Historical Society of Trappe, Collegeville, Perkiomen Valley collection of personal papers and organizational records 1747-1998

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Historical Society of Trappe, Collegeville, Perkiomen Valley collection of personal papers and organizational records 1747-1998

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Historical Society of Trappe, Collegeville, Perkiomen Valley collection of personal papers and organizational records, 1747-1998, is comprised of small groupings of family papers, organizational records, and miscellaneous original archival items. It includes photographs, deeds, scrapbooks, minute books, ledgers, financial papers, estate papers, and diaries. Of special interest is a record book kept by Henry Vanderslice, a wagonmaster who served under General Muhlenburg during the Revolutionary War, and was stationed at Pennsylvania Camp, Reading, 1777-1780.

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The Historical Society of Trappe, Collegeville, Perkiomen Valley

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Historical Society of Trappe, Collegeville, Perkiomen Valley.

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"The Perkiomen Valley [in Montgomery County] was important from Pennsylvania's earliest days because its rich farmlands provided food for residents of Philadelphia. During the Revolutionary War, Washington's troops wintered in nearby Valley Forge... "Collegeville (formerly called "Perkiomen Bridge" and "Freeland") and Trappe were incorporated in 1896 from land that had been part of Upper Providence Township. Freeland Seminary was founded in 1848 by Abraham Hunsicker in w...

Vanderslice, Henry, 1726-1797

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