This book, finished for publication in 1917, was placed in the vaults of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, as all money was needed for our soldiers. The present committee, appointed by Mrs. Hamme, has decided to publish the work as compiled in 1917, and not delay it by trying to bring the sixty-seven counties up to date. Conditions have been so unfavorable for new construction, since the war, that little has been done. The population of towns, however, has been advanced to the 1920 statistics. A. M. ARCHAMBAULT. Philadelphia, June 30, 1924. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE STATE FEDERATION OF PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN v HAIL! PENNSYLVANIA vi THE PLAN OF THE BOOK vii PHILADELPHIA HISTORIC FIRSTS 1 CHAPTER I. THE COMMONWEALTH, OR STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA (PENN’S WOODS) 24 II. BUCKS COUNTY 161 III. CHESTER COUNTY 175 IV. LANCASTER COUNTY 183 V. YORK COUNTY 193 VI. CUMBERLAND COUNTY 201 VII. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY 207 VIII. BERKS COUNTY 215 IX. BEDFORD COUNTY 223 X. NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY 227 XI. WESTMORELAND COUNTY 231 XII. WASHINGTON COUNTY 235 XIII. FAYETTE COUNTY 241 XIV. FRANKLIN COUNTY 247 XV. MONTGOMERY COUNTY 253 XVI. DAUPHIN COUNTY 271 XVII. LUZERNE COUNTY 277 XVIII. HUNTINGDON COUNTY 285 XIX. ALLEGHENY COUNTY 289 XX. MIFFLIN COUNTY 301 XXI. DELAWARE COUNTY 307 XXII. LYCOMING COUNTY 319 XXIII. SOMERSET COUNTY 323 XXIV. GREENE COUNTY 327 XXV. WAYNE COUNTY 331 XXVI. ADAMS COUNTY 337