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Two German Bibles. Germantown : Christoph Saur, 1743. Sermons by Rev. John Conrad Steiner, Reformed preacher in Philadelphia. Henry Miller, the Moravian printer, 1763.
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Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in German. London, 1751.
German Lutheran Hymn Book. Philadelphia: Ludwig Baisch, 1774.
German Testament, Psalms, Catechism and Hymn Book, combined. Amsterdam, 1722. German Religious Work. Philadelphia : Anthony Arm- priester, 1754. Belonged to the Hunsicker family.
Doctrine of Mennonists' Church. By Menno Simon, its founder. Ratzeburg, 1702.
Release for 25 acres in New Hanover, dated May 28, 1740, by John Henry Sprogell, Sr., to Jacob Meyer.
Deed and release for 200 acres in New Hanover, dated May 15, 1719, by John Henry Sprogell to Hans Senseman.
Deed for 500 acres in Pennsylvania, not located, but to be surveyed, by Thomas Birchall to John Longhurst, dated July 25, 1685.
Deed for 250 acres in Pennsylvania, dated May 23, 1682, granted by William Penn to John Longhurst.
Patent for 50 acres in Frederick, dated January 20, 1736, from John, Thomas and Richard Penn to Michael Dotterer, bear ing the seal and signature of Thomas Penn.
Tripartite Deed for 121 acres in New Hanover, dated May 21, 1762, from Jacob and Elizabeth Meyer and Christopher and Elisabeth Bittenbender to George Nyce.
Deed for a lot in Germantown, dated May 22, 1750, granted by William Streeper to Andrew Campbell.
Deed for 100 acres in New Hanover, dated June 7, 1734, from Hans Senseman and wife Agnes to Jacob Meyer.
Five Deeds, conveying various parcels of land, all written by Benjamin Markley. 1800 to 1807.
Lease for 100 acres in New Hanover, dated March 5, 1736, granted by John Henry Sprogell to Jacob Fry.
Will of Thomas Barber, made on the "27th of ye 7th mo. 1682," on board the ship Welcome, bound for Pennsylvania. He was late of Shipley, in the county of Sussex. His wife was the eldest daughter of John Longhurst. The witnesses to the will were George Thompson, Joseph Woodroofe, and Thomas Gillet.
MS. Offer of eight dollars reward, by Andrew Ziegler, gaoler, for the arrest and return to the common gaol of Mont- gomery county of a prisoner who "broke gaol on Saturday night, the 7th inst." Dated Norriton, May 11, 1785.
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NYCE, ISAAC, Frederick.
Release for 91 acres in New Hanover, dated May 26, 1735, by Jacob Meyer and wife to John Nyce and Henry Stetler.
Lease for 91 acres in New Hanover, dated April 17, 1740, by John Henry Sprogell, Sr., to John Nyce, of Frederick.
Deed for 37 acres in New Hanover, dated March 27, 1722, by John Henry Sprogell to Christian Jacobs.
Lease for 37 acres in New Hanover, dated December 26, 1729, by Christian Jacobs and wife to Hans Adam Ax.
Deed and Release for the foregoing, dated December 27, 1729. In this instrument the name "Nichin creek" is applied to the small stream now known as Minister's creek and Pfar- rersbach.
History of Romish Treasons and Usurpations. 1666.
Old Account Book and Surveyor's Memorandum.
NYCE, MRS. RACHEL, Frederick.
Reward of Merit, given to exhibitor by her teacher on Octo- ber 16, 1807. Artistic pen and ink work in colors.
OWEN, MRS. WILLIAM W., Norristown.
German Prayer Book. 17- Bible, with record of Norris family from 1600. Deed of part of Norris property. 1750.
PAISTE, ROBERT, Norristown. History of the People called Quakers. 1790.
PANNEPACKER, MISS, Klein's.
Certificate of Birth and Baptism. 1792.
PAWLING, THE MISSES, King-of-Prussia. Bible. 1784.
