History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 84

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1158

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In 1814, the store-keepers were Charles Desh- ler, William Eckert, George Graff, John Haines, Peter Newhard (hardware), Peter Snyder, and James Wilson. The tavern keepers, Jacob Der- hammer, Abraham Gangewere, John Miller, George Rhoads, Abraham Rinker, John F. Ruhe, Jr., and George Savitz. There were three mills conducted by John Wagner, John Gutekunst, and Daniel and Jacob Saeger The tailors were Frederick Eckert, John Miller, and Michael Schmidt. The hatters were Abraham Beitel- man, John Horn, Jacob Strauss, and Jacob Stet- tler. The saddlers were Conrad Huber and James Seagreaves. Jacob Steckel was a tanner and Mrs. Sara Mowharter owned a tan-yard. John Moll and Tobias Groh were gunsmiths. There were four physicians, Drs. James Jame- son, Charles and Jacob Martin, and John F. Ruhe, Sr .; one silversmith, John Kraus; two tobacconists, John Keiper, and John Eckert; two clockmakers, Jacob Blumer and Jacob Stein, and two printers, Charles L. Hutter, and Henry Eb- ner.

In 1838 there were 23 storekeepers in the borough dealing in foreign merchandise: John Wilson, Saeger, Keck & Co., Selfridge & Wil- son, Peter Hoffman, Peter Newhard, Peter Huber, Peter Biery, Charles A. Ruhe, Joseph Weiss, John Moll, Jacob D. Boas, Charles S. Massey, Andrew Klotz, Samuel V. R. Hunter, Jacob Schlaugh, Alexander Blumer & Co., Ed- win W. Hutter, George Stein, Pretz, Saeger & Co., Boas and Stein, and John B. Moser.

In 1842 the merchants of the borough were: Pretz, Saeger, & Co., Selfridge & Wilson, Saeger, Keck & Co., Stein, Wenner & Line, Hunter & Miller, Charles A. Ruhe, Andrew Klotz, Samuel Lightcap, Peter Huber, Peter Newhard, Elias Mertz & Co., Joseph Weiss, John Moll, Craig & Dillinger, A. & W. Blumer, John W. Walter, George Stein, Daniel Carey, Boas & Saeger, John B. Moser, Ludwig Schmidt, Day & Miller, George Esser, and Charles S. Massey.

Among the merchants of the period from 1811 to 1867 may be mentioned the following: John Young and George Haberacker, who opened a hatter's shop near the little Lehigh bridge in 1816; Jacob Newhard, who advertised Windsor chairs, sofas, etc., in 1818; Philip Brang, on Seventh street, who sold stoves, etc., in 1817; Brittannia Barnes, 1820-30; Peter Huber (grain, etc.), 1830-40; Rupp & Shifferstein, 1830-40; Benjamin Ludwig, (leather), 1830- 60) ; Nathan Laudenslager, coppersmith, suc- ceeded in 1839 by Amos Ettinger; Thomas

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Ginkinger, coppersmith, on Hamilton, below Selfridge & Wilson's, in 1839; James Jameson, clothing store on Hamilton street, "between Capt. Gumpert's Allentown Hotel and Blum- er's book-store, opposite Jacob D. Boas' hat- store," in 1839; Jere. Schmidt and Anthony Siegfried, shoes, 1840; John J. Krause, (lum- ber ) 1840-50; Peter Hoffman & Son, 1840-70; Weaver and Trexler, 1840-70; E. W. Hutter, (books), 1830-40 ; Blumer & Leisenring (books), 1840-55; Stephen Barber (hardware), and Bar-

Reninger & Co., in 1858, to Reninger & Shimer, in 1862 and in 1866 to E. S. Shimer & Co.

