Ancient and Modern
Germantown, Mount Airy & 
Chestnut Hill 
By Rev. S.F. Hotchkin, 1889 
618 pages, indexed
Includes 79 illustrations of historic structures

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Life of Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown

By Marion Learned, 1908

324 pages, illustrated, indexed, searchable

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225th Anniversry of Germantown

1908 Program

 


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“This volume is an attempt to preserve the history of a delightful suburb
of a pleasant city ; and to increase the interest in those who have dwelt in the
houses, and walked in the streets of Germantown in former days.
 
The lives of our fellow men here briefly recorded show that history is
pliilosophy teaching by example ; and may the Christian work, so often noted
in these pages, encourage efforts to hand down religion and learning to those
who are to dwell in Germantown in future years.”
 
During over 325 years of its history Germantown was home to numerous notable residents, 
and today many historic structures remain.
 
Germantown was founded by Dutch settlers, augmented with a smaller number of people from present-day Germany, in 1681. 
Most were Quakers who came over in response to the appeal of William Penn. Germantown (whose original name seems to 
have been lost) remained almost exclusively Dutch until the beginning of the eighteenth century. Only then did German 
immigration gain momentum, and soon dominated the area.
 
When Philadelphia was occupied by the British during the American Revolutionary War, several units were housed in Germantown.
 In the Battle of Germantown, in 1777, the Continental Army attacked this garrison. During the battle, a party of citizens fired 
on the British troops, as they marched up the Avenue, and mortally wounded British Brigadier General Agnew.
 
For a time after the war, George Washington rented the Deshler-Morris House in Germantown to escape the central city and 
the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The first bank of the United States was also located here during his administration.
 
 
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the Autorun file on the CD.
 
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 and audio files.
 

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