PAWLING, MRS. DR., Norristown.
The Minstrel. A song book. 1828. The Wood Robin. A book of songs. 1822. Inscriptions from old graves at Burial Hill, Plymouth, Mass. Presented by H. B. Pierce, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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PHIPPS, THOMAS, Plymouth Meeting. Bible. 1642.
PRIEST, MISS, Trappe. Old Books.
PUGH, MRS. JOHN,. Conshohocken.
Ulster County Gazette, January 4, 1800. In mourning for the death of Washington.
QUILLMAN, MRS. PHILIP, Norristown. German Bible. 1750.
RALSTON, MISS A. L., Norristown.
Advertisement or Hand-Bill, issued by the War Department, offering rewards for the arrest of Booth, Surratt and Harold, withi photographs. Dated April 20, 1865.
RALSTON, MRS. J. G., Norristown.
An original Deed of William Penn. 1703.
RAY, HENRY T., North Wales.
Letter from Henry Clay, written July 24, 1850.
RAY, WILLIAM T., North Wales.
Philadelphia Class and Library Card, by exhibitor.
Check System Library Register.
REED, DR. W. H., Jeffersonville. .
Certificate of Postmastership, granted to M. H. Reed, of Skippackville, in 1832.
REIFF, JOSEPH L., Ambler.
Pennsylvania Gazette, February 8, 1792.
REX, JACOB L., Blue Bell.
Docket No. 3 of John Wentz, Justice of the Peace of Whit- pain township. 1803.
Manuscript. A notice to the citizens of Whitpain to meet to take measures to purchase a lot of ground whereon to erect a public school. November 27, 1800.
Western Gazetteer ; or, Emigrant's Directory. Showing the progress of the country since 1817.
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REX, MRS. JACOB L., Blue Bell.
French Testament. A gift from Samuel Sherwood, formerly of Norristown.
First Catalogue of the Whitpain Library Company, dated April 16, 1818.
Child's book : Little Emma and Her Father. Presented to Mrs. Rex forty-seven years ago by Mrs. Mordecai Moore. Curi- ous for its colored plates, and is more ancient than Mother Hub- bard.
REX, MARY S., Blue Bell.
Valuable Secrets. By Evert A. Duyckinck. New York, 1800. RICHARDS, MRS. M., Norristown.
Norristown Herald. 1812. Printed by Charles Sower. Life and Religious Labors of Sarah Grubb. One volume. 1795.
RIDPATH, J. W., Jenkintown.
Jenkintown Newspapers, all extinct: Jenkintown Pestle, 1875-77; Penn Record, succeeded the Pestle, by purchase, in 1878; North Penn Express, 1878, the latter part of the year.
RITTENHOUSE, SAMUEL, Fairview Village.
German Bible.
ROBERTS, SEPTIMUS, Whitpain.
Fruit of Retirement. 1785.
New England Psalter. 1785.
Collection of Almanacs from 1759 to -, and 1838 to 1852. Ancient Testimony of the Society of Friends.
Religious Tracts, .100 years.
Landing of William Penn.
Epistles and Testimony, issued by the Society of Friends. 1828.
Economy of Human Life. 1786.
Life of John Fothergill. 1753. Life and Travels of Job Scott. Life of Robert Barclay. 1830. Farmer's Boy. 1803. Farmer's Own Book. 1832.
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Poems. 1800.
Life of Thomas Say. 1796.
Testimony of Samuel Mand. 1730.
Christian Religion. 1875.
Divine and Heavenly Doctrines. 1822.
Confession of Faith.
Flowers of Autumn. 1820.
Farmer's Cultivator.
Farmer's Register.
Decision of Court of Chancery. 1834.
Life and Confession of Antoine Probst.
Agricultural Encyclopedia.
Premiums of Board of Agriculture. 1800.
Encyclopedia Britannica. 1815.
American Farmer. Two volumes. 1828. Account Book of Hugh Roberts. 1818.
Sewell's History, old.
