History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 258

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534

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Harmony, No. I; Protection, No. 8; George Washington, No. 16; Alpha, of Camden ; Consonance, of Norristown ; Fidelia, of Reading. In full regalia, white plnmes, and appropriate banners.

Alpha Fife and Drum Corps of Reading. Jenkintown Band.

Abington Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Dark clothes, fatigue caps, and swords. Charles Gentry, S. K., Commander.

Knights of Pythias, No. 388, of Shoemakertown. White helmets and plumes. William Flowers, S. K., Commander. State Fencibles Drum Corps. Delegation from the First Regiment, Philadelphia.

Knights of the Golden Eagle. R. J. Lumpkin, Marshal. Aids-Dr. Isaac Taylor, Olivet Castle ; J. D. Barnes, Cœur De Lion Castle ; E. M. Lowery, St. John Castle. Cyrus Castle, No. 1, K. of G. E. 50 men. H. R. Lightcap, N. C. Members of Keystone, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Crusaders, St. John, Aurora, Ingomar, Ivanhoe, Waverly, Columbia, Welcome, Oriental, Quaker City, Southwark, Pilgrim, Warwick, Apollo, Constantine, Cyrene, Kenilworth, Lincoln, Fidelity, Shekinah, Olivet, Cœur De Livo, Knights and Grand Castle officers of Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey.

Washington Grays' Band. T. M. K. Lee Drum Corps of Philadelphia.

THIRD DIVISION. Marshal-Major D. B. Ilartraoft.

Aids-Augustus W. Lukens, Samuel Money, Jr., Esq., Col. Edw. Schall. S. P. Hanson, Esq.

First Regiment Band of Wilmington, Del.

Norristown Hose Company. Eugene D. Egbert, Esq., Marshal. Assistants-F. W. Ilillebrecht, Levi Landis, and Richard Wilson. Franklin Band of Philadelphia.

Montgomery Fire Company, of Norristown, uniformed. Dark overcoat and belniet hats. W. IF. Koplin, Marshal. Independent Band of Manayunk. Sonth Peno Hose Company, of Philadelphia. Red shirts and helmets. Henry Stedelman, Marshal.

Sixth Regiment Band of Camden.

Volunteer Firemen's Association, of Philadelphia. R. MI. Stanton, Marshal. First Division, io fatigue dress. Northern Liberty Fife and Drum Corps. Second Division in full uniform. Gray overcoats and helmets. Weccacoe Band. Humane Steam Fire Engine Company, of Norristown. Engine drawo by four horses. Uniform-white hat, nickel front, light

overcoat, red shirt, and black pants. William Stabler, Marshal. South wark Drum Corps. Niagara Hose Company, of Philadelphia, with hose carriage drawn hy band. James J. Daly, Marshal. Metropolitan Band. Fairmount Hook and Ladder Company, of Norristown, with truck drawn by four horses, and hose carriage drawn by hand. Uniform - red shirt, red hat, and black pants. Marshal-John Burdett. Company Marshal-Edward Kehoe. Assist- ants-Howard Moore and L. R. Shaffer.

FOURTH DIVISION. Marshal-T. Jefferson Baker. Aids-Louis Sritzinger, William D. Heebner, W. S. Stacker, M. Mack, Walter Keim, David Ross, Esq., O. K. Beyer, W. A. Buating, Charles Ramey, James Iluasicker, J. C. Jones, Adolph Dagen, George Bullock Baod.

Employees of Conshohocken Worsted Mills. W. M. Mackenzie, Mar-

shal. 225 men, with blue silk hanner, followed by large float, with engine and machinery running. Float, with Hoa. Hiram C. Hoover whetting old-fashioned scythe. Float, with Samuel F. Jarrett threshing grain with flail. R. R. De Ilaven, Norristown. Agricultural machines. The Hubbard Gleaner and Binder.

West Point Engine and Machine Works. Two large floats, with steam farm machinery running. Samuel Effrig & Co., Lansdale. Smoke-house on wheels cnring hams.

