History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 - Cambria County (Pa.) |
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... February 13 , 1689 , in full faith in the doctrine of the Church of England , which rad- ically changed the situation . All the friends of the Stuarts were suspects . Penn was twice arrested on charges of trea- sonable correspondence ...
... February 13 , 1689 , in full faith in the doctrine of the Church of England , which rad- ically changed the situation . All the friends of the Stuarts were suspects . Penn was twice arrested on charges of trea- sonable correspondence ...
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... February and March , 1776 , and was assigned to the First Battalion of the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment , under Colonel Samuel Miles , that being a part of Brigadier General Lord Sterling's command . It fought in the disastrous battle of ...
... February and March , 1776 , and was assigned to the First Battalion of the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment , under Colonel Samuel Miles , that being a part of Brigadier General Lord Sterling's command . It fought in the disastrous battle of ...
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... February 15 , 1777 , also with Capt . Paxton . These officers marched with the company as volunteers and as privates , receiving the same pay and subsistence as they . CAPTAIN JOHN BOYD'S RANGEING COMPANY , 1781 . Recruited in HISTORY ...
... February 15 , 1777 , also with Capt . Paxton . These officers marched with the company as volunteers and as privates , receiving the same pay and subsistence as they . CAPTAIN JOHN BOYD'S RANGEING COMPANY , 1781 . Recruited in HISTORY ...
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... February , 1801. The relevant portions of the boundaries were : " All those parts of Quemahoning township , thence along the Westmoreland County line to the river Conemaugh ; thence in a straight line to the junction of the north and ...
... February , 1801. The relevant portions of the boundaries were : " All those parts of Quemahoning township , thence along the Westmoreland County line to the river Conemaugh ; thence in a straight line to the junction of the north and ...
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... February 12 , 1878 , from Chest town- ship . It was named for John Elder . 15. Gallitzin was established June 4 , 1866 , it having been taken from Allegheny township . It was named for the Parish Father , Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin ...
... February 12 , 1878 , from Chest town- ship . It was named for John Elder . 15. Gallitzin was established June 4 , 1866 , it having been taken from Allegheny township . It was named for the Parish Father , Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin ...
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Page 8 - And all the lands lying on the West side of the said River to the setting of the Sun, and to extend from the mouth of the said River Northward, up the same to the Hills or mountains...
Page 363 - ... families sitting out in their rude gardens; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out tomorrow's work; and we riding onward, high above them, like a whirl-wind.
Page 363 - Occasionally the rails are laid upon the extreme verge of a giddy precipice; and looking from the carriage window the traveller gazes sheer down, without a stone or scrap of fence between, into the mountain depths below.
Page 363 - It was very pretty travelling thus, at a rapid pace along the heights of the mountain in a keen wind , to look down into a valley full of light and softness : catching glimpses , through the treetops, of scattered cabins; children running to the doors; dogs bursting...
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