ROGERS, D. OGDEN, Norristown.
Law Book, many years old.
RORER, ISAAC, Frankford.
Patent for improvement in manufacturing gunpowder, dated August 10, 1791, signed by Washington, Jefferson, and Randolph. The first patent issued by the United States government.
Ross, DAVID H., Conshohocken.
Ulster County Gazette, New York. 1800.
Ross, MRS. HENRY P., Norristown.
Holland Dutch Bible. Psalms, set to music ; 150 years old.
Bacchanalian Songs, set to music ; 200 years old.
ROWLAND, LYNFORD, Cheltenham.
Deed, dated March 16, 1681, for 250 acres, sold by William Penn, of Sussex, England, to Nehemiah Mitthoff.
Deed, dated 16th of Tenth-month, 1689, for 200 acres, sold by William Penn to Samuel Carpenter, William Markham, Rob- ert Ewinor, and John Goodson.
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SASSAMAN, HENRY, Frederick.
Manuscript Book of Sermons of Rev. George Weiss, a Schwenkfelder minister, preached between the years 1732 and 1740.
SATTERTHWAIT, EDWIN, Jenkintown.
English Bible, old.
SCHAEFER, MISS, Norristown.
Old Bible.
History of the confession and execution of William Gross in 1820, with a written opinion in the case by the Judge.
SCHILDT, CHARLES, Worcester.
Old Book.
SCHLATER, FRANK, Broad Axe.
Indenture Papers of Caspar Schlater. 1789. Deed from William Penn.
SCHULTZ, AMOS, Niantic.
Acts of first session of first Congress. 1796. Natural Theology. German. 1732. SCHULTZ, MRS. J. K., Niantic.
German Commentary on the Bible. 1570. Heavenly Balm. German. 15 -. Conversation Lexicon. 1761.
SCHULTZ, SOLOMON, Fairview Village. Testament.
SCHWENK, ENOS, Grater's Ford.
German Bible. Nuremberg, 1747. Deed, 1780.
Deeds of Schwenk property, in Perkiomen township, from 1807.
Pamphlet. Report of Pennsylvania Canal Commissioners. Harrisburg, 1837.
Pamphlet. Report on Cholera. Harrisburg, 1833. Pamphlet. Harrison Campaign. Report of the Young Men's Convention. Harrisburg, 1836.
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Norristown Herald and Advertiser, January 20, 1804. Norristown Herald and Free Press, July 1, 1840. Series of Providence township Deeds, of old date. SCHWENK, SAMUEL S., Schwenksville. Beauties of History. Volume 1. 1782. Bible. 1726.
SCOTT, THOMAS P., North Wales.
Works of William Penn. Two volumes. 1726.
Prior's Poems. 1718. A fine copy of a rare book. Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary. 1751. Dodsley's Poems. Three volumes. London, 1770. Thomson's Seasons. 1790.
The Evangelical Harmonie. Cambridge, 1634.
The Adventurer. By Hawkesworth. 1760. Ross' Muses' Interpreter. By Alex. Ross. London, 1653.
SECHLER, REV. JOHN H., Centre Square.
Three copies of Johan Arnd's Wahre Christenthum. Phila- delphia, 1751 ; Halle, 1760; Nuremberg, 1762.
Two copies Psalms of David, Luther's translation. German- town : Michael Billmeyer, 1796. Philadelphia : Henry Schweit- zer, 1801.
Twenty-three copies Heidelberg Catechism. Frankfort-on- the-Main, 1771; Steiner & Cist, Philadelphia, 1777 ; and others.
Zinzendorf's St. Matthew's Gospel. Second volume. Barby, 1767.
Work of Rev. John Wesley. Volume 1. Bristol, 1771. Fordyce's Sermons to Young Women. Volume 1. Dub- lin, 1766.
Catechism. Philadelphia : Henry Miller, 1763. Life, Trials, &c., of Francis Howgill. London, 1676.