A. C. Godshalk & Bro., Lansdale. Wagon loaded with flour. Heebner & Sons, Lansdale. Agricultural machines. A. D. Ruth, Lansdale. Agricultural machines. J. S. Geller, Lansdale. Wagons with furniture.

W. H. Derrickson, Gulf Mills, Bricklayers with tools on decorated float.

J. K. Headricka, Norristown. Wagon loaded with wheat and flour, with musicians on top.

A. F. Jarrett, Norristown. Float loaded with flour, and placard an- oouncing his mill the first in the county.

Hibberd and Brooke, Bridgeport. Wagon load of flour. J. G, Landis, Norristown. Wagoo load of flour. F. G. Stritzinger, Norristown. Imitation of an oven on wheels, with bakers at work, and several decorated wagons.

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William 11. Koplin, Norristown. Decorated wagons with tin ware. Hercules Cigar Factory, Wagon with cigar makers at work.

J. E. Poucot, Bridgeport. Wagon with a pryamid ten feet light, covered with watches.

George W. Smith, Norristown. Float with marble cutters at work.

I. A. Derr, Norristown. Wagon containing monuments.

Lowe Manufacturing Company, Norristown. Float with specimens of their stoves and heaters.

W. S. Richards & Co., Bridgeport. Float with freight elevators. John Stiver, Norristown. Decorated wagon and cart, with workmen carrying digging tools.

S. Gillinger & Bros., Barren Ilill. Wagon with terra-cotta work.

W. J. Graver & Son, Plymouth. Wagon surmounted by immense tin horn, with four horses, two ridden by knights jo armuor.

1. Curran and P. McGrath. Ornamented liquor wagons. John C. Muller. Ornamented wagon.

D. Il. Streeper, Norristown. Perkins' wind-mill on ornamented wagon. Blasius & Sons, Norristown. Ornamented wagon.

D. Y. Mowday, Norristown. Wagons loaded with furniture.

.1. 6. Hathaway, Norristown. Ornamented wagon, decorated with shirts. Laosdale Baod.

Butchers' Association. S. J. Long. Marshal. Jesse B. Davis, Norristown. Wagoo containing live sheep ..

John B. Ilorn, Bridgeport. Wagon with large screen, decorated with hams, sausages, and tongues.

Butchers in silk hats, white shirts, and blue sashes. Forty men on horse- back. S. J. Long, Norristown. Wagon with hides and horns.

K. Scheetz, Norristown. Boys with banners, delivery wagons. and wagon with large transparency bearing his business card. Also similar wagon with six horses, und men on top throwing suap to the crowd.

Jerry March and A. Finley, Norristown. Grocers' wagons. John Kneas, Norristowo. Wagon with tri-colored cover.

A. Il. March, George W. Roberts, Joseph Middleton, Norristown. Wagons.

A. Richardson, Norristown. Large wagon filled with little girls. William Rittenhouse, Norristown. Wagon.

S. M. Moore, Norristown. Wagon loaded with watermelons. Wagons from North Wales Marble Works.

Philip Quillman, Norristown. Wagon with German Band Floats with fine china and Lucas' paints, driven by men in three-cornered hats. Also a float with Quaker gun and soldiers in Continental uniforms. W. H. Knens, Norristown. Coal cart, with large shield bearing his namIC. ITatboro Band.

E. Neal, Jarrettown. Six large wagons, one with a transparency in- M ribed, "Our motto is unily with our sister counties in the advancement of skill in labor." Another was driven by a masked demon, and had a model of a hay wagon on top. Roxborough Carriage Works, Carriages on floats,

Moore & Rose, Norristown. Webster wagon, on top of which was a car- riage containing a gaily dressed colored lady.

M. S. Freeman, Norristown. Domestic sewing machines, one with an organette attached.

Singer Manufacturing Co. Six teams. Prop cabinet in operation. Wagon with three machines run by little girls. Milk Dealers' Association. Decorated wagons.