Craig and Dillinger were on North Seventh street, Henry Schurmman at Seventh and Ham- ilton, and Newhard's hardware store on Hamil- ton between Seventh and Eighth. In 1848 the borough had five tailors, Charles Keck, Aaron Troxell, Charles Scholl, Edward Stettler, and Joseph Hartman ; five shoemakers, Jeremiah Schmidt, George Lucas, Jonathan Reichard, James Roney, and a Mr. Rieser; two hatters,

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SOUTHEAST CORNER SEVENTH AND HAMILTON STREETS, 1862.

ber & Young, 1840-50; Wm. G. Ritter, (stoves and tinware), 1840-65; James Petit (cedar cooper ) 1843; George Lucas (boots and shoes), 1843; Isare Erdman (furniture), 1843; Wil- liam Bush, (stoves, etc.), 1850-70; Dr. W. F. Danosky (drugs), 1840-50; Klump & Weav- er, (drugs), 1840-70; Saeger & Keck (store and mill), 1840-65; Henry Schnurman, from 1850; Mosser & Son (tanners), from 1850, and Grim and Reninger, begun in 1843, changed to Grim,

Capt. Jacob D. Boas and James Gangewere; masons, Daniel Glace, Philip Klee, and the Foelkers; bricklayers, Joseph Nonnemaker, Dan- iel Siegfried, and the Seips; carpenters, David Schwartz, John Diefenderfer, W. H. Seip, B. Balliet, and a Mr. Butz; tinsmiths, Amos Ettin- ger, James Bush, and a Mr. Hoffman; painter, James Sieger ; cabinet maker, Moses Coolbaugh ; chairmakers, Jacob Newhard and Reuben Reiss ; cedar cooper, J. L. Cole; blacksmiths, Peter Hel-

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ler, Charles Wagner, Samuel Beidelman, and Peter Newhard; coach makers, Keck & Stattler, Peter Lehr, William Fry, and Joseph Kramer ; wagoner, William Wolf; daugerreotype taker, Benjamin Lochman; jewelers, Joseph Weiss, Charles S. Massey, and George Stein.

The transportation companies were Able, Wil- son & Co., and Edelman, Bachman & Co. Large warehouses were situated on the Lehigh, to which the canal boats, loaded with merchandise, were poled across the river and unloaded. The newspapers were weeklies, semi-monthly or monthlies: Republikaner, Friedensbote, Lecha Patriot, Democrat, Register, and Jugend Fre- und. The daily papers principally read were the Philadelphia Public Ledger and North American and the New York Herald.

Industries .- In 1860 there were 57 manufac- tories in Allentown, viz:

Foundry and machine shops: Thayer, Erdman, Wilson & Co., and Barber, Sherer, & Co.

Agricultural Implement Manufacturers: Wel- come B. Powell, Theo. S. Sweitzer, Brader & Young, Jesse Bitting, Thos. Newhard & E. P. Rhoads, Jonas W. Koch, and M. H. Beitler.

Iron Railing Manufacturer : Charles Denhard.

Planing Mill: Pretz, Gausler & Co.

Fire-brick Manufacturers: Ritter & McHose.

Paint Manufacturer : Breinig & Bro.

Carriage Manufacturers: Tilghman Stattler, P. H. Lehr, R. D. Kramer, Snyder & Hendricks, and Reuben Engelman.

Railroad Spike Manufacturer: Wilson & Co.

Axle Factory and Forge: Shimer, Kessler, & Co. File Factory : Stalter, Gruele & Co.

Piano Manufacturer: Simon Sweitzer.

Shoe Manufacturers: George Lucas & Son, and Young & Leh.

Woolen Manufacturer: Gabriel & Weil.

Coverlid Manufacturers: Chas. Wieand, W. F. Christman, and Wieand & Bro.

Stocking Manufacturers: Enoch Newhard and Philip Storch.

Last Manufacturers : F. S. Wilt and P. Baum. Gun Factory : John and William H. Moll.

Saw Mill: Hoffman & Bro.

Grist Mills: Robert Dubs, Mickley, Weaver & Co., Pretz, Eckert & Co., Roth, Mickley & Co., Keck, Saeger & Co.

Distilleries : Thomas Yeager and Edmund Schreiber.

Breweries: Wm. Oberle, Kern & Meyer, Richard Deily, and Daniel Weiss.

Iron Furnaces: Allentown Iron Co.

Rolling Mill : Haywood & Co.

Eight brick yards.

