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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

 

Table of Contents

  • 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
  • APPENDIX

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