Coal Dealers. Carts gaily decorated, filled with workmen. Prof. Dill's Balm of Life wagon, with red teot and blue banners.

THE INDIAN CHILDREN.

A feature of great interest in the parade was the delegation of Indian children, from the Indian Department of the Lincoln Institute, of Phila- delphia. They occupied open conveyauces in the procession. They were in charge of Mrs. J. Bellangee Coxe and their chaplain, Rev. J. L. Miller, and were received and cared for during their stay by David Schull. After the parade they were taken to the tents in the court house yard, where they received their diover, after which they sang several chornses.

At this point, Col. Theo. W. Beao, on behalf of the Centennial Asso- ciation, addressed them as follows :

ADDRESS.

Children of Chieftains and Warriors-In the name of the good people of Montgomery County, we cordially welcome you and the Christian phi- lanthropists who have you in charge, to the memorial festivities of our centennial celebration. We recognize in you the descendants of the race who once were the proud possessors of the ground we now occupy, and honorably and peaceably acquired of them by William Penn, the founder of our great Commonwealth. Two hundred years and more have elapsed since Christian civilization confronted your forefathers in the Schuylkill valley. Your hunting grounds have been turned joto wide areas of agricultural wealth and commercial splendor, and the ride implements of their simple mode of living are now here ou exhibition as antique curiosities. Back to the Alleghenies, across the Father of Waters, over auml beyond the Rocky Mountains, your race has receded, and from the plains and forests of the Pacific slope you have been gathered as the children of lost tribes, in the hope of saving the remuant of a people whose origin is still an ethnological mystery, and whose honor is vouched for hy Acrelius, l'enn, Logan, Heckewelder, Gordon, and Weiser. Chil- dren, you are the hopeful wards of humane men and women. We first learned of your presence io our midst through the efforts of Mrs. Coxe, why is in attendance upon you to-day. Our people have been delighted with the thought and reality of having you as our guests, and hope you will improve the advantages of training in store for you. And when you have grown to well-informed man and womanhood, we trust you will curry with you to your far Western homes the potent agencies of a lil- eral Christian civilization ; that you will all become active factors for the redemption of your tribes and race ; that you will become good hus- bandmen, industrious artisans, devoted teachers, peaceful men and women. Then will you have descendants who will some future day me- moralize your inscrutable past in picture and story, and worthily lead you in sharing the blessing of peace and prosperity, the heritage of all in our country.

Rev. Joseph L. Miller, chaplain of the institution, responded to the address, on behalf of the visitors, in a short speech.

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FOURTH DAY.

The Antiquarian Exposition was the only feature of the concluding day of the county's centennial, and was attended hy about fifteen thousand persons, during the celebration. It was held in the Court House rooms, and in a tent, erected as an aonex, in the Court Ilouse yard. The arti- cles sent for exhibition were appropriate in selection and endless in varie- ty Their number was far in excess of the space available and prepared for their display ; yet noder the able management and sound judgment of the committees, such disposition was made of them as gave general satisfaction to the exhibitors and unbounded pleasure to the visitors.

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The character of the exhibits was thoroughly representative. Every era in our history, every nationality rooted within our borders, every de- nomination which has here enjoyed religions freedom, contributed objects select and typical. Most of the prominent families identified with the progress of this region, from the time of the pioneer settlers, down to the present day, sent their Bibles und books, treasured heirlooms, works of art and antiunity-their Lares and Penates-symbols of refinement and taste-evidences of reverential regard for the men and things of the Past.

The Exposition was educational in its influence upon our people. It stininlated a taste for the artistic and the beautiful, for the preservation of antiquities, and for the prosecution of historical research. It afforded the first opportunity to the inhabitants of our county, to realize bow general is the love for that which is superior to the merely practical, and how widely diffused is the appreciation of that which appeals to the higher sensibilities. It will leave a permanent impress for good.