Prominent Visitors .- In 1836 Allentown was visited by two prominent men-Governor Rit- ner, in September, and on October 3, Gen. Wil- liam Henry Harrison, then a candidate for the Presidency. Gen. Harrison was met at Bethle- hem by a committee of citizens from Allentown and the party proceeded in coaches, each drawn by four gray horses. Some distance east of the town the staff officers of the county militia,

with the military companies and the Allentown Band met the General and party, and the pro- cession proceeded to the hotel on the square, where an eloquent address was delivered by Charles Davis, Esq. A newspaper report says : "The General's reply was listened to with breathless attention. It was manly, energetic, and fluent. It was all his warmest friends could wish, and at once gave him rank with all who heard him as one of the most efficient speakers of the day. So many thronged to see him and offer congratulations of friendly and honest hearts that at least two hours were consumed be- fore he was able to recommence his route."

On June 26, 1839, President Martin Van Buren visited Allentown. At a meeting of cit- izens held at the house of Samuel Gumpert on the day preceding, a committee was appointed to make arrangements for his reception. This com- mittee made the following recommendations:

"That to-morrow morning, June 26, be ushered in by the firing of a national salute and the ringing of bells.

"That a committee of five persons be appoint- ed to provide quarters for the President.

"That the said committee be requested to meet the President and his escort from Reading, at Trexlertown, and escort him thence into town to his quarters.

That the Allentown Band be requested to ac- company the said committee.

"That all military parade be dispersed with.

"That the civil authorities and citizens be requested also to accompany the committee and join in the escort.

"That upon the arrival of the President upon the top of Griesemer's hill, minute guns be fired and bells rung until he arrives at his quarters.

"That the committee of escort be particularly requested to tender to the President the liberties of the borough, and such civilities as they may think necessary during his stay with us.

"That when the President takes his departure from us, he be accompanied by said committee, band, civil authorities and citizens, until met by a committee from Easton."

Messrs. Samuels and Bright, a sub-committee, reported that they had procured powder and made cartridges sufficient for a national salute ; that Capt. Weiss, in the name of the Allentown Band, accepted an invitation to accompany the escort and expressed a willingness to contribute their services and that Mr. Rice had offered the use of a stage and horses for the conveyance of the band. Mr. Aug. P. Rhoads reported that he had prepared the cannon and procured can- noniers, and that all would be ready for serv- ice at any hour in the morning. Among the

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members of the committee, besides the above- mentioned, were Messrs. Bridges, Marx, and Morehead.

In the summer of 1848, Hon. William F. Johnson, candidate for governor, visited Allen- town. A public meeting was held on the lawn of Mrs. Anne Penn Greenleaf's residence, which ex- tended from the house at Fifth and Hamilton streets, to Walnut, and east to Penn street. A large audience gathered here and the future gov- ernor was introduced by James P. Reese, Esq. In 1851, Hon. William Bigler, candidate for governor, visited the town. A large escort met him at Ruch's hotel, in North Whitehall, and proceeded by way of Catasauqua, to Allentown, where the streets were lined with people. A public meeting was held on the square, when Mr. Bigler spoke in English and Mr. Grund, of Phil- adelphia, in German. Hon. James Buchanan spent a night at Allentown in 1856, before he was nominated for the Presidency, and was in- troduced to citizens, in the southeast room of the Allen House, by Hon. Samuel A. Bridges.

Reminiscences .- In the year 1840, a travel- ler, after crossing the old covered wooden bridge over the Lehigh river, would have noticed the following objects on a walk through the borough. On Hamilton street, north side, the stone house near the bridge and the tavern at Front and Hamilton, with the large warehouses on the in- let; the long stone bridge over the Jordan, which crossed the mill race at about Race street ; the grist mill, south of the bridge; several brick yards in the meadows; the dissecting room of the Homeopathic College and the Greenleaf mansion, on the south side; several buildings on the north side and at the corner of Fifth, the home of Charles Davis, Esq., later Rev. Joshua Yeagers', and afterwards Samuel A. Bridges home. On Hamilton street, on the north side, were the Court House, Haberackers' hotel (later Kramer's and Bittenbender's, and afterwards the residence of Hon. Henry King and Hon. John D. Stiles) ; John S. Gibbon's residence; Jonathan Reichard's shoe shop; the American hotel (kept by Jacob Stem, earlier by Abraham Gange- were) ; several low frame buildings, be- tween Sixth and Seventh; a large brick building on the corner of Church; Blumer's book store; Jameson's clothing store; Allen House (kept by Capt. Gumpert, earlier by George Savitz) ; the watch house; the market house; the store building at the northwest corner of Seventh ; the Eagle hotel ; Joseph Weiss' jew- elry store; Newhard's hardware store; Hagen- buch's hotel, at Eighth and Hamilton, later the Cross Keep and the Rising Sun hotel at Tenth street. On the south side were the Dick-

