Franklin County is a county located in South Central Pennsylvania. Based on the 2010 census, the population was 149,618. Its county seat is Chambersburg. Franklin County comprises the Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Washington-Baltimore-Arling...
Pennsylvania History Firsts & State Facts1731 - The nation's first circulating library, the Library Company of Philadelphia, was founded. 1736 - The first volunteer fire department, the Union Fire Company, was founded in Philadelphia in 1736 by Benjamin Franklin. 1751 - Pennsylvania Hospital is ...
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Peter married in America and bought land in farm in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. Jacob Snyder, born there, headed north to farm in Waterloo township, Ontario around 1815. His lineage was recounted in Lucille Heckman’s 1991 book The Jacob Snyder Family History. and George Snyder, born in ...
This caused the mass emigration in the 1660s of many Quakers to the colonies of Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. (Ironically, with the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1662, many Puritans fled England and settled in Massachusetts and Connecticut.) Roman Saturnalia The reason for ...
Drake in Titusville, Pennsylvania. More October 16, 1859 - The United States Armory at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) is seized by twenty-one men under the leadership of abolitionist John Brown. This act to cause an ...
Ohio’s decision toextend the vote to military personnelstationed outside their home districtsduring the Civil Warhad some precedents:Pennsylvania passed legislationallowing military exemptions for in-person voting in 1813, amid the War of 1812; New Jersey fo...
One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. After the American Revolution, Pennsylvania became the second state, after Delaware, to ratify the U.S. Constitution.15th Century Pennsylvania History Timeline...
Venango County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Based on the 2010 census, the population was 54,984. Its county seat is Franklin. The county was created in 1800 and later organized in 1805. Venango County comprises the Oil City, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is...