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Indentured servitude in Pennsylvania (1682-1820s): The institution of indentured servitude has a significant place in the history of labor in Pennsylvania. From the founding of the colony (1681/2) to the early post-revolution period (1820s), indentured servants contributed considerably to the development of agriculture and various industries in ...
The Industrial Worker in Pennsylvania, 1800–1840 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1955 online edition United States Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, 1902–1903, Report to the President on the Anthracite Coal Strike of May–October 1902 By United States Anthracite Coal Strike (1903) online edition
Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics Reading: 1948: U.S. 122 N Roadside Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Government & Politics Reading: n/a N 5th St. Hwy. / Allentown Pike (US 222) at N city line, just S of Warren St. Bypass (PA 12) Roadside
As a consequence, early German settlements in the Americas concentrated in the Middle Colonies region. Indentured servitude was especially common in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York in the 18th century, though fewer worked in agriculture. [23] German immigrants favored the Middle Colonies.
The second early European settlement was Girty's Run, established by Simon Girty. [3] The village of Glenshaw, Pennsylvania—at the center of what became Shaler Township—was established in the early 19th century, beginning with a log sawmill built by John Shaw, Sr. after he bought 600 acres (2.4 km 2) of land north of Pittsburgh in 1800. The ...
Thomas Holme's 1687 map of Pennsylvania. "The Welch Tract" appears to the left of center. In the late 17th century, there was significant Welsh immigration to Pennsylvania for religious and cultural reasons. In about 1681, a group of Welsh Quakers met with William Penn to secure a land grant to conduct their affairs in their language.
Madame Montour's village of Otstonwakin or Ostuagy was an important location during the settlement of what is now Lycoming County.Her village at the mouth of Loyalsock Creek on the West Branch Susquehanna River was a stopping point for the Moravian missionaries who were spreading the gospel throughout the wilderness of Pennsylvania during the 1740s.
Abraham Lincoln, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century Barnett's Fort: December 22, 1947: Pa. 39, 1.3 miles E of Linglestown near intersection with Piketown Rd. Roadside Early Settlement, Forts, French & Indian War, Military, Native American