Life and Travels of John Fothergill. Philadelphia, 1754. Life and Travels of Samuel Bownas. Over 150 years old.
SHAINLINE, JONATHAN, Abrams. Assessor's Book. 1791 and 1792. SHANNON, GEORGE, Norristown. Bible. 1500.
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SHANNON, MRS., Norristown.
Almanac and Diary, 100 years old. Marriage Certificate. 1789.
SHARPLESS, MRS. H. H. G., Shoemakertown. A Habeas Corpus. 1768. SHAW, MRS. JOHN, Abington.
Bible, embroidered cover. 1750. SHAY, JOHN, Three Tuns. Æsop's Fables. 1783.
SHEIP, LEVINUS, East Greenville.
German Hymn Book, with notes. 1757.
SHOEMAKER, ENOCH, Springfield.
Shoemaker Family Bible. Edinburgh, 1762. Owned by the exhibitor.
Deed for 100 acres in the manor of Springfield, dated 1709, from Thomas Tresse to John Henry Sprogell.
Deed for 100 acres in the manor of Springfield, dated August 25, 1725, from Daniel Falkner, minister, of Germantown, to Jo- hannes Michael Schutze, taylor, of New York city.
Deed for 100 acres in the manor of Springfield, dated August 27, 1725, from Johannes Michael Schutze to William Fishbourne. Deed for 100 acres in the manor of Springfield, dated 1726, from William Fishbourne to Arent Hassert.
Patent for 100 acres in the manor of Springfield to Arent Hassert.
Deed for 100 acres in the manor of Springfield, dated 1755, from John Koster, of Germantown, to Henry Snyder.
Deed for 202 acres, dated 1737, by John, Thomas and Richard Penn to Henry Snyder.
SHOEMAKER, HANNAH Y., Plymouth Meeting. Bible, dated 1759.
SHOEMAKER, ROBERT, Shoemakertown.
General Advertiser, October 11, 1803.
Almanac. 1760. This is the date of the birth of Martha Leech, the grandmother of the exhibitor.
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London Magazine. 1758.
Life and Travels of Samuel Bownas. Philadelphia, 1759. Journal of Thomas Chalkley. 1749.
Letters of Junius. 1771. In 1776 Robert Shoemaker, a Friend, grandfather of the exhibitor, when on his way to market in the city with provisions, was captured, it is said, and taken to the American camp at Germantown, and while there this volume was given to him.
Sewell's History of the Quakers. 1774.
Day Book or Journal, of Richard Martin. 1753. Martin was a tanner and miller at Shoemakertown. The book is inter- esting, as it contains the names of many of the residents of the township of that date.
Illustrated Bible. Zurich, 1571. This is a copy of, and the same date as, the Shoemaker Family Bible brought to this coun- try by George Shoemaker, ancestor of the exhibitor, who landed at Chester in 1684, and settled in Cheltenham township. The old Shoemaker Bible is in possession of the widow of Samuel M. Shoemaker, of Baltimore.
Three Deeds for land in Cheltenham, dated 1720 and 1728. SIMMERS, JOSEPH H., Three Tuns.
Newspaper, dated 1800. In mourning for Washington.
SIMPSON, THOMAS C., Norristown.
Original Letter, written and signed by George Washington, as follows :
HEADQUARTERS, VALLEY FORGE, 15 March, 1778.
Sir-I yesterday rec'd a letter from Governor Wharton en- closing copy of one from you to the Council on the subject of keeping five or six Gallies manned for the protection of the upper part of the river. The Governor has very politely left the mat- ter to my determination, but I would not wish to interfere in a Business which is out of my line any further than by giving my advice. I cannot help thinking now, as I did before, that should the Enemy come up the River, they will do it with a superior force, and certainly carry them. But Captain Huston thinks, with the assistance of a small work on shore, under cover of which they can run in case of necessity, that they may be pro- tected. I would wish you to consult Governor Livingston and the gentlemen in the naval line upon this matter, and do what
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to you seems best. But you will not fail to secure the Guns and Stores of those Gallies that you stop, in the safest manner, until means can be fallen upon to carry them away. I am, sir, your most obed't serv't,
Go : WASHINGTON. Favor Capt. Huston, Review, March ye 17, 1778.
