History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical Memoirs, Volumes 1-2Higginson Book Company, 1907 - Dauphin County (Pa.) |
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Page 20
... acres of land , including the present site of Harrisburg ; also two hundred acres on the opposite shore , mostly owned by the late Judge Hummel and including the old ferry - landing and General Simpson's place below Yellow Breeches ...
... acres of land , including the present site of Harrisburg ; also two hundred acres on the opposite shore , mostly owned by the late Judge Hummel and including the old ferry - landing and General Simpson's place below Yellow Breeches ...
Page 27
... acres of this large manor was taken up by Germans . Many of the Scotch - Irish had settled a dozen years prior to its survey and the privilege granted them to take out war- rants . Applications were made at once , but many years rolled ...
... acres of this large manor was taken up by Germans . Many of the Scotch - Irish had settled a dozen years prior to its survey and the privilege granted them to take out war- rants . Applications were made at once , but many years rolled ...
Page 36
... acres which began to delight his eye , and the dreams of years were about to be realized when , like a de- mon of desolation , came the atrocious border wars from 1754 to 1764 . MURDER OF JOHN ARMSTRONG BY THE INDIANS . Some time in the ...
... acres which began to delight his eye , and the dreams of years were about to be realized when , like a de- mon of desolation , came the atrocious border wars from 1754 to 1764 . MURDER OF JOHN ARMSTRONG BY THE INDIANS . Some time in the ...
Page 93
... acres . The origin of this dam was as follows : April 16 , 1790 , John Harris , the founder of Harrisburg , sold to Peter , John and Abra- ham Landis , a mill - seat , with the privileges of a mill - dam and race- way , comprising three ...
... acres . The origin of this dam was as follows : April 16 , 1790 , John Harris , the founder of Harrisburg , sold to Peter , John and Abra- ham Landis , a mill - seat , with the privileges of a mill - dam and race- way , comprising three ...
Page 204
... acres about one hundred and twenty cultivated . Price of lands near to him is eight dollars for woodland ; fifty dollars for cleared . The houses all of wood , except the inn , stands on the Susquehanna and in the pre- cincts of Fort ...
... acres about one hundred and twenty cultivated . Price of lands near to him is eight dollars for woodland ; fifty dollars for cleared . The houses all of wood , except the inn , stands on the Susquehanna and in the pre- cincts of Fort ...
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