The following is a classified list of exhibits, with an alphabetically arranged list of exhibitors. To many of the articles are appended notes, furnishel generally by the owners, respecting the history of the exhibits, which will be found of much interest now, and of great value in the future.

LIST OF EXHIBITS.

COMPILED BY HENRY S. DOTTERER.

CLASS I.

INDIAN RELICS AND ANTIQUITIES.

Abraham, Joseph, Abrams. Fifty Arrow-heads, found by exhibi- tor on the supposed site of a Lenni-Lenape village, near the junction of Elliott's run and the Schuylkill river.

Ambler, Joseph E., Ambler. Indian Riding Whip and Mocasins, presented to exhibitor by Indians on the reservation of the Iowa tribe and the Sacs and Foxs.

Anders, Amos S., Norritonville. Indian Arrow-heads.

Anderson, M. P., Trappe. Indian Relics.

Atkinson, F. C., Norristown. Indian Axe, found in Plymouth township.

Intes, Cornelius, Jenkintown. Two Stone Axes, found in Mont- gomery County. Twenty-eight Stone Hatchets.

Blackfan, Mrs. Joseph, Norristown. Indian Tomahawk, found on a farm in Farmingdale, Monmouth county, New Jersey.

Boorse, Elln R., Kulpsville. Indian Basket.

Boorse, John C., Kulpsville. Indian axe.

Buck, Willlam J., Jenkintown. Iron Tomahawk, from an Indian grave in Moreland, in 1855. Supposed to be of Dutch or Swedish make, some time hefore l'enn's arrival. Twenty-nine Indian Darts, found in Montgomery county between 1842 and 1880.

Childs, S. Powell, Plymouth. Indian Relics,

Conrow, Mrs. George E. B., Norristown. One Mexican Indian Pepper Grinder, and one Mexican Indian Dish. Both made by tlie natives.

Corson, Miss Georgie, Norristown. Indian Arrow-heads, found on the banks of the Susquehanna.

Cox, Mrs. Charles, Ambler. Splint Basket, made by Indians. 100 years old.

Dalton, John, Abrams. Indian Axe, plowed from the farm in 1883. Detwiler, Jones, Blue Bell. Arrow Points, Tomahawks, Skinning Stones, Hoes, Sling Stones, Rubbers, and Whetstones. 104 pieces.

Elkinton, Paul P., Blue Bell. Indian Axe-head and Arrow-heads, found on the farm near Blue Bell.

Fitzgerald, Jesse O., Horsbam. Collection of sixty-eight Indian Relics, found on the farm of James W. Iredell, in Horsham town- ship, between the years 1874 and 1884. This farm of seventy-five acres was formerly owned by the Lukens family. It is near the head-waters of the creek hearing the Indian name Pemmapeeka, which passes through it. On the adjoining farm, formerly of Isaar Taikens, now of Harris Webster, is a spring called the Indian spring. Tradition asserts that the Indians in former times encanund in this vicinity.

Grimley, Solomon K., Schwenksville, Large Indian Axe, found by Daniel Pennypacker in 1870. Indian Stune Tommahawk, found by R. Hartzell in 1856. Large Indian Stone Bullet, found by F. S. Schwenk in 1882. Indian Stone Billy, found by F. S. Schwenk in 1º81. Small Indian Stone Bullet, found by F. S. Schwenk in 1883. Twenty Indian Arrow-heads, by Ross Clinton, S. K. Grimley, Jr., and F. S. Schwenk, from 1 40 to 1884.

Hellman, Wilson, Shippack. Indian Axe, found imbedded in sand on the banks of Skippack creek.

Hinmel, William, Shoemakertown. Indian Relic.

Heckler, Jnmes Y., Harleysville. Indian Arrows and Fossils.

Hirebner, Mrs. C. B., Collegeville. Indian Spears.

Ilendrleks, John, and Willlam McGowan, Mont Clare. Indian Darts, found August I8, 1884, in a post-hole, on the farm of Mrs. Gertrude Thompson.

