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The Burning of Hanna’s Town

From: https://archive.org/stream/historyofwestmor01bouc#page/n9/mode/2up History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1 (1906) By John Newton Boucher CHAPTER XII The Hannastown War Burning of the County Seat Destruction of Miller’s Blockhouse The summer of 1782 was the gloomiest in our pioneer history. Many of … Continue reading

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John B. Steel 1861-1920

In History of Westmoreland County Pennsylvania — Genealogical Memoirs, Compiled Under the Editorial Supervision of John W. Jordan, Ll.D. of the Historical Society Of Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Vol. II, p23, published by The Lewis Publishing Company of Chicago and New York, 1906, is this … Continue reading

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