Proceedings of Inter-County Historical Meeting at Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pa. July 17, 1894, 1894-1902 1894 Proceedings of Inter-County Historical Meeting at Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pa. July 17, 1894

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Proceedings of Inter-County Historical Meeting at Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pa. July 17, 1894, 1894-1902 1894 Proceedings of Inter-County Historical Meeting at Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pa. July 17, 1894

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This 108-page scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, letters, and ephemera related to the "Inter-County Historical Meeting" of representatives from Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester counties in Pennsylvania. At the July 17, 1894, meeting, held in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, seven speakers addressed topics related to local history, the American Revolution, and the use and study of history. William Watts Hart Davis of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, compiled the scrapbook in the fall of 1894.

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