Proceedings and Addresses at Germanton, Pa., October 25, 1904 / The Pennsylvania-German in tlie French and Indian War. Frederick the Great and the United States,. Old Historic Germantown

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THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN SOCIETY.

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PROCEEDINGs\\ND ADDRESSES

GERMANTOWN,

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OCT.

25,

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PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY 1906

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publicatien Committee.

JULIUS

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SACHSE,

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DANIEL W. NEAD,

HENRY

M.D. M. M. RICHARDS.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents

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Officers of the Society

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Minutes of the Meeting

at

Germantown

Address of Welcome by Elliston P. Morris, Esq

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Response by Rev. L. Kryder Evans President’s Address, Rev. John S. Stahr Report of Secretary, IL M. M. Richards Report of Treasurer, Julius F. Sachse Opening Remarks of lion. Thad. L. Vanderslice

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Obituaries

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The German Influence PCUUSplVauia ment .\NP Development The Pennsylvania-German in Part XV. Indian War, by II. M. M. Richards.

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French and

Frederick the Great and the United States, by J. G. Rosengarten. Old Historic Germantown, by N. H. Keyser, D.D.S.

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The Pennsylvania-German

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Society.

was here that the great George Washington wor-

shiped

when he occupied

the house nearby, as President

of the United States, during the terrible visitation to our city

of the yellow fever

in the

years of 1793-94.

Then

German, and I myself well remember when English preaching was alternated with the German. But that has all passed away, and different indeed is the present congregation from the one that then W'orshiped here. The same house that President Washington afterwards occupied was seized by the British at the time of the battle of Germantown, and they made it the headquarters of Lord Howe, and from it he issued his the services were altogether in

orders to his troops.

I

am

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hundred years been owned by one family, and its successive owners have kept everything as near as possible as they were in those stirring times. The houses of the Wisters, the Ashmeads, the Haineses, the Channons, the Johnsons, the Billmyers and others, and the Chews (the latter known as the battle ground) are all much as they were then, and each has its history. You will see also the quaint old Mennonite Meeting House, whilst on the Wissahickon you wall have pointed out the birthplace of Rittenhouse and the old monastery. At the

Germantown Mutual

Fire Insurance

Company, only

a

throw from where we are sitting, you will see the fire engine imported for the town in 1764, which was housed on the square opposite, and is one of our precious relics. The school house, in the Alumni Hall of which you expect to dine, is also of rare historic Interest. The academy building was erected and held as it still is by the freemen of the town, and they still choose the principal and the board of directors. It is a most successful institution, and under the wise stone’s

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