enshied building, at the southeast corner of Law, still standing; Pretz, Saeger & Co.'s store at Sixth; Solomon Gangewere's frame building ; the Reformed church; Capt. J. D. Boas' hat store; Thomas Ginkinger's coppersmith shop; Wilson's frame buildings, and stone store build- ing at Seventh; Joshua Hains' stone building at the southwest corner, and a stone wall along Hamilton to Hall: Dr. Charles H. Martin's residence, on the southwest corner of Hall; Amos Ettinger's coppersmith shop; Catharine Graff's house; Benjamin Ludwig's, Jacob Hu- ber's, Christian Beitel's, Rev. Zeller's, and Wid- od Stahl's residences.

On North Fifth street were the Presbyterian church, a school-house and the old jail, with a few dwellings. On North and South Sixth were quite a number of houses. On North Seventh street were the Northampton Bank; John F. Ruhe's store, later Charles A. Ruhe; Jacob Dil- linger's residence ; Stephen Rhoads' residence, a stone building, at the southeast corner of Lin- den; the Pennsylvania hotel; the Rhoad's res- idence (still standing) ; John Moll's residence and gunsmith shop; the Lafayette hotel, and other homes on the east side; John Eckert's res- idence; Michael Schneider's hotel; Jacob and John Mohr's residences; Samuel Horn's, Peter Lehr's and William Miller's residences on the west side.

On South Seventh street were Dr. Tilghman H. Martin's residence (where the Y. M. C. A. now stands) ; the Keiper and Michael D. Eber- hard homes; Widow Hauck's store; William Eckert's and Spangenberg and Gangewere's stores; Kramer's and Bernard Reese's hotels; Andrew Klotz' and William Boas' stores.

On North Eighth street were a number of residences, on Ninth only a few and on Tenth there were none. On Lehigh street were the Jarret, Fetzer, Knappenberger, and Mertz homes, all stone, Totten's hotel and several log build- ings. On Union street were Ginkinger's hotel, and the Getter, Strassburger, and Hartman homes, with a number of other buildings. On Walnut street, near Fourth, was the Livingston mansion, Major Fry's residence near Sixth, and near Eighth the home of Dr. John Frederick Ruhe. Other noteworthy buildings were the Academy, schoolhouse, and Lutheran church on South Eighth street; the Abraham Spinner home at Union and Jackson; the Gabriel woolen-mill, two grist-mills, a tan yard, the water-works and a brew house along the Little Lehigh; the Homeopathic College buildings on South Penn street ; the Free Hall on Linden street; the Freeborn foundry, "Clover Nook," Robert E. Wright's residence and Daniel Freytag's, later

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the Elliger home, on North Fourth street, and the home of John S. Gibbons beyond, along the Jordan.