Iloot, Simon F., Ironbridge. Indian Axe, found on Fry's estate, Bucks county.

.Incobs, Harry, Frederick. Indian Arrow-hund.

Jacobs, John, Frederick. Indian Battle-Axe, in excellent state of preservation.

Jones, llenry, Ambler. Indian Curiosities and Belics, obtainedl jn 1870 on the reservation of the Jowa tribe and Sac and Fox.

Ketfarnr, Roman, Somerton. Two Indian Jugs. Indian Toma- hawk.

Krleble, Jesse S., Worcester. Arrow-heads, found in the fields.

Kreible, SeptImus A., Kulusville. Indian Arrow-heads.

Lowe, Mrs. T. S. C., Norristown. War Club and Hatchet of Ourida

Indians. Indian Hatchet. Two Indian Smoking Pipes, Indian Wooden Pipe Stem.

McGowan, William, Mont Clare. See Hendricks, John.

Mann, Charles S. and Albert, Horsham. Two hundred and fifty-eight Indian Relies-principally Arrow-heads and a few Knives and Spear-heads-neatly arranged in the shape of stars and darte, and placed in two frames.

Mann, Jesse, Pittville. Indian Stone Shovel and Indian Relics. Indian Canoe, made of birch hark.

Markley, Freundschaft, The Tomahawk. Belongs to Augustus G. Markley, Collegeville.

Metz, Jacob B., Norritonville. Indian Axe, 415 inches long by 21/2 inches wide, found in Norriton some years ago.

Nice, Robert, Branchtown. Indian Stone Pestle, for grinding corn. Nyee, George S., Frederick. Indian Battie Axe.

Peterman, Frederlek, Collegeville. Indian Axe of stone, found on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, above Flat Rock tunnel, in the cleft of a rock. A Stone Arrow-head.

Ralston, Mrs. J. G., Norristown. Five pieces Indian Pottery from Mexico-two Pitchers and three Bowls, part of the large collection of the late Dr. J. G. Ralston. Two of the Bowls are the work of the I'neblo Indians ; one Bowl is of dark soapstone. The Pitchers are of a micaceous clay.

Rambo, Frank L., Trappe. Indian Axe.

Reed, Dr. W. H., Jeffersonville. Arrow-heads, collected at Norriton. Ilitchle, E. S., Ilathoro. Indian Axe, found on a farmi in Upper Moreland.

Roberts, SeptImus, Whitpain. Indian Hammer.

Rossiter, Mrs. Anna, Blue Bell. Indian Tomahawk, stone. Fint and Arrow-point.

Schildt, Charles, Worcester. Indian Axe and Relics.

Schultz, Amos, Niantic. Five Indian Arrow-heads.

Shambough, Jackson, Collegeville. Indian Hatchet and Arrow- heads.

Shay, Elizabeth Y., Three Tons. Indian Axe, found on exhibitor's farm in 1864.

Shepherd, Isaac, Plymouth Meeting. Axe, made and used by the Indians.

Slifer, Dr. II. F., North Wales, Lot of Indian Spears, Indian Arrows and Quiver, a Pipe, two Axes, and Indian Mill, a d'ap, and Ear-ring.

Snyder, John II., Kulpsville. Indian Necklace, worn by a Pawnee squaw.

Stannard, E. J., Broad Axe. Pestle, made and used by the In- dians.

Stout, Ann, Elge Hill Village. Indian Relic.

Supplee, Miss Knte, Conshohocken. Two Indian Arrow-heads. Trumbauer, f. B., JJenkintown. Indian Maize Hanomer.

Tyson, Benjamin F., Worrester. lilian Murtar of stone, for grinding corn.

HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

Tyson, Samnel, King-of-Prussia. Three Indian Pestles, found at Burlington, N. J. Three Indian Axes ; one found at Norristown, the other two at Burlington, N. J.

