The Historical Society of Berks County PA

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

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Topic	Description	Vol.	Issue	Year	Page
Beissel, Johann Conrad	Book Review: "Johann Conrad Beissel" by Walter C. Klein	7	4	1942	121
Berks County	Notes in 1787 by Rev. Manasseh Cutler as his Connecticut to Ohio caravan passed through the area	7	4	1942	114
Cemeteries	Charles Evans inscriptions on gravestones of Deninger, Gregg, Joseph Hiester, Kanalassy, and Lota	7	4	1942	110
Cemeteries	Charles Evans inscriptions on gravestones of Nagel, Schimmelfennig, Strong, and 38 War of 1812 veterans	7	4	1942	110
Duryea, Charles E.	Duryea Drive dedicated May 23, 1942; plate unveiled by granddaughters; names of attendees	7	4	1942	124
Ephrata Cloister	Book Review: "Johann Conrad Beissel" by Walter C. Klein	7	4	1942	121
Gregg, David McMurtrie	Military career began at West Point and ended just before end of Civil War; lived 1833-1916	7	4	1942	98
Guns and Rifles	Gun-barrel factories along Wyomissing Creek were most important source From Revolutionary to Civil Wars	7	4	1942	116
Guns and Rifles	John Jacob Schnader and descendants Baltzer, Franklin, James, and Nathaniel made superior gun barrels	7	4	1942	116
Militia	Battalion Days were annual gatherings of the militia from about 1800 to 1860; notes on parades	7	4	1942	103
Militia	Names on Reading muster roll of a 1781 detachment guarding prisoners of Revolutionary War	7	4	1942	113
Militia	Names on Reading muster roll of a 1794 Army company dispatched to combat the Whiskey Insurrection	7	4	1942	113
Pennsylvania Germans	Book Review: "The Pennsylvania Germans" edited by Ralph Wood	7	4	1942	119
Revolutionary War	Debate over Capt. Nagle's Berks Company or Capt. Dowel's York Company first at Cambridge in 1775	7	4	1942	107
Revolutionary War	Names on Reading muster roll of a 1781 militia detachment guarding prisoners of war	7	4	1942	113