History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 84

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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PETER LE GAUX, a Frenchman by birth, lived and died at Spring Mill. A contributor to the Columbia Magazine, published in Philadelphia by William Young for the years 1786 to 1790, chiefly on meteor- ology and observations thercon. They show him pos- sessed of scientific acquirements.

DAVID LLOYD, 1778-1861, a life-long resident of Horsham. "Economy of Agriculture," 1832, 120 pp., 12mo. "The Gentleman's Pocket-Piece," being a re- pository of choice selections and golden precepts taken from the best of authors, 1845, 156 pp., 12mo. " Modern Miseellany," consisting of poetry, history, philosophy, moral essays and promiscuous pieces, Philadelphia, 1848, 216 pp., 12mo. " A Poctie Eulo- gy on the City of Philadelphia," read before the llat- boro Lyceum in March, 1850; contains upwards of 270 lines. This was probably the last of his published productions. His first communications were probably published in the Norristown Register, to which it is known he contributed at least as early as 1827. He also wrote for the Germantown Telegraph a series of articles on agriculture, which were collected and published in the first-mentioned work. "The Gen- tlemen's Pocket Piece," as might be expected from its title, is a compilation. The "Miscellany" con- tains the greater portion as well as the best of his writings. Of his poetical effusions, the best is the " Red Bird's Lamentation."

JOSEPH LLOYD, b. 1777; a native of llorsham, re- moved to Philadelphia, where he became the editor of the Pennsylvania, Democrat. Contributed poetical arti- cles to the newspapers in the beginning of this cen- tury. One poem is given in our article on "Early Poetry."

MRS. SUSAN LUKENS. " (fleanings at Seventy- five," 1873, 216 pp., 12mo. Comprises reminiscences and 62 pages of poetry.

EDWARD MATHEWS, formerly of the Bucks County Intelligencer, for the past five years has contributed numerous articles to the North Wales Record, relating to the history, biography and antiquities of Gwynedd and the surrounding townships, which have been read with interest.

JACOB MEDTART, Blue Bell. "We Preach not Ourselves, but Christ," a sermon, 9 pp., Svo.

LUCRETIA MOTT, 1793-1880, a resident for some- time of Cheltenham. "Life and Letters of James and Lucretia Mott," Boston, 1884, 566 pp., small Svo, with portraits, edited by their grand-daughter, Anna Davis Hallowell; contains selections from their cor- respondence for sixty years, to which is appended a memoir of these philanthropists.

HENRY ERNEST MUHLENBERG, D.D., 1753-1815, a native of the Trappe. "Rede bei der Einweihung des Franklin Colegiums," Lancaster, 1788. "English and German Lexicon and Grammar," 2 vols., 8vo. " Description uberior Graninum, Index Floræ Lan-

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castriensis," in vol. iii., "Amer. Philos. Society's Transactions," 28 pp., 1789-93. "Catalogus Plan- tarum America Septentrionalis," Lancaster, 1813, 112 pp. Svo ; 24 ed., Phila., 1818, 122 pp., 8vo.

HENRY MELCHIOR MUHLENBERG, D.D., 1711- 1787. " Hallische Nachrichten," Halle, 1747-1763, 1580 pp., Svo. "Extracts from the Journal of Rev. H. M. Muhlenberg from 1764 to 1780," translated by Heister M. Muhlenberg, M.D., 1853, 47 pp., Svo. " Journal of a Voyage to Georgia in 1774." To the first-mentioned work he was the principal contributor. The second was published in the "Collections of the Hist. Society of Penna.," vol. i., 1853. The last was translated from the German by his grandson, Rev. J. W. Richards, and published in the first 4 vols. of the Evangelical Review, Gettysburg.

FRANCIS MURPHY, for some time a teacher and surveyor in Norristown and vicinity. "Tales of an Evening," founded on facts, compiled by Francis Murphy, Norristown, printed by James Winnard, 1815.

SAMUEL MUSSELMAN, a resident of Lower Salford township. "Die neue Choral Harmonie, enthaltend die vornehmsten Kirchen Melodien," eingerichtet zum Gebrauch aller Christlicher Religionen von jeden Benennungen und auf drei Stimmen gesetzt, absonderlich eingerichtet zum öffentlichen Gottes- dienste, als Kirchen, Versammlungen und Sing- Schulen. Komponirt und zusammengetragen von Samuel Musselman. Gedruckt bei Hiekok und Can- tine, Harrisburg, Pa., 1844.

