Papers, 1791-1912.

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Papers, 1791-1912.

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Letters, sermons, and orations of Rev. Uriah DuBois; legal and estate papers relating to the estates of Charles DuBois and his son, John L. DuBois; papers relating to the estates of Abraham Amos, Josiah Y. Shaw, and others in the Doylestown area; claims of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company against the estate of John E. Huey; Doylestown Presbyterian Church records (1871-1881); and Doylestown Cemetery records (1850-1893).

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Bucks County Historical Society

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Huey, John E.

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DuBois, John L., 1832-1903

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DuBois, Charles E. (Charles Ewing), 1799-1865

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Lawyer, of Bucks County, Pa. From the description of Attorney's docket, 1837-1850. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70957705 Associate judge of Bucks County courts, and U.S. representative from Pennsylvania. From the description of Papers, 1791-1912. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70923536 ...

Amos, Abraham

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DuBois, Uriah, 1768-1821

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Shaw, Josiah Y.

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Justice of the peace, Doylestown, Pa. From the description of Docket, 1826-1840. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70957834 ...

Doylestown Cemetery (Doylestown, Pa.)

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Doylestown Presbyterian Church

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Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company

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The surge of investment that filled the Anthracite region of northeastern Pennsylvania in the mid-1700s did not reach the Lehigh Valley until 1791 when coal was found near Summit Hill, west of Mauch Chunk, leading to the formation of the Lehigh Coal Mines Company. Coal was floated downriver on wooden rafts known as arks, which were dismantled and sold as lumber upon arrival. Flooding, shallow water and swift currents created financial problems for the company until Josiah White, familiar with ca...