In 1828, Mrs. Anne Royall, a writer, of Washington, D. C., visited Allentown and in de- scribing her trip from Mauch Chunk to Allen- town wrote: "The land becomes richer and less uneven as we approach Allentown; the heights are covered with chestnut, and the valleys with large black walnut, large farms and fine or- chards; the largest apple trees I ever saw; fine barns and houses, sleek cattle, few sheep and few horses in sight, but a number of fine hogs run- ning at large in the woods. I found dinner on the table at the stage-house, set for an elderly, fine-looking, tall, slender man, a Lutheran priest, and his young, beautiful, and accomplished wife. Allentown is a very handsome town, near the Lehigh. It stands upon an elevated site, surrounded on all sides by a vale. This, again, is surrounded by moun- tains and hills, forming a romantic and pictur- esque appearance. It appears to be a flourishing town and does much business. It contains be- tween 2,000 and 3,000 inhabitants and the houses on the principal streets are handsome, showy buildings. Mr. McFarlin, a law- yer, and Mr. Hecox, principal of an academy, called on me to pay their respects as well as to subscribe for my book. I called on Hon. Henry King, State Senator, a few minutes be- fore my departure. Mr. King is an attorney and said to be a man of talent and extensive wealth. He is, however, very plain and simple in his manners, and equipage. He is a tall, slen- der made man, with a thin, oval face, and keen black eyes and black hair. . Major Hutter, who had returned home the previous night, called to see me at the tavern, followed me to Mr. King's, and, without ceremony, introduced him- self. This is what I like-plain honesty seek- ing to unite with its kindred feeling. The Major was a plain but warm-hearted man, who would go to all lengths for his friend. He had been taking a frolic, he said, the night before, upon the success of his efforts to elect General Jack- son, he also being an editor. I had merely time to exchange a few words with these gentlemen, when the Easton stage arrived, in which I was to take my seat to Reading. Of all the pleasant travelling companions I ever travelled with, a gentleman who lived between Allentown and Reading was the most so. By degrees, he and I fell into conversation about the country, but his talent lay in wit, pleasant stories, and anecdotes. He was a well-bred, warm-hearted German, though he pronounced the English lan- guage with purity and ease. He related more

humorous Irish bulls than I ever heard or read in my life; but finding, at length, that a silent fellow passenger was an Irishman, he turned in upon the Germans and gave them no quarter. He was the best mimic I ever heard and kept us in convulsions during his ride, but at length he arrived at his dwelling. The gentleman was called 'squire something, which name I am sorry I do not recollect. . I dined at Kutztown. The road from Allentown to Reading passes over some of the finest farming land in Penn- sylvania. It must be understood that from the care and skill of the Pennsylvania farmer the land is never suffered to lose in point of fertility. They have made farming a perfect science and pursue a regular routine in changing their crops from one thing to another, by which means land originally rich is still the same and produces as much as at first, and land originally poor has be- come fertilized. I have seen nothing in any of the Atlantic states, in the farming line, that has any resemblance to the farming in Pennsylvania. Father and son, grandfather and so on, have become rich on the same tract of land. I see nothing like poverty in the country, whatever there may be in the towns. The great, massy barns, with elegant sash and glass windows, their overgrown horses and cattle, their smooth ploughed furrows, their haystacks and snug, warm houses, with coffers full of specie, their thick, serviceable cloths, the ease and content- ment, and, above all, that noble independence which marks their steady looks and movements, prove them to be a wealthy and happy people. Not a priest, or greycoat, I mean, ever gets a footing amongst them.'

In the fall of 1823, the Democrats of Allen- town held a celebration in honor of the election of Governor Schulze, at Abraham Gangewere's hotel, where is now the American. There was at that time in the borough, as common property, a small cannon, once the property of George III, King of England, which was called "Katzekop." The Democrats used this cannon at their celebra- tion, firing it in the hotel yard, and the Feder- alist young men plotted how to secure it. Their opportunity came when the cannoniers went into the hotel to assuage their thirst; and, after cre- ating a diversion among the crowd of boys, the night being dark, in the confusion the cannon was passed through the fence to waiting com- rades and taken up Court street to John Keiper's stable, near Hagenbuch's hotel. Among these young men were Tobias Grob, Jacob Hegen- buch, William and Daniel Keiper, John Mohr, Benjamin Ludwig, John Gutekunst, George Spinner and Martin Schwenk. A few days later it was thrown in an outhouse at Hagen-

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buch's hotel. Here it lay buried for 45 years, when it was found during the digging of a cel- lar. It was subsequently used in celebrations, in one of which it is said to have exploded. The cannon had been brought to Bethlehem at the time of the French and Indian war, but later taken by a Mr. Frey to a July 4th celebration at Rittersville, and afterward to Allentown.

On Aug. 3, 1840, the Allentown Whigs, with a band, attended the Harrison convention at Easton, at which John F. Ruhe, Jr., and Wm. W. Selfridge, of Lehigh county, were vice presidents.