SISLER, MRS. EDMUND, Pottstown.
Bible, over 100 years old.
SLIFER, DR. H. F., North Wales.
General History. 1619. Bible. Edinburg, 1756.
Bloomfield's View of the World. Two volumes. 1808. Ticket to Peale's Museum. No. 1972.
SLINGLUFF, MRS. WILLIAM H., Norristown.
Gardener's Dictionary. London, 1759. Copy of first Public Ledger, Philadelphia. Watts' Hymns.
SMITH, ALFRED, Spring House.
Newspaper.
SMITH, REV. O. P., Trappe.
German Bible. Used by Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg at the beginning of his ministry at Trappe, 1742. Bible Dictionary of the German Law. 1611. First Record of the Lutheran Church at Trappe.
SNYDER, REV. GEORGE W., Jeffersonville. German Prayer Book. 1799.
SNYDER, JOHN H., Kulpsville. Send-Brief. By Schwenkfeld. 1561. SNYDER, MARY W., Norriton. German Prayer Book. 1769. History of Pennsylvania. 1806. A Medical Work, in French. 1719.
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SOWER, CHARLES G., Philadelphia.
This exhibit contains, among others, samples of the publica- tions of five generations of Christopher Saur and his descendants.
Zionitscher Weyrauchs Hügel. Germantown, 1739.
Holy Bible. Quarto. German. 1743. This was the first edition of the Bible in a European language printed in America. In 1763 it was followed by a second edition, and in 1776 by a third edition. The first edition of the English Bible, a small 12mo., was printed by Robert Aitken, in 1782. A quarto edi- tion in English was not published until 1791, by Isaac Collins, of Trenton.
Specimens of Sunday School Tickets, printed in Germantown in 1747.
Journey from Babylon to Bethel. German. 1748.
Broadside. German. 1748. This was a common mode of addressing the people at that time instead of by pamphlet.
Thomas à Kempis. English. 1749.
Germantown Newspaper, February 16, 1749. German. This newspaper was commenced in 1739, and continued by father and son forty years.
Dissertation on Pure Love. 1750.
The Everlasting Gospel. By Siegvolck. 1753.
Grew on the Use of Globes. 1753.
Newspaper of April 1, 1754. German.
Hymn Book. German. 1755.
Newspaper of June 1, 1756. German.
Spiritual Magazine, No. 3. German. This was the first religious periodical published in America.
Way to the Sabbath of Rest. 1759. Observations on the Enslaving of Negroes. 1760. One of the earliest anti-slavery books published.
Marburger Hymn Book. German. 1762.
Reformed Hymnal, with music. German. 1763. An early example of music printed from movable type, in America.
Holy Bible. Quarto. German. Second edition. 1763.
Arndt's Paradies-Gärtlein. 1765.
Die wandelnde Seele. 1768.
Geistliches Blumen-Gärtlein. 1769.
Schul-Ordnung. 1770. By Christopher Dock. This is a remarkable work on methods of teaching, proving that many so called modern methods were in practice at that early day.
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Hymn Book. German. 1772.
English and German Book. Third edition. 1772.
Ready Reckoner. Seventh edition. German. 1774. Ready Reckoner. English. 1774.
Testament. Seventh edition. German. 1775.
Holy Bible. Quarto. Third edition. 1776.
Psalms of David. German. 1777. This was probably the last work printed by Christopher Sower. Luther's Catechism. German. 1777. Christopher and Peter Sower.
Kunze's Gedichte und Lieder. 1778.
Psalms of David. 1779. Samuel Sower.
Ready Reckoner. 1793. Samuel Sower. Prophecies of the French Revolution. 1794. Samuel Sower. Poems of David. 1796. Samuel Sower.
