entitled the Temperate Zone. Downingtown was probably selected as the place of publication because it was a village of some note, and was located on the Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike-road, then a thoroughfare extensively traveled, and running through the heart of the county. It was published under this title for one year, and the name then changed to that of the Downingtown American Republican. As the Temperate Zone it was neutral in politics, but under its new title it became Democratic-Republican. The names Democrat and Republican in those days were con- vertible terms, and were both used, that of Republican being oftener used than Democrat to designate the party or its members in opposition to the Federal. party. In the issue of the paper of Ang. 3, 1813, the word Downingtown was dropped from the title, and it was called the American Republican, although still published in Downingtown. Charles Mowry continued to publish it until Nov. 28, 1820, when he sold out to William Schultz and William J. Marshall. They commenced a new series of the paper, and took the firm-name of Schultz & Marshall. This firm was in existence but about one month, when the interest of Schultz reverted to Mowry, and he and Marshall published it from January to June, 1821, under the firm of William J. Marshall & Co. At the latter date Samuel Johnson purchased from Mowry the half-interest held by him, and he and Marshall became the publishers, under the name of Marshall & Johnson. Marshall was a practical printer, having learned his trade with Mowry, and Johnson had been a school-teacher.

When William Findlay was a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania for a second term, charges were brought against him by the opposite party of malfeasance in the office of State treasurer, which he had held before he was

elected Governor. Mr. Mowry was not a polished, but was a vigorous writer, and sustained the Governor against the charges with such force and ingenuity that he was consid- ered the ablest Democratic-Republican editor in the State, and the leaders of the party insisted on his leaving Down- ingtown to take charge of a party paper at Harrisburg. He acceded to their request and removed to Harrisburg, and became editor of the Pennsylvania Intelligencer.

April 9, 1822, the American Republican was removed to West Chester, the publishers stating, in their announce- ment of the fact, that it was done because of the better opportunity afforded them of seeing their patrons, and on account of the more frequent intercourse of the people with the county-seat, and the greater facilities for obtaining advertising and job work, and not on account of any ob- jection to Downington, to whose citizens they reoder thanks for kindness shown them. On May 29, 1822, William J. Marshall sold his interest to Samuel Johnson, who became sole proprietor.

On Nov. 17, 1824, Simeon Siegfried purchased the paper from Samuel Johnson, and was its sole publisher until May 12, 1829, when he sold a half-interest to Edgar S. Price, and it was published by Siegfried & Price until Aug. 18th of the same year, when Siegfried sold the other half-interest to Robert B. Dodson, Esq. From that period until July 11, 1832, it was published by Dodson & Price. Dodson then sold his interest to Edgar S. Price, who was sole publisher until Jan. 29, 1833.

A paper called the Chester County Democrat, to which reference will be hereafter made, was in existence at this date, published by George Fisher. A controversy had ex- isted in the Democratic party for some time, the views of one wing of which were represented by the American Rc- publican, and the other by the Chester County Democrat. The warring factions came at length, in some measure, to see eye to eye, and they united their forces. The two papers were consolidated, under the title of the American Repub- lican and Chester County Democrat, and their publishers became joint proprietors of the united paper, under the firm of Fisher & Price. This union took place Jan. 29, 1833. The motto at the head of the paper was, " In union there is strength." On March 31, 1835, George Fisher sold his interest to Caleb H. Kinnard, who had theretofore been connected with the American Spectator, at Downingtown, and the publishers took the name of Price & Kinnard. On May 7, 1839, Caleb H. Kinnard sold his interest to Nimrod Strickland, who took his place in the firm, and it became Price & Strickland. This con- tinued until March 24, 1846, when the interest of Edgar S. Price was purchased by Henry Bosee, and the firm be- came Strickland & Bosee. Mr. Bosee had been the editor of the Delaware Gazette. Strickland & Bosce were the publishers until Oct. 11, 1853, when they sold the paper to George W. Pearce. Mr. Pearce published it from that time until his death, April 14, 1864. The paper was pub- lished in the interest of his estate until November, 1864, when it was purchased by Caleb H. Kinnard, who had from 1835 to 1839 been a part owner of it. In 1863, Mr. Pearce purchased from Samuel R. Downing the Chester County Times, and merged it in the Republican.

RES. OF JOHN E. PARKE DOWNINGTOWN __ PA.

OLD MANSION" PROPERTY OF JAMES C. ROBERTS EAST BRANDYWINE TR. CHESTER CO . PA.

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 89

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