Among the interesting events occurring in this period were the visit of "General Tom Thumb," who appeared in the court house, in 1849; an entertainment by Indians in Odd Fellows' Hall ; the first fair, in 1852, and the first train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1856. It was made up of flat cars, fitted with seats, and citi- zens were given a free ride to Hokendauqua and return. In the exciting scramble for seats, Dor- sey, the fifteen-year-old son of Dr. Charles H. Martin, was overcome, and died. Other recol- lections are of "Jim" Groves, the negro, well- known and liked by all; Josey Pierce, the negro barber; the large, round stone, still to be seen at the Lafayette hotel (said by some to have been a meteorite) ; the old house of Samuel Moyer on Sixth street, built of the logs of the old union church; the rescue of a boy from a canal boat by William Roth, in the flood of '62; the Bull's Head hotel, at Fifth and Lin- den; the burning of Leh's hotel, at Seventh and Linden; the first telegraph line in 1850; the tall poplar trees on South Seventh street; and the excursions to Helfrich's and Woman's Springs, to the Jordan, to the Island, to Turnhole moun- tain and to Bauer's or Big Rock.

The Allentown Democrat, speaking of the many improvements, said in 1859:

"There have been so many changes, physically and socially, in Allentown, as a town, within a few years past, that a former resident, who re. turns to it after a short absence, can scarcely rec- ognize the place or its people. Quite recently one of this class remarked to us: 'I came here to spend some time amid the scenery and ac- quaintances of former days, but I am hardly able to discover a vestige of that scenery, or to find an acquaintance once in an hour. Everything has changed.' And that man had been absent

but about seven years. By the census of 1850, the population of Allentown was 3,780, show- ing an increase during the previous ten years of 1,291. Now our population is estimated at 10,- 000, and the original borough plat has increased in area east and west, at least a quarter of a mile. The face of the original borough plat has been improved too, so that our whilom resi- dent might well say, 'everything has changed.' In building operations we have progressed re- markably-in 1855, 108 buildings were erected ; in 1856, 138; in 1857, 169; in 1858, 52, making a total of 467 buildings in four years. Hand- some three and four-story brick and iron front edifices cover the site of many an old weather- board shell of his day: stores of a hundred feet in depth have succeeded the pent-up dingy shops his eyes were accustomed to look upon; and the din of busy life prevails everywhere in lieu of the sweet calm then so grateful to him in taking his after-dinner nap. If he should go to where he considered himself 'in the country,' planing mills, grist-mills, saw-mills, machine shops, foundries and furnaces, depots, with long trains of cars stretching either way, and dwellings in- numerable would greet his eyes, and the noise of railway trains astir his ears. At the dawn of the year 1855, Allentown had no railroad outlet, now it has two-the Lehigh Valley Railroad connecting us with the principle emporiums of the Union, while the East Pennsylvania road links us with the far West and South by the shortest route in existence. Besides these, we have the Allentown and Auburn road in process of construction. Stage-coaches are almost among the things past-a few months more will put them entirely so. Instead of consuming twelve and fifteen hours in travelling to Philadelphia, we now go there, spend about three hours, and return to our homes, all between the rising and setting of the sun.

"We might note many other changes physical- ly, but space forbids. The changes socially dur- ing this time were none the less striking. But not- withstanding all the differences betwixt then and now, the work of change has only fairly com- menced, it is progressing at present as fast as ever. In spite of the financial depression that raged over the country of late, between 75 and 100 buildings will be completed during the sum- mer, new residents are added constantly to the population, new branches of trade are opening, and former ones enlarging."

CHAPTER XXI.

ALLENTOWN AS A CITY. 1867-1914.

Development Since 1867 .- Allentown was in- corporated as a city by act of the Pennsylvania Legislature passed March 12, 1867. The First ward was divided into the First and the Sixth wards, thus making six wards in the city. The western limits were extended two squares west of Tenth street, and an addition of thirty-three perches was made on the north, between the ex- tended Ninth and Eleventh streets. An addi- tion of 1,046 feet, between Eighth anl Ninth streets, on the north, was made on June 10, 1868. On June 10, 1870, the boundary lines were extended west from Twelfth to Seven- teenth street, south to the Little Lehigh river, north to Sumner avenue and east to the Lehigh river. The city then had an area of 3.14 square miles, or 2,011.27 acres.

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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. I, Part 84

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society Publication date: 1914 Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1158

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1158