Walker, Howard, Mont Clare. Indian Hatchet.

Wanger, Geo. F. Price, Norristown. Four Indian Axes.

Weber, George M., Worcester. Arrow-beads and other Indian Relics, picked up in Worcester township.

Teakle, Daniel, Chestnut Hill. Indian Missiles, found on Daniel Yeakle's farm and thereabouts.

Zimmerman, Mrs. J. M., Yerkes. Collection of Iodian Relice.

CLASS II.

ANTIQUITIES OF THE FIRST SETTLERS AND EARLY PURCHASERS.

Batchelder, Meredith, Norristown. Looking-Glass, brought from Germany in 1746 by Nicholas Rittenhouse.

Boorse, John C., Kulpsville. Nine grains of Rye, found in the plastering of the chimney of a house built by William Teunis in 1733. Ink Jug of the great-great-grandfather of exhibitor.

Cope, O. W., Hatboro. Old style Window Pane, brought from Eng- land 1720, the glass set in leaden frames, from a bouse still standing in Bucks County.

Eastburn, Annle, Bridgeport. Coat-of-Arms ; came over in R vessel with William Penn. Property of John Eastburn, Surveyor General . to the Proprietary.

Erb, Mahlon, Kulpsville. Lock and Key, brought over in 1734 by David Seibt, one of the Schwenkfelder immigrants, who was the great- grandfather of the exhibitor's mother. David Seibt (now written Seipt) died in 1765, in Towamencin township, on the farm now owned by Lewis Hukel. Small Sheep Shears, brought over by the Heydrick family, who were of the Schwenkfellers who came in 1734. Fitzwater, Mrs. Joseph. l'ort Providence. Seal, bearing dete 1699, supposed to bave belonged to William Penn.

Fryer, llenry S., Skippack. Arm-Chair, brought from Germany by Michael Ziegler ; traed back two hundred years. Pruning Knife, brought from Germany by lleury Fryer ; 165 years ohl. Bread and Cake Basket, brought from Germany in 1719 by Henry Fryer.

Grimley, Solomon K., Schwenksville. Tiles of Heinrick Pfanne- bäcker, 1730, Piece ofan Antler, taken out of an Indian cave, about 1784, by Solomon Grimley, who settled here in 1751.

Jones, Mrs. Edward Price, Norristown. China Bowl (mended), brought from Wales in 1684 by Hugh Roberts ; now belongs to his descendant, the exhibitor.

Krieble, Abraham K., Kulpsville. Flax, raised in Silesia ; brought by the Schwenkfellers one hundred and fifty years ago.

Wanger, Geo. F. Price, Norristown. Scales and Weights, brought from Germany by Heinrich Wanger, founder of the Wanger family in Montgomery County. Inscription on case : Properly adjusted Scales and Weights, Master-maker Jacob Freckenberge, Scale-Maker, Underbelm, 1742.

Wolfe, Dr. Samuel, Skippack. Button-Hole Hatchet, brought over by the Schwenkfelders in 1734, and since then io possession of the Seipt family.

CLASS III.

RELICS AND RECORDS OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD.

Boorse, John C., Kulpeville. Naturalization Papers, with names, 1743.

Cope, O. W., Hatboro. Square Tile from the Park House, erected aod formerly occupied by sir William Keith, Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania, appointed by William Penn. This Tile, brought from England in 1717, was one of several around the large open fire- place.

Ralston, Mrs. J. G., Norristown. Commission from Hon. James Hamilton to Richard Peters, Esq., 1746.

Taylor, John, Lower Merion. Collection of Charters of Pennsyl- vania, viz : Royal Charter of William Penn, from Charles II. First Frame of Government, granted 1682. Act of settlement made at Chester, 1682. Second Frame of Government, granted 1683. Charter of the City of Philadelphia, October 25, 1701. New Charter to the Providence, October 27, 1701. Draft of Bill, dated Philadelphia, April 14, 1778, declaring the intentions of the Parliament of Great Britain concerning the imposing of taxes within His Majesty's Do- minions in North America.