DAVID NEWPORT, b. 1822, long a resident of Moreland and Abington. "Indices Historical and Rational," Phila., 218 pp., 12mo. "The Pleasures of Home and other Poems," Phila., J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1884, 99 pp., 12mo. The first work treats principally on the early history of Christianity. The latter contains sixteen poems written at various times since 1860. Amongst this number is a spirited poen entitled "Lincoln and Liberty," which has been justly admired.

SAMUEL E. NYCE. "A Political Hand-Book," con- taining rules of the Republican party of Montgomery County, Pa., election statistics, acts of Assembly regulating primary elections, etc., Herald Book and Job Printing House, 1882, 39 pp., 16mo.

JOHN PARKE, b. 1750, and chiefly a resident of Philadelphia. "The Lyric Works of Horace," trans- lated into English verse, to which are added a number of Original Poems, by a native of America, Phila., 1786, 334 pp., 12mo. Considerable of this work was written in this county, while he was with the army under the command of Washington, dating several of his pieces from camp at Perkiomen and Whitemarsh, but chiefly at Valley Forge. An extraet of his " Elegy on General Howe," is given in our article on "Early Poetry." It seems remarkable that one should be thus given to the muse amid the din and bustle of camp life.

ELLIS PUGH, 1656-1718, an early settler in Plym- outh township, where he wrote the following work in Welsh a short time before his death: "Annerch ir C'ymri," printed by A. Bradford, 1721. It was after- wards translated by his friend Rowland Ellis into English and published in 1727.

JAMES GRIER RALSTON, 1815-80, long a successful teacher at Norristown. "Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Norristown, Pa., with Biographical Notes of its Ministers and Reminiscences of its Revivals and of Oakland Female Institute," by J. Grier Ralston, D.D., Norristown, Herald Steam Printing-House, 1876, 66 pp., 8vo.

FRANCIS RAWLE, an early settler at Plymouth. "Ways and Means for the Inhabitants of Delaware to become Rich: Wherein the several Growths and Products of these Countries are demonstrated to be a sufficient Fund for a flourishing Trade," printed and sold by S. Keimer in Phila., 1725, 65 pp. At p. 54 he says: "Limestone we have in great plenty, of which store of lime is made, which gives the Opportunity to the Inhabitants to build good stone and brick houses in town and country." The substitution of Delaware for Pennsylvania may have been done intentionally, for he was one of the sixty-nine signers, chiefly Friends, who sent a petition to the Assembly 17thi of Seventh Month, 1701, charging William Penn with grave misconduct in his government. See pp. 275-277 of vol. vi. of "Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania."

JAMES REES, b. in Norristown in 1802. "Dramatic Authors of America," Phila., 1842, 12mo. "Mysteries of City Life," 1849, 12mo. "The Tinker Spy," Buf- falo, 1855. "Foot-Prints of a Letter-Carrier," Phila., 1866, 12mo. "Life of Edwin Forrest," 524 pp., 12mo. Among his plays may be mentioned "The Headsman," "Washington at Valley Forge," "Charges," "Marion," "Pat Lyon" and "Anthony Wayne." Contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, The Picayune, Dramatic Mirror, The Philanthropist, Home Weekly and other periodicals. Resides in Philadelphia and is still a vigorous man.

J. W. RICHARDS, D.D., formerly of the Trappe, and grandson of Rev. H. M. Muhlenberg. "Cente- nary Jubilee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Augustus, Trappe," May 2, 1843, 43 pp., 16mo. "Ser- mon" at the close of his ministry at Easton, Pa., March 9, 1851, 12 pp., 8vo. "H. M. Muhlenberg's Journal of a Voyage to Georgia in 1774," translated from the original MS., published in the Evangelical Review, Gettysburg, vols. i. ii. iii. iv., 91 pp.

