CHAPTER XII THE SECOND WAR WITH ENGLAND In a work such as this it is not to be expected that space can be given to a discussion of the causes…

CHAPTER XI FROM THE ERECTION OF THE COUNTY OF DELAWARE TO THE SECOND WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN The sparsely-peopled territory, which in the anger of defeat at the removal of…

CHAPTER X FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO THE ERECTION OF DELAWARE COUNTY When the storm of war had subsided, Chester County, with the whole country, suffered severely in the process…

CHAPTER IX FROM THE DEFEAT AT BRANDYWINE TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR On the afternoon of September 12th, the, day succeeding the battle, Maj. Gen. Grant, with the…

CHAPTER VIII THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE “The Brandywine Creek, as it is called, commences with two branches called the East and West branches, which unite in one stream, flowing from…

CHAPTER VII THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE TO THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE [Please note that this chapter is heavely footnoted.  The footnotes are indicated by an “*” and “(number*).] The thoughtful men…

CHAPTER VI THE COLONIAL HISTORY TO THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION [Please note that this chapter is heavely footnoted.  The footnotes are indicated by an “*” and “(number*).] The only…

CHAPTER V THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE HOUSE WHEREIN IT MET On the 18th day of November, 1682, three weeks after his arrival in the colony, William Penn…

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 As stated in the…

CHAPTER III THE CIRCULAR BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN DELAWARE COUNTY AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE That Lord Baltimore, long before the royal grant to Penn, during the Dutch ascendency on the…