New Hope Historical Society oral history and lecture recordings 1983-2012

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New Hope Historical Society oral history and lecture recordings 1983-2012

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New Hope in Bucks County, Pennsylvania is at the half-way point between Philadelphia and New York City along Old York Road. The borough was incorporated in 1837. The New Hope Historical Society oral history and lecture recordings, 1983-2012, consist of 100 audiocassette tapes of oral history interviews, and numerous CDs of a lecture series on New Hope history.

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"New Hope, Pennsylvania lies on rolling hills that climb from the west bank of the Delaware River about thirty-five miles north of Philadelphia. Originally the land of the Lenni-Lenape Native Americans, it became a part of Penn's Woods in the seventeenth century. A thousand acres of land covering present day New Hope were given to William Penn by King Charles II of England as payment of a debt owed to Penn's father. Robert Heath obtained the land from Penn's brother-in-law and settl...