DAVID RITTENHOUSE, LL.D., 1732-96, resided in Norriton township until the fall of 1770. "Caleula- tion of the Transit of Venus over the Sun," 1769, 14 pp. "Observations on the Comet of June and July, 1770," 5 pp. "An Easy Method of Dedueing the Time of the Sun's Passing the Meridian," + pp. "Effects of Lightning," two artieles, 8 pp. " Astronomical Ob- servations," 5 pp. "On a Method of Finding the Sum

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of the Several Powers," 2 pp. "Discovery and Account of a Comet," 1 p. "A Description of an Orrery, exe- , euted on a New Plan," 1771, 3 pp. "Oration on As- 1 tronomy " before the American Philosophical Society in 1775. "To Determine the True Place of a Planet in an Elliptical Orbit," 1799, 6 pp. "On the Improve- ment of Time-Keepers," 3 pp. "On the Expansion of Wood by Heat," 3 pp. "A Method of Raising the Common Logarithm," 3 pp. The aforesaid communi- cations were published in the first four quarto volumes of the "Transactions of the American Philosophi- cal Society." He translated from the German the drama of "Lucia Simpson" and the "Idyls of Ges- ner."

JACOB RITTER. 1757-1841, a minister among Friends Journal, edited by Joseph Foulke, of Gwynedd, to which is appended a Memoir of his Lite, " published Philadelphia, 1844, 111 pp., 12mo.

for fifty years, and long a resident of Plymouth. " A | of the leading authors in his church.

JOB ROBERTS, 1756-1851, a life-long resident of Whitpain. "The Pennsylvania Farmer; being a Selec- tion from the most approved Treatises on Husbandry, interspersed with Observations and Experiments, by Job Roberts," Philadelphia, 1848, 224 pp., 12mo., price, 87 cents. A useful book, rare, and commands a fair price.

CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ, 1718-'89, minister of the Schwenkfelder congregation in Upper Hanover. " Neue Eingerichtetes Gesang-Buch, enthaldtend eine Sammlung erbaulicher Lieder, nach den Hauptstucken der Christlichen Lehre und Glaubens, eingetheilet," Philadelphia, Gedruckt bey Conrad Zentler, in der Zwezten Strasze, 1813, 538 pp., 12mo. "Compen- dium of Doctrine of Faith," 600 pp., Svo " Short Questions concerning the Christian Doctrine of Faith according to the Testimony of the Sacred Scriptures, Answered and Confirmed for the Purpose of In- structing Youth in the First Principles of Religion ; by the Rev. Christopher Schultz, Senior; translated from the Original German by Prof. I. D. Rupp," Skippackville, Pa., printed by J. M. Schueneman, 1863, 140 pp., 16mo.

JOSHUA SCHULTZ. " Octfentiliche Corresponden- sen Zwischen Joshua Schultz, Schwenckfeller Predi- ger, und Daniel Wieser Reformirter Prediger in Jahr 1858," Lansdale, Pa., Gedruckt von John Shupe, 1861, 128 pp., Svo.

BEALE M. SCHMUCKER, D.D., of Pottstown. "Ad- dress at Installation of the Professors of the Theologi- cal Seminary at Philadelphia," 1864, 9 pp., Svo. " Historical Discourse at St. John's Church, Allen- town," 1880, 20 pp., 8vo. "The Lutheran Church in Pottstown, an Historical Discourse delivered Sept- ember 24, 1882," Pottstown, 1882, 48 pp., Svo. "The Lutheran Church in York : Its History for One Hun- dred and Fifty Years," 1883. "Memorial of Charles Porterfield Krauth, D.D., LL. D., " Philadelphia, 1883, 28 pp., Svo. " Memorial of Rev. A. S. Geissen- hainer," 1883, 10 pp., 8vo. Editor of " Liturgy of !

Penna. Synod," 1860, 220 pp .. Svo; "Collections of Hymus of Penna. Synod, " 1865, 468 pp., 24mo .; " Lutheran Church Book," 1868, 16mo .; " Lutheran Sunday-School Book," 1873, 322 pp., 18mo. ; " Luth- eran Kirchenbuch," 1877, 16mo. He is also one of the associate editors of the " Ilalle Reports, with His- torical Notes," begun in 1881, issued in parts, to be completed in three or four volumes 'royal' Svo. To The Lutheran Church Review has contributed several articles, namely : " The First Pennsylvania Liturgy," "Early History of the Tulpehocken Churches" and " The Rite of Confirmation in the Lutheran Church ;"' also to The Evangelical Quarterly Review. Dr. Schmucker is a devoted student, and, from what he has already accomplished, bids fair to become one

ANNA YOUNG SMITH, 1756-80, wife of William Smith, M.D., partly educated by her aunt, Mrs. Ferguson, at Graeme Park, Horsham; an extensive contributor of poetry to the Columbian Magazine. Among these may be mentioned "Ode to Liberty," " An Elegy to the American Volunteers who fell at Lexington, April 19, 1775," "To the Memory of Gen- eral Warren " and " A Walk in the Churchyard at Wieaco." Several of her shorter poems are given in the article on " Early Poetry."

