CHECK LIST OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY, TOWN AND TOWNSHIP HISTORIES.

This list does not include historical sketches of churches, organizations, etc., except those containing in addition, general or local history. Neither are included the various travels in Pennsylvania giving accounts of towns and country passed through. For additional county data, see the following:

[The various Memoirs, Bulletins, and Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, as well as Pennsylvania Magazine of History, contain numerous references-which see.]

Geographical Description of Pennsylvania, also of the counties respectively in the order in which they were established. By Joseph Scott. Phila., 1806. 18mo., p. 147.

A Gazetteer of the State of Pennsylvania. By Thomas F. Gordon. Phila., 1832. 8vo., p. 508.

A Geography of Pennsylvania for the use of schools. By Rebecca Eaton. Phila., 1835. 12mo., p.

Geographical Catechism of Pennsylvania. By I. Daniel Rupp. Phila., 1837. 12mo., p. iv, 172.

A Geography of Pennsylvania. By Charles B. Trego. Phila., 1843. cr. 8vo., p. 384.

Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania ... with Descriptions of every County in the State. By Sherman Day. Phila., 1843. 8vo., p. 708.

State Book of Pennsylvania. By Thomas H. Burrowes. Phila., 1846. 8vo., p. 314.

The Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania. By Eli Bowen. Phila., 1852. 8vo., p. 460.

from Philadelphia

Locomotive Sketches, with Pen and Pencil to Pittsburgh. Phila., 1854. 12mo., p. 192. The Pennsylvania Railroad.. Embracing Historical, Descriptive. and Statistical notices of cities, towns. . . . By William B. Sipes. Phila., 1875. 4to p. (4) 281.

History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. . . . Including Historical Descriptions of each county in the State. [First edition, 1876.] By William Henry Egle, M. D. Bi-Centennial Edition. Phila., 1883. imp. 8vo., p. vi. 1204.

Notes and Queries: Historical, Biographical and Genealogical. Edited by William Henry Egle, M. D. Harrisburg. 4to. Original series, 1879, p. 166; first series, 1881, p. 208; second series, 1883, p. 342; third series, 1887, vol. I, p. 588; 1891, vol. II, p. 552.

ADAMS COUNTY.

(See History of Dauphin, etc., 1846; History of Cumberland and Adams, 1886.)

Illustrated Tourists' Guide of the United States. Popular Resorts and how to reach them.. Including Gettysburg, what to see and

how to see it. By John B. Bachelder. Boston, 1875. 12mo., p. 148.82. History and Directory of the Boroughs of Adams County. Published by John T. Reily. Gettysburg, 1880. 8vo p. 180.

Conewago, A Collection of Catholic Local History. By John T. Reily. Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1885. 8vo., p. 220 [3].

The Story of the Creation of Adams County, Penna., and of the Selection of Gettysburg as its Seat of Justice. By Hon. Edward McPherson. Lancaster, 1889. 8vo., p. 50.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY.

Harris' Pittsburgh Business Directory for the year 1837. [Containing brief history of Pittsburgh, with sketches of principal towns in western Pennsylvania.] .cr. 8vo., p. 340.

A full Account of the Great Fire at Pittsburgh on the Fourth day of April, with the individual losses &c. By J. Heron Foster, Pittsburgh, 1845. 8vo.,.p. 52.

Pittsburgh in the year 1826 and a Directory of the City. By S. Jones. 12mo., p. 154.

The Navigator. Directions for Navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and a concise description of their towns, villages, harbors, settlements, &c. Pittsburgh, 1814. 12mo., p 359. Early History of Western Pennsylvania . . . . . With Topographical Description of Westmoreland, Washington, Fayette, Allegheny, Somerset, Greene, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler and Clarion. [By I. D. Rupp.] Harrisburg, 1846. 8vo., p. 352.406.vi.

A Chronological Table of the Judges and Officers of the different Courts of Allegheny County, Pa., since the organization of the court in 1788 to the present time. By Jno. H. McFadden, student at law, Pittsburgh, Pa., December 1, 1858. 8vo., p. 22.

The History of Pittsburgh, with a Brief Notice of its Facilities of Communication. By Neville B. Craig, Esq. Pittsburgh, 1851. 12mo., p.312. Pittsburgh as it is; or Facts and Figures exhibiting the Past and Present of Pittsburgh. By George H. Thurston. Pittsburgh, 1857. 16mo. p. 204. Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the Centennial Year. By George H. Thurston. Pittsburgh, 1876. sm. 4to., p. 272.

History of Allegheny County, Penna. Phila., 1876. folio, p. 242. The Judiciary of Allegheny County. By J. W. F. White. Phil., 1883. 8° p. 51.

Recollections of Seventy Years, and Historical Gleanings of Allegheny, Penna. By Judge John E. Parke. Boston, 1886. 8vo., 8vo., p. xi.385.