Wanger, Geo. F. Price, Norristown. Volume of Pennsylvania Chronicle for the year 1767. Contains an advertisement of sale of

13,000 acres of land in Fauquier County, Virginia, estate of George Carter, deceased, signed Robert Burwell, George Washington and Fielding Lewis, Trustees.

The following notice from John Potts, founder of Pottstown, appears in this volume :

To the FREEHOLDERS and others, Electors for the City and County of Philadelphia :

Gentlemen-I return you my sincere and bearty Thanks for the Mark of your Esteem in choosing me one of your Representatives at the lost Election ; but as my present Indisposition renders my Attendance at the House impossible, I beg you will choose some other Person at the com- ing Election, in my etead. I am respectfully yours, JOHN POTTS.

A notice from the ladies also appears, that they "will neither wear Ribbons or Jewelry or drink Tea which has to be purchased from Eng- land." The editor, commenting on this, says : " How agreable will they appear in their native Beauty, etript of their Ornaments, from the prevail- ing motive of Love to their Country."

Ziegler, Elmer R., Kulpsville. Bullet, found by Rev. Samuel llamil, one of the participants in the battle of Great Meadows, in Allegheny County, in 1754, and giveo to bis son, Rev. Samuel Hamil, born on Main street, Norristown.

CLASS IV.

RELICS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

Bates, Cornelius, Jenkintown. Revolutionary Pistol and Small Pistol. Two Cannon Balls, found on Edge and Camp Hills, supposed to be Revolutionary.

Blackfan, Mrs. Joseph, Norristowo. Coat, worn in the battle of Brandywine, 1777, in the Revolutionary war. Pitcher, used by General Washington while in the battle of Germantown.

Carr. Mrs. E., Fort Washington. Cannon Ball, from near the camp at Fort Washington.

Cassel, Isaac R., North Wales. Knife, belonging to an English of- ficer during the Revolution.

Cope, O. W., Hatboro. Looking-Glass, with a diamond ring on the face, done by a British officer during the Revolution, in honor of the pretty daughters of the hostessat the house at which he was stopping, in Bristol, Bucks County. Cannon Ball, from the battle of German- town. Gold Watch, which belonged to Lafayette, and was carried by him during the Revolution. General Lafayette gave this watch to General Smith, of Maryland, who in turn sold it to the grandfather of its present owner, John Van Pelt, of Hatboro.

Crawford, Mrs. V. Virginla, Bryn Mawr. Certificate to Oath of Allegiance, taken by William Crawford, to the State of Pennsylvania, in 1777.

Cnrwen, George F., Villa Nova. Congress Chair, 1776.

Davis, Jesse B., Norristown. Sword of the Revolutionary wer, used by Captain James Shannon.

Detwiler, Jones, Blue Bell. Statement of the accounts of Col. George Smith, a sub-lieutenant of Philadelphia County, in which is exhibited, for the information of the public, the amount of fines re- ceived and accounted for him, between March, 1777, and April, 1780. This pamphlet contains the names of the enrolled militia, and the smount that each individual paid for non-performance of militia duty in the townships of Plymouth, Whitpain, Providence, Norrington, Whitemarsh, Gwynedd, and Worcester. Oath of Allegiance, dated May 30, 1778, of Christian Loeser, of Whitpain township, before Seth Owen. Continental Certificate, to William Long, for one cow, sold to the government for $1, 100 ; dated June 9, 1780. Continental Certificate, to Elias Rosenberry, for one red heifer, two years old, for $607 ; dated June 15, 1780. Return of Whiskey, used by the Third Picket Guard, October 17, 1781, nmounting to twenty-two gills. Return of Whiskey, used by the First Picket Guard, under the care of James Irvine. Captain, at Newtown, Bucks County, for twenty- two gills ; dated October 7, 1781

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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 258

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1534

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534