WM. MOORE SMITH, 1759-1821, for some time a resident of Norristown. "Poems on Several Occa- sions, written in Pennsylvania," Philadelphia, 1785, 12mo. The aforesaid contains twenty-five, of his fugitive pieces, which were republished in London the following year by C. Dilly, in an Svo of 106 pp., and in Baltimore in 1804. These poems are not with- out merit and local interest, for in several of these he mentions the Schuylkill and fixes incidents on its banks. John Brown was executed at Norristown for burglary April 12, 1788, of which he wrote a full account the following 5th of May, published in the "Pennsylvania Archives."

WM. R. SMITH, 1787-1868, son of Wm. Moore Smith, and born in Montgomery County. Moved to Wisconsin in 1837, where the following year he pre- pared and published a work entitled "Observations on Wisconsin Territory ; " afterwards succceded by a "History of Wisconsin," 4 vols., Svo. In 1853 he be- came Attorney-General, and was also for many years president of the Wisconsin Historical Society.

DAVID SOWER, SR., 1764-1835, published at Norris- town an " Eulogium on the Death of General Washing- ton ; " " The History of Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded,'' 1799, 18mo. ; "The Psalms, by Dr. Watts ; " " An Ac- count of the Awful Death of an Irreligious Youth ; " " The Storm," 1801, 2 vols., 240 pp., 12mo. ; "Spirit of Despotism," 1803; "Beanties of Seneca," 1803. Established the Norristown Gazette, June 1, 1799,- the first newspaper in the county; in 1802 the first German paper, the Norristown Messenger, which, how- ever, was relinquished within a year. When we con- sider the period, and that Norristown was only a

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small village, the aforesaid efforts in publication show no small degree of enterprise.

DAVID SOWER, JR., 1794-1862, publisher of " The Pocket Lawyer," 1818; " Village Sketches, or Tales of Somerville," by a native writer ; " A Sketch of what has been," Norristown, June, 1825, 154 pp., 12mo ; "The Law without the Advice of an Attorney, or Every Man his own Counselor," 1830 and 1831, two editions, 152 pp., 8vo ; and "The Norristown Musical Teacher," 1832. " Village Sketches " appears to have been an original work of which it would now be very desirable to ascertain the author's name, very proba- bly a resident in or near Norristown. It is deserving investigation by our local antiquaries. He was the publisher of the Norristown Herald from 1816 to 1834, and through his management the literary character of the paper was greatly improved.

JACOB TAYLOR, surveyor-general of the province from 1706 to 1733, taught school for some time in Abington, made calculations for almanaes which were published in Philadelphia for 1702, and almost continuously every year to the close of 1746. The ex- ceptions probably are for 1715, 1716, 1717, 1718 and 1722, making at least thirty-nine years' publication. They were printed by Janson, Johnson, Bradford and Franklin. That for 1706 is the only one known to have on its title-page " printed for the author."

A. K. THOMAS, editor of the Lansdale Reporter. " History of the Thomas Family," Lansdale, 1884.

CHARLES THOMSON, 1734-1824, long a resident of Lower Merion. "An Inquiry Into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delawares and the Shawanese from the British Interest, and into the Measures Taken for Recovering Their Friendship," London, 1759, 184 pp., 12mo, with a map. "The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament ; translated from the Greek." Philadelphia, 1808, 4 vols., 8vo ; rare. " A Synopsis of the Four Evangelists; or, A Regular History of the Conception, Birth, Doctrine, Miracles, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ, in the Words of the Evangelists," Philadelphia, 1815, 8vo. The first work was published anon- ymously and exposes the dishonorable dealings of the Penn family with the Indians for lands, particularly concerning the transactions of the famous Indian Walk. He left behind, in manuscript, "Critical Anno- tations on the Works of Gilbert Wakefield." Mr. Thom- son was secretary of Congress during the whole of the Revolution, and could have written an interesting work on this eventful period had he been so disposed. His translating the whole of the Bible from the Greek was certainly a considerable undertaking, when we come to consider that it was done in the beginning of this century. Through his wife he inherited the Har- rison estate, containing seven hundred and fifty aeres, which he subsequently in his will beqneathed to his nephew, John Thomson, in consideration of his taking proper care of his spinster sister Mary.