The French in the Allegheny Valley. By T. J. Chapman, M. A. Cleveland, 1887. 16mo., p. 209.

Thomas Mellon and his Times. Part I. Family History. Part II. Autobiography. Printed for his family and descendants exclusively. Pittsburgh, 1885. 8vo., p. 656.

The French in the Allegheny Valley. By Thomas J. Chapman. Cleveland, 1887. 16mo., p. 209.

Allegheny County. Its Early History and Subsequent Development from the Earliest Period till 1790, By Rev. A. A. Lambing, LL. D. From 1790 till the Present Time. By Hon. J. W. White. Pittsburgh, 1888. 8vo., p. 176.

Allegheny County's Hundred Years. By Geo. H. Thurston. Pittsburgh, 1888. 8vo., p. 312.

Sketches of Prominent Lawyers of the Allegheny County Bar of the last Century and Earlier Years of this. By Hon. Daniel Agnew, LL. D. Phila., 1888. 8vo., p. 60.

History of Allegheny County, Penna., in two parts. Chicago, 1889. 4to., p. 758. 790.

Souvenier Pittsburgh Post Office. Historical Sketch of the Postal Service, 1787-1891. By Albert J. Edwards. Pittsburgh, 1891. ob.8° n.p.

ARMSTRONG COUNTY.

(See History of Western Penna., 1846; Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, 1891.)

History of Armstrong County, Penna. By Robert Walter Smith, Esq., Chicago, 1883. fol. p. 264.

BEAVER COUNTY.

(See History of Western Pennsylvania, 1846.)

An Account of Beaver City. [By M. T. C. Gould.] Phila., 1836. 8° p. 36.

Illustrated Historical Atlas of Beaver County, Penna. By J. A. Caldwell. Condit, O. 1876. fol., p. 172.

The Harmony Society at Economy, Penna., founded by George Rapp, A. D. 1805. With an appendix by Aaron Williams, D. D. Pittsburgh, 1866. 12mo., p. 182.

History of Beaver County, Penna. Chicago, 1888. 4to., p. 908.

BEDFORD COUNTY.

(See History of Dauphin, etc., 1846.)

History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Penna. Chicago, 1884. 4to., p. 672.

Bedford in ye Olden Time. By Dr. Charles N. Hickok. Bedford, 1886. sm. 4to., p. 46.

Reminiscences and Sketches, Historical and Biographical. By William M. Hall. Harrisburg, 1890. 12mo., p. vi.269.

BERKS COUNTY.

A Description of the Borough of Reading. By Major William Stahle. Reading, 1821. 12mo., p. 68.

History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon, Penna., Containing a Brief Account of the Indians. By I. Daniel Rupp. Lancaster, 1841. 8vo., p. 519.

Reading Directory and City Register, for 1856, 1857. . . . By J. Knabb. Reading, 1856. 8vo., p. [Historical] 60.

Officers of Berks County for each year from 1752 to 1860. By Amos K. Strunck. Reading, 1859. 16mo., p. 124.

Aus Berks County's schwerer Zeit, eine geschichtliche Erzahlung. von L. A. Wollenweber. Reading, 1875. 8vo., p. 40.

Historical Atlas of Berks County. Reading, 1876. fol., p. 106.34. Educational History of Berks County . . . . By S. A. Baer. Reading, 1877. 8vo., p. 28.

First Annual Report of the Board of Trade of Reading, Pa., including a Description of the City. Reading 1882. 8vo., p. 162.

The Indians of Berks County, Penna.; Being a Summary of all the Tangible Records of the Aborigines of Berks County. By D. B. Brunner, A. M. Reading, 1881. 8vo., p. 177.

Political Hand Book of Berks County, Penna., from 1752–1883. By Morton L. Montgomery. Reading, 1883. 8vo., p. 104.

History of Berks County. By Morton L. Montgomery. Philada., 1886. 4to., p. x.1204.

School History of Berks County, Penna. By Morton L. Montgomery. Philada., 1889. 8vo., p. 302.

BLAIR COUNTY.

(See History of Huntingdon and Blair, 1883.)

History of Blair County and Directory of the Principal Business Houses. Altoona, 1868. 8° p. 24.

History of the City of Altoona and Blair County, including sketches of the Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Edited by James H. Ewing and Harry Slep. Altoona, 1880. 8vo., p. 262.

BRADFORD COUNTY.

Early Times on the Susquehanna. By Mrs. George A. Perkins. Binghampton, 1870. 12mo., p. 288.

Historical Discourse of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church, Delivered September 5, 1869. By the Pastor, Rev. D. Craft. Towanda, 1870. 8vo., p. 127.

History of Towanda, with a Review of its Business and Progress for the years 1872 and 1873. By Edward B. Haines. Williamsport, 1873. 8vo., p. 71.

History of Bradford County, Penna. [By Rev. David Craft]. Phila., 1878. 4to., p. 492.1x.