Benjamin Hunt Diary – 1805
Jan. 1st 1805, Went to Wilmington; Bought 6 Bls Midlings @ $7.37 and 1 Bl. 8. fine @ 11 Dols. of James Jefferis. Returned This evening as far ss John Hickman: lodged there: came...
Category: Pennsylvania
Benjamin Hunt Diary – 1806
Jan. 1st 1806: this evening Patty Taylor. Nancy Jackson, Polly Jackson, Betsey Johnson, Hannah Entrikin, Hannah Sharpies, Rebeckah Sharples & Patty Taylor again & Isaac Weaver & Moses Peirce, Doct., was at my house....
Benjamin Hunt Diary – 1807
5th Jan. 1807, Went to Waggontown: lodged at John Hughes. 6th. rode about through that neighborhood collecting old debts. Eli Hunt, grandson of John Hunt and son of John Hunt, came to my house...
Benjamin Hunt Diary – 1808
1st Jan. 1808, Return’d Home. 12th: Ebenezer Worth died. 13th: James Gibbons, son of Thomas Gibbons, died, this night came on snow. 14th: Snow continues till about noon: in the afternoon clear & and...
Benjamin Hunt Diary – 1809
Jan. 2nd 1809. wrote a letter to Ashur Hunt in Bald Eagle Valley by Job Backer. 4th. Caleb Hannum died at Emmor Bradley’s in West Chester about Eleven O’Clock forenoon. Aged about 27 Years....
Benjamin Hunt Diary – 1810
1st Jan. 1810: Fine warm weather for the time of year. 5th, 6th & 7th. still warm: very muddy 11th. Mud continued: very foggy this morning and warm for the season. I forgot to...
Benjamin Hunt Diary – 1811
Jan. 3rd 1811: William Huey Brought Polly Frances here. Yesterday morning I found a horse, saddle & Bridle in my lot: this day the owner came for him. Jan. 4th 1811: early this morning...
Benjamin Hunt Diary – 1812
Benjamin Hunt Diary 1812 Jan. 1st 1812: this morning wet after a wet night. Cloudy all day: in the night blowed up cold. 2nd: Clear, Cold and windy: this morning was in Philad.: Sign’d...
Birmingham Township
Founded in 1686, Birmingham township’s earliest settler was William Brinton and his family. The township’s first constable was Brinton’s son-in-law, John Bennett. Early records from the area show the name as Burningham. Township Office...
Borough of Atglen
On January 3, 1876, the Court in West Chester made a decree incorporating the village of Penningtonville into a borough by the title of Borough of Atglen. The first election of officers was to...