GEORGE WACK, a clergyman of the German Reformed Church and a resident of Whitpain over fifty years, wrote a work on theology, comprising over three hundred pages of foolscap.

ALBIGENCE WALDO, a physician in the army of the Revolution, wrote "Valley Forge, a Poem," comprising four hundred and fifty-six eight-syllable lines, which was published in the Historical Magazine, New York, vol. vii., for 1863. It is dated "Second Line in Camp, April 26th, 1778," and describes in a lively manner, as it came within the author's own observations, the buildings and mode of life that pre- vailed there. Some matters are revealed that no mention is made of elsewhere.

M. HI. WALTERS. "Quarter-Centennial Report of Upper Salford Union Sabbath-School." Schwenks- ville (Pa.) Item print, 1882, 20 pp., 32mo.

DANIEL WEISER. "Oeffentliche Correspondence Zwischen Joshua Schultz und Daniel Weiser, Re- formirten Prediger in Jahr 1858," Lansdale, Pa., Gedruckt von John Shupe, 1861, 128 pp., 8vo.

C. Z. WEISER, D.D., of East Greenville, son of Rev. Daniel Weiser. "Lite of Conrad Weiser, the Cele- brated Indian Interpreter and Traveler," Reading, 1876, 448 pp., 12mo. " Monograph of the New Gosch- enhoppen and Great Swamp Charge, 1731-1881," Reading, Pa., Daniel Miller, printer, 1882, 166 pp., 12mo. He has contributed numerous articles to the magazines and reviews. Among them may be men- tioned The Guardian, a monthly published by the Reformed Church Publication Board in Philadelphia.

JOSEPH WERTZNER, of Whitpain, about 1824 is- sued a pamphlet on moral and religious topics.

WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, a justice of the peace and resident of West Chester. "Directory of the Boroughs of Norristown and Bridgeport, Montgom- ery County, Pa., for the years 1860-61 : Containing a Concise History of the Boroughs from Their First Settlement to the Present Time; the Names of all the Inhabitants, alphabetically arranged, their Occupa- tions, Places of Business and Dwelling-Houses ; a List of the Streets of the Boroughs; Statistics of Public and Private Schools ; the Location and Time of Holding Services in the Churches; the Time of Arrival and Departure of the Different Lines of Travel; the Time and Place of Meeting of the Various Societies and Associations," William White- head, publisher, West Chester, 1860, 228 pp., 12mo.

M. R. WILLS AND WIFE, of Norristown. In 1875 Mr. and Mrs. Wills made a trip of about four months to Europe, visiting Ireland, England and Scotland, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and France. Their letters of travels, principally written by Mrs. Wills, were published in the Herald, of which journal Mr. Wills is the editor and proprietor. The letters were shortly afterwards collected and published in book-form,-" A Summer in Europe," by Mary H. Wills, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1876, 170 pp., 12mo.

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BIRD WILSON, D.D., LL.D., 1777-1859, president judge of Montgomery, Bucks, Chester and Delaware Counties from 1806 to 1818. " Abridgement of the Laws of Pennsylvania," Philadelphia, 7 vols., Svo.

JAMES WINNARD, 1770-1837, for some time pro- prietor of the Norristown Register. Published " The Spirit of Despotism," 2d edition, 12mo ; " Beauties of Seneca, with a Sketch of His Life and Death," 1813, 12mo; and "Tales of An Evening," by Francis Mur- phy, 1815, 12mo.

HENRY WOODMAN, 1795-1879; resided for some time in Upper Merion; was a minister among Friends, and died in Buckingham, Bucks Co .; wrote a "History of Valley Forge" before 1850, which was published in the Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch, in September, October and November, 1865. The work contains numerous reminiscences which the author had gathered in the vicinity of Valley Forge.

