A wonderful collection of tales and facts of the times, places and people of Bucks County and Pennsylvania.
PAPERS (Sample from Volume 1 only)
Early Settlement of Newtown Township. Josiah B. Smith i
The Solebury Copper Mine Capt. John S. Bailey 6
Early History of Bucks County Gen. W. W. H. Davis 13
Bucks County Bi-Centennial Alfred Paschall 18
About Attleborough Gen. W. W. H. Davis 24
William Penn's Home Life at the
Manor House Gen. W. W. H. Davis 28
Mennonites or German Friends Richard M. Lyman 39
Our Stone Age Capt. John S. Bailey 45
The Minerals of Bucks County Charles Laubach 53
The German Population in Bucks County . William J. Buck 57
The Marquis de LaFayette. Gen. W. W. H. Davis 66
The Neshaminy Church Rev. D. K. Turner 77
Indian Town of Playwickey Josiah B. Smith 95
The Doylestown Presbyterian Church . • .John L. DuBois 99
Reminiscences of Wrightstown Hon. Henry Chapman 102
Early History of Wrightstown Miss Annie C. Scarborough ... 1 1 1
Some Account of Warminster Meeting- • -Harriet E. Kirk 116
The Newspapers of Bucks County E. F. Church 118
The Poets and Poetry of Bucks County - -Gen. W. W. H. Davis 126
The Schools of Buckingham Elizabeth Lloyd 137
Reminiscences of Buckingham. Hon. Henry Chapman 143
Bucks County in the Revolution Gen. W. W. H. Davis 153
Indigenous and Naturalized Flowering
Plants, Ferns and Fern Allies of
Bucks County Dr. Isaac S. Mover 161
The Doanes Before the Revolution Henry C. Mercer 173
Sketch of the Life of Gen. John Davis . . . Rev. D. K. Turner 182
Southampton Baptist Church Gen. W. W. H. Davis 196
The Ferns of Durham and Vicinity Miss Margaret J. Moffat 209
The Paper Mills of Bucks County E. F. Church 213
Edward Hicks Dr. Lettie A. Smith 217
The Fells and Slocums of Wyoming Edward Matthews 226
The Durham Iron Works Charles Laubach 232
Three Dramatic Scenes in the Closing
Hours of the Revolutionary Struggle • • Gen. W. W. H. Davis 250
Four Lawyers of Doylestown Bar Caleb E. Wright 266
The Doans and Their Times Henry C. Mercer 270
Thomas Ross, a Minister of the Society
of Friends Capt. John S. Bailey 283
The Durham Cave Charles Daubach - • 294
The Object of a Local Historical Society. Henry C. Michener 297
Plumstead Township Gen. W. W. H. Davis 305
Durham Cave — Reminiscences Martin Coryell 314
Education in Durham Township C. E. Hindenach 316
George Taylor— The Signer Charles Daubach 325
The Worth and Character of Pennsyl-
vania Germans Rev. A. R. Home, D. D. 333
General Ulysses S. Grant Alfred Paschall 349
Colonial Estates Col. Theodore W. Bean 353
The Early Clock Makers Capt. John S. Bailey 361
Penn and His Plans in Pennsylvania Howard M. Jenkins. 367
The American Policy Charles Heber Clark 380
Edward Hicks Hannah E. Holcomb 385
Local Names William J. Buck 389
Our Fern Miss Margaret B. Harvey 393
Early Welsh Settlers Howard M. Jenkins 397
What Geoffrey Chaucer Saw Dr. J. B. Walter 40T
The Schwenkfelders Gen. John F. Hartranft 404
Forestry in Pennsylvania Col. Henry D. Paxson 408
Aboriginal Remains in Durham and
Vicinity. John A. Ruth 417
American Archaeology Rev. Dr. John P. Lundy 425
The New Britain Baptist Church Rev. N. C. Fetter 438
Hon. Samuel D. Ingham Rev. D. K. Turner 450
The Mode of Life in Our Early Settle-
ment. Dr. George H. Larison 459
The Foundations on Which Our Fath-
ers Built Rev. W. W. Bullock 467
The Pension System Major Frank A. Butts 472
The Red Lion Inn, Bensalem Town-
ship William J. Buck 485
Early Catholics of Bucks County. Martin I. J. Griffin 489
Then and Now; or Old Times and New
in Pennsylvania Rev. S. F. Hotchkin 496
The Bucks County Medical Society Dr. J. B. Walter 509
The Town We Live in Gen. W. W. H. Davis 521
Bits of History Gen. W. W. H. Davis 527
Scraps of Bucks Before 1750 Dr. John W. Jordan 536
Early History of Bristol Gen. W. W. H. Davis 548
The Progress of the United States Rev. S. F. Hotchkin 561
Loganian Lands in Bucks County. John L. DuBois 572
Popular Errors Respecting North Ameri-
can Indians Dr. William J. Hoflfman 577
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Gen. W. W. H. Davis, Portrait Frontispiece
Building of Bucks County Historical Society vii
Lenape Monument at Wrightstown xxxiii
Josiah B. Smith, Portrait i
Lenape Stone, the Indian and the Mammoth 45
Wrightstown Friends' Meeting-house 102
Horse Block at Wrightstown Meeting-house 102
Buckingham Friends' Meeting-house 143
Dr. Isaac S. Moyer, Portrait ; 161
Palisades or Narrows of Nockamixon 210
Durham Fiirnace, Date-stone 1727 233
Durham Furnace Stove Plate, 1 74 1 240
Durham Furnaces, erected 1848-50 245
Durham Furnace, erected 1876 249
Durham Cave, from photograph taken 1896 295
Durham Cave, arranged with seats, 1885 315
Durham School Houses and Riegelsville Academy 316-321-323
Parsons-Taylor House, Easton, Pa 326
Capt. John S. Bailey in his work-shop at Buckingham 363
The Red Lion Inn, in Bensalem township 487
Court Houses at Doylestown, Bucks county 525