The Historical Society of Berks County PA

A comprehensive searchable subject index has been compiled for all issues since the first in 1935 through 2007. This will be expanded in the future to include an author index and an illustration index.

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The Historical Society of Berks County
Attention:Library
940 Centre Ave
Reading, Pa. 19601

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Topic	Description	Vol.	Issue	Year	Page
Civil War	Draftees to make up volunteer deficiencies selected by 1864 drawing recalled by then little girl, names listed	6	1	1940	21
Drinkers/Drinking	Dictionary of 1737 listing 225 synonyms and synonymouse phrases possibly compiled by Benjamin Franklin	6	1	1940	23
Historical Society	Pilgrimage No. 35 (1940) to Pennsbury Manor, re-created home of William Penn	6	1	1940	25
Militia	Company C, 103rd Quartermaster Regiment first organized in 1770s by Pine Grove taxables; names recorded	6	1	1940	18
Pennsylvania Germans	Dialect writings: "Unschuldig G'schtroft" by Charles C. More published in 1907	6	1	1940	25
Poets and Poetry	Poem: "Indian Town at Reading" by D. B. Brunner	6	1	1940	8
Quakers	Notes and photos of Samuel (1788-1862) and Thomas Lee (1787-1866), and Mary Lightfoot (1786-1878)	6	1	1940	15
Quakers	Notes and photos of Daniel Lee (1793-1874), James Lee (1795-1878), and Mary Lee (1797-1870)	6	1	1940	15
Quakers	Notes and photos of Margaret L. Chrisman (1792-1866), and Mary Evans (1786-1872)	6	1	1940	15
Reading	Modernization plan formulated by John Nolen in 1909-10 rejected, some recommendations implemented later	6	1	1940	5
Revolutionary War	Draft of men for army enacted by state, county assignments, inhabitants paid cost of raising troops	6	1	1940	2
Theatres	Entertainment in Reading, professional and amateur, surveyed from 1799 to 1851 from published reviews	6	1	1940	9

Historical Society of Berks County
940 Centre Avenue
Reading, Pennsylvania 19601
Phone 610 375-4375 Fax 610 375-4376

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