Biographical and historical cyclopedia of Delaware County, Penn [electronic resource] : comprising a historical sketch of the county / by Samuel T. Wiley ; together with nearly four hundred biographical sketches of the prominent men and families of the county ; rev. and ed. by Winfield Scott Garner.

Contributor Garner, Winfield Scott, 1848-

Imprint:[S.l.] : [s.n.], [n.d.]

Description1 online resource:500 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

Note:Reprint of the 1894. ed. Published by Gresham Pub. Co., in Richmond, Ind.

Note:An index titled "Biographical" follows the Table of Contents.

Note:Historical sketch of Delaware County -- Chapter I. Geographical description... -- Chapter II. Botany... -- Chapter III. Aboriginal inhabitants... -- Chapter IV. Penns' purchase... -- Chapter V. Penn's work... -- Chapter VI. Beginning of the Revolution... -- Chapter VII. Erection of Delaware County -- Chapter VIII. Whisky insurrection... -- Chapter IX. Delaware County Institute of Science... -- Chapter X. The Civil War... -- Chapter XI. Ship-building... -- Chapter XII. Bi-centennial of Penn's landing... -- Chapter XIII. Courts... -- Chapter XIV. Schools... -- Chapter XV. Early practioners of medicine... -- Chapter XVI. Financial... -- Chapter XVII. Slaves and redemptioners... -- Chapter XVIII. Census statistics... -- Chapter XIX. Chester City -- Chapter XX. South Chester, Upland and Eddystone boroughs -- Chapter XXI. Media borough -- Chapter XXII. Aston, Bethel and Birmingham townships -- Chapter XXIII. Chester and Concord townships -- Chapter XXIV. Darby township and Darby borough -- Chapter XXV. Edgmont and Haverford townships -- Chapter XXVI. Lower Chichester township and its villages of Trainer's and Linwood, and Marcus Hook borough -- Chapter XXVII. Marple, Middletown, Nether Providence and Newtown townships -- Chapter XXVIII. Radnor township, and its suburban village of Wayne -- Chapter XXIX. Ridley township, and Rutledge and Ridley Park boroughs -- Chapter XXX. Springfield, and Thornbury townships -- Chapter XXXI. Tinicum, the island township -- Chapter XXXII. Upper Chichester, Upper Providence and Upper Darby townships, and Lansdowne and Clifton Heights boroughs -- Chapter XXXIII. Miscellaneous.

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