Arch Street Friends Meeting House 320 Arch Street The land for the meetinghouse was used as a burial ground from as early as the late 17the century but William Penn formally deeded the land to the Society of Friends in 1701. There may have been early wooden structures on the site, but the existing meetinghouse … Read more
Colonial Trilogy V – Kentuckians I Have Known or Heard About
Freedom is Our Heritage and Our Trust
Paramilitary Ideas and Ideals in the Representative Government of The Early Massachusetts Bay Colony
The English Order of Precedency of Gentlemen and the College of Arms
The Origin of Pennsylvania Present Day Courts in Early Colonial Times
In March 1957, Dr. Samuel Booth Sturgis, Governor of the Swedish Colonial Society, gave a talk on the subject manners and customs. Although an interesting “take” on the comportment of the Swedes in Colonial era North America, the language and content of the lecture also provides an interesting “snap shot” of mid-twentieth century social sensibilities. … Read more