WILLIAM A. YEAKLE, born 1824; a native and resident of Whitemarsh. "History of Whitemarsh," published in sixteen numbers of the Norristown Herald, ending April 17, 1883.

JOHN YOUNG, 1757-94, brother of Anna Young Smith ; partly educated by his annt, Mrs. Ferguson, at Graeme Park, Horsham. "Compendium of Ancient Geography, by Mons. D'Anville," translated from the French, with maps, London, 1791, 2 vols., 848 pp., Svo. The translator's preface contains fourteen pages and is an able production. For an American at the close of the last century to have attempted and succeeded in such a work as this in the city of London was certainly a marvelons undertaking. Mr. Young had previously been a contributor to the European Magazine.

Maps .- JOHN HILL. "Map of Philadelphia and Environs," surveyed by John Hill in 1801-7 and published in 1809. It is a farm map, with the names of the owners, acres, bounds and in some cases the I contains also almost the whole of Bucks County.

(late of first settlement thereon. This is probably the first local map of the kind relating to the city and its vicinity. It includes nearly one-third of Lower Merion and two-thirds of Cheltenham.

G. II. HOPKINS. " Atlas of the County of Mont- gomery, Pennsylvania, from Actual Surveys and Official Records," compiled and published by G. M. Hopkins & Co., 320 Walnut Street, Phila., 1871, 103 pages of colored maps,-the first atlas on the county. " Atlas of Philadelphia and Environs, from Official Records, Private Plans and Actual Surveys, Based upon Plans deposited in the Department of Surveys," surveyed and published under the direction of G. M. Hopkins, C.E., 320 Walnut Street, Phila.,' 1877, 89 pp. ; contains farm maps of the townships of Lower Merion, Whitemarsh, Springfield, Plymouth, Abington, Lower Providence, Upper Merion, Norri- ton, Upper Dublin, Cheltenham and Whitpain, with a map of Montgomery County; also maps of the boroughs of West Conshohocken, Jenkintown, Bridge-

port and the village of Ambler. " Atlas of Properties near the North Pennsylvania Railroad from Wayne Junction to Penllyn Station, from Official Records, Private Plans and Actual Surveys," published by G. M. Hopkins, C.E., 320 Walnut Street, Phila., 1883; contains 21 plates, each containing 2 pages, with an index plate to the whole, comprising nearly all of the consolidated city, with the townships of Abington, Cheltenham, Springfield, Whitemarsh, Plymouth, Norriton, Lower Merion and the borough of Norris- town ; also parts of Moreland, Upper Dublin, Whit- pain, Montgomery, Worcester and Upper Merion.

THOMAS HUGHES, a civil engineer and surveyor of Philadelphia, in the beginning of 1859, prepared a map of Moreland township, showing the location of houses, boundaries of farms, with number of acres, improvements, streams, ete., published by Mathew Ifughs, 1861, for sixty-five subscribers, at $5.00 each, illustrated by several lithographie sketches of build- ings. This map is now sought after and prized.

R. K. KUHN AND WILLIAM B. SHROPE. " Map of Bucks and Montgomery Counties and the City of Philadelphia," on the scale of one inch to the mile; containing views of the county buildings, churches, seminaries, and plans of the principal towns and villages. The names of 20,000 real estate owners are mentioned thereon. Published in 1857, price, $5.00. D. J. LAKE AND S. N. BEERS. " Map of the Vicinity of Philadelphia, from Actual Surveys," by D. J. Lake and S. N. Beers; assisted by F. W. Beers, L. B. Lake and D. G. Beers. C. K. Stone and A. Pomeroy, ! publishers, Phila., 1860. Size, 53 by 5 feet ; contains the whole of Montgomery County, with its townships, boroughs, roads and names of land-holders, besides several small maps of villages. This is undoubtedly the finest and most correct map of the county up to the date of its publication. It is much valued, and is still found hung up in many offices for reference. It

JOHN LEVERING. " A Map of Lower Merion," by John Levering, published in 1858, from surveys by himself; contains lithographs of the Old Friends' Meeting-House, Lower Merion Academy and res- idence of Charles Thomson. Subscription price, $3.00. Denotes location of buildings, the boundaries of all farms and lots in the township. This, it is likely, was the first township map published separately re- lating to the county.

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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 84

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