[Book] History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania

History of Delaware County Pennsylvania – Table of Contents

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Apr 9, 2011

History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania

by Henry Graham Ashmead, Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. 1884

Chapter I – Physical Geography and Geology of Delaware County
Chapter II – The Early Settlement of Delaware County to the Grant of the Province of William Penn
Chapter III – The Circular Boundary Line between Delaware County and the State of Delaware
Chapter IV – William Penn’s First Voyage to his Province in 1682 – The Change of the Name Upland to Chester, and the Reason it was Made
Chapter V – The First Assembly of Pennsylvania, and the House wherein it met
Chapter VI – The Colonial History to the War of the Revolution
Chapter VII – The Revolutionary Struggle in the Battle of Brandywine
Chapter VIII – The Battle of Brandywine
Chapter IX – From the Defeat at Brandywine to the Conclusion of the Revolutionary War
Chapter X – From the Revolutionary War to the Erection of Delaware County
Chapter XI – From the Erection of the County of Delaware to the Second War with Great Britain
Chapter XII – The Second War with England
Chapter XIII – From the Second War with England to 1850
Chapter XIV – Storms, Freshets, and Earthquakes
Chapter XV – The Ten-Hour Movement
Chapter XVI – The Removal of the County-seat to Media
Chapter XVII – The Civil War
Chapter XVIII – Crimes and Punishments
Chapter XIX – Manners and Customs – How Inhabitants of Delaware County lived in former Years
Chapter XX – Traveling and Transportation, with an Account of the Railroads in the County
Chapter XXI – Redemption and Slavery in Delaware County
Chapter XXII – Agriculture, with a brief Mention of our Domestic Animals
Chapter XXIII – Wild Animals, Fish, etc. of Delaware County
Chapter XXIV – Delaware County Climate, together with Notices of Remarkable Weather
Chapter XXV – The Court, Bench, and Bar of Delaware County
Chapter XXVI – Physicians and Medical Societies
Chapter XXVII – Civil Lists
Chapter XXVIII – The Township of Tinicum
Chapter XXIX – Aston Township
Chapter XXX – Bethel Township
Chapter XXXI – Birmingham Township
Chapter XXXII – City of Chester
Chapter XXXIII – Chester Township
Chapter XXXIV – Borough of Upland
Chapter XXXV – South Chester Borough
Chapter XXXVI – North Chester Borough
Chapter XXXVII – Upper Chichester Township
Chapter XXXVIII – Lower Chichester Township
Chapter XXXIX – Concord Township
Chapter XL – Darby Township
Chapter XLI – Darby Borough
Chapter XLII – Upper Darby Township
Chapter XLIII – Edgmont Township
Chapter XLIV – Haverford Township
Chapter XLV – Marple Township
Chapter XLVI – Borough of Media
Chapter XLVII – Middletown Township
Chapter XLVIII – Newtown Township
Chapter XLIX – Nether Providence Township
Chapter L – Upper Providence Township
Chapter LI – Radnor Township
Chapter LII – Thornbury Township
Chapter LIII – Springfield Township
Chapter LIV – Ridley Township
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