Norristown Gazette. 1799. This volume of the paper con- tains accounts of the death of Washington and of the funeral ceremonies held in various parts of the country.
Funeral Oration, delivered before and published by Con- gress. 1800.
Washingtoniana. 1800. This rare work contains a fine portrait of Washington.
Ready Reckoner. 1801. Samuel Sower.
Norristown Herald. 1811. Charles Sower.
Lady Guion. 1812. B. W. Sower.
Newspaper, "Engine of Liberty." 1813, 1814.
Norristown Herald. 1816 to 1834.
Carvier's Farrier. 1818.
Digest of Laws of Pennsylvania. By B. F. Hancock. 1831. Norristown Musical Teacher. Seven characters to represent the seven notes of the scale are used in this work. The original type was modeled and cast for the purpose.
Sermons, in Latin. By F. Roberti. Printed in Venice four hundred and eleven years ago, about twenty-five years after books were first printed from types.
Luther's Notes on the Galatians. Printed in Basel. 1525.
Latin Bible. Printed before the Bible was divided into verses, at Cologne. 1527.
Livy. Melancthon's copy, with notes in his own writing. Printed at Basel.
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Holy Bible. Luther's translation. 1564. This splendid work, in folio, contains about two hundred large engravings, all elaborately hand-painted three hundred and twenty years ago. It is believed to be unique in this country.
Essays on Faith and Doctrine. By Luther. 1570. Printed at Frankfort.
Commentary of John Calvin on the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to St. John. This is believed to be the first English edition of Calvin's works. 1584.
Bible Concordance, in Hebrew, Greek, and German. 1718. Der Blutige Schau Platz, or Book of Martyrs. From the time of Christ to 1660. Printed in 1748.
Christian Doctrine and Belief. 1769.
Christian Prayers and Belief. 1770.
Chronica Ephratensis. 1786. This rare work contains the chronicles of the Dunker Brethren in Pennsylvania. The book is much sought after.
Justice of the Peace. 1750. One of the many books printed by Benjamin Franklin.
A Work in Manuscript. Written in Pennsylvania. 1750.
Funeral sermon in memory of Rev. Dr. Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg. 1788. Contains a handsome portrait of this emi- nent and learned clergyman.
Thomas' History of Printing. 1810.
Manuscript Proceedings of the Franklinian Polemic Society of Norristown. Of much local interest.
SOWER, F. D., Norristown.
German Bible. Germantown : Christoph Saur. 1743. The full title of this remarkable edition of the Bible is : Biblia, Das ist ; Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments, Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers, Mit jedes Capi- tels kurtzen Summarien, auch beygefügten vielen und richtigen Parallelen ; Nebst einem Anhang Des dritten und vierten Buchs Esrä und des dritten Buchs der Maccabäer. Germantown : Ged- ruckt bey Christoph Saur. 1743.
This is the first Bible printed in this country in a European language. The 1st, 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th and 14th lines of the first or general title, are printed in red, the others in black; the title to the New Testament is in
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black ink ; an ornamental hcadpiece 15% inches wide extends across the page at the beginning of Genesis, and there is another ornamental headpiece at the commencement of Matthew ; the other pages have each two black lines at the top, between which are printed the name of the Book, the number of the Chapters on the page and brief summary of the contents. The text is re- printed from the 34th Halle edition of Luther's Bible, more than one hundred errors in which are corrected. * * * The covers of the Volume are wood boards, each three-eighths of an inch thick, covered with calf, each board being further protected by fine brass rivets and two clasps. The edi- tion consisted of about one thousand copies .- E. B. O'CALLAGHAN'S American Editions of the Holy Scriptures, Albany, 1861.
Psalms and Hymns. Germantown : Christoph Saur. 1762. Gesang Buch. Germantown : Christoph Saur. 1762.
German Bible. Germantown : Christoph Saur. 1776.
Robert Barclay's Apologie. Germantown : Christoph Saur. 1776.
Certain Physiological Essays. Robert Boyle, London. 1661. English Bible. London. 1771. Contains a written Reg- ister of the Rutter Family, of Pottstown.
Know your own Mind. A Comedy. London. 1788. Christians' Duty. Germantown : Peter Leibert. 1791. German Psalter Spiel. Germantown : Samuel Saur. 1792. The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Arbuthnot. Glasgow. 1751.
The Laws of the Province of Penna. Philadelphia : An- drew Bradford, Printer to the Province. 1728.
Illustrations of the Burmese War. 1824.
New Testament. Germantown : Michael Billmeyer. 1810. Laws of Penna. Compiled by B. F. Hancock. Norristown : D. Sower. 1831.
German Book. 1570,
Constitution and Bye-Laws of the Washington Association of Montgomery County. Norristown: Printed for the Associa- tion by David Sower, Jr., 1818. A small-sized phamplet of fif- teen pages.
The purposes of this Association are indicated in Article 2, Section 1, relative to the qualifications necessary to become a member : "No person shall be admitted to the right of membership unless he be a native born citizen of the United States, of the age of eighteen years or upwards, and publicly de- clare himself determined to support the same political principles our immor- tal Washington inculcated, and evidence a full and determined purpose to maintain and defend at every hazard, the rights and privileges so dearly pur- chased for us by our glorious ancestors."
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The following members' names are printed in the pamphlet :
David Acuff,
Isaac Jenkins,
Charles Styer,
Jacob Acuff,
Joseph Jarrett,
David Styer,
William E. Davis,
Levi Jarrett,
Henry Styer,
Abraham Duffield,
Tompkins Jarrett,
John Styer,
Isaac Ellis,
Robert Kenderdine,
John Slingluff,
Jonathan Ellis,
Evan Lukens,
Andrew Shenline,
John P. Farmer,
John McCalla,
Jona'n Shoemaker ,
Dr. Antrim Foulke,
Aaron Meredith,
David Thomas,
Charles Hammer,
Levi Pawling,
Joseph Thomas,
John Henderson,
Daniel S. Reiff,
Samuel Thomas,
Nathan Holt,
Jesse W. Scheets,
Absalom Wilson,
George W. Holstein,
Daniel St. Clair,
Andrew Wills,
Joseph Hough, jun.,
Jesse Shoemaker,
Dr. H. J. White,
Charles S. Iredell,
Peter Snyder,
Thomas White,
Jacob E. Jarrett,
Jonathan Snyder,
George Wirtzner.
Two Samples of Early Type Setting.
1. An advertising circular, fourteen by seventeen inches, set in ordinary type, and printed in five colors-black, blue, red, green and yellow ; ornamented with skillfully arranged columns, scrolls and ovals, made with combination border type. In the centre is printed a Puzzle in verse, and at the bottom is given in four languages-Latin, English, French and German-the card of the printer, Samuel Sower, No. 190 Market Street, Baltimore, January, 1801.
2. Artistic specimen of ornamental typography, also exe- cuted by Samuel Sower, entitled: A Curious Piece of Antiquity on the Crucifixion of Our Saviour and the Two Thieves ; print- ed in black, on a sheet about the same size as the foregoing ; no date.
SPENCER, MRS. ELLA, Jenkintown.
English Bible, dated latter part of last century.
STAUFFER, JOHN M., Norristown.
German Bible. Nuremberg, 1764. In possession of the Rit- ter family since 1768.
STEVENS, HENRY A., Norristown.
The Columbiad. An original copy of Joel Barlow's much- valued poetical National History up to the year 1807, the date of its publication. A similar copy was placed on exhibition un- der a glass case, at the State House, Philadelphia, during the Centennial, 1876.
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STEWART, MRS. ELIZA, Abington.
Poor Will's Almanac. 1809. A Help to Free and Accepted Masons. 1783. Account of the establishment of Hatborough Library. 1787. Pamphlet.
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