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From: Bonnie Blau <>
Subject: [PABERKS] Mining ebay, part 2
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 09:45:23 -0800


*LEVY: Old antique document, an 1833 levy for $12,000 against
Valentine BROBST of Berks County, Pa., ordered by the Berks Co., Pa.,
court at Reading . Seller says: "The $12,000 demanded was a fortune in
those days, the equivalent of over $200,000 today. ... From what little
research I had time to do, it would appear BROBST also operated a tavern
in his home near Kempton, Pa., in Berks County, and a saw mill. There
are also four notes attached to this regarding the case." Other names
on the document are Samuel ELY, deceased, and Daniel MORTBERGER.
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Another Levy against Valentine BROBST in Union County can be found at
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And yet another levy in Schuylkill County. On the back is written what
actions officials took in Schuylkill County regarding the levy. They
levied against Brobst’s 2000-acre estate there, occupied by a two-story
log dwelling, stable, sheds, and saw mill.
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*PAINTING: Landscape painting by artist Christopher SHEARER, The artist
died in 1926.
Known primarily for his large landscapes, he also painted still lifes,
self-portraits, watercolors, and did engravings. Shearer attended local
public schools whenever possible while working on the family farm full
time. At the age of eighteen he began to study art under F.D. Devlan and
J.H. Raser. By twenty-seven years of age, Shearer was a recognized
artist in America. He opened a studio in Reading, Pa. in 1883 and taught
art there, encouraging the growth of an art colony in Berks County. He
was also instrumental in the founding of the Reading Public Museum and
Art Gallery with Dr. Levi Mengel. Christopher Shearer's brother Edmund
was also an artist, as were Christopher Shearer's sons, Victor and
Arthur.
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*GENEALOGY MICROFICHE: Biographies from "Historical and Biographical
Annals of Berks Co., Pennsylvania, Volume 1 (microfiche) by J. H. Beers
& Co., pub. 1909. This set consists of biographies on eight microfiche
(pages 223 through 784). The biographies vary from a paragraph to
several page.  The text is easy to read.
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*INDENTURE: 1833 draft indenture (contract) between Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Burgits of Lewisburg, Pa., and Samuel B. BOYER, then a Berks County
merchant. The transaction in “money of the United States” called for
Boyer to pay the Burgits $300 for a piece of property in Buffalo
Township, Union Co., adjoining Lewisburg and on Fifth Street.
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*BOOK: Collected Church Records of Berks County, Pennslyvania By:
Schuylkill Roots c. 1995, New, 2 volume 8 1/2 x 11 softcovers, 587 total
pages, indexed in second volume.
PART I (pages 1-239) includes:
Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Bethel Twp. (1801-1843)
St. Paul's (Smoke Church) Lutheran Congregation, Windsor Twp. (Ca
1766-1878)
St. Michael's Reformed Church, Upper Bern Twp. (ca 1810-1844)
PART II (pages 240-587)includes
Moselem Lutheran Church, Richmond Twp. (ca 1744-1809)
St. John's (Hain's) Ref. Church, Lower Heidelberg Twp.,
Zion's (Blue Mountain) Church, Upper Tulpehocken Twp. (ca 1745-1863)
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*JOURNALS: Historical Review of Berks County, Jan. 1948 and April
1948. The Jan. issue covers "The Motion Picture Theatre In Reading:
Silent Drama Days 1905-1926" ( 10 pages about the early theatres,
including photos of them and silent screen stars). The April issue
covers "The Motion Picture Theatre In Reading : The Start Of Talking
Pictures - 1927-1948"( 10 pages on the theatres of that era, photos of
managers, musicians,etc.) Other subjects covered are Gottlob JUNGMAN who
was responsible for the first newspaper in Berks County; the start of
the YWCA in Reading (1897); an early account of Christmas tales in Berks
in early 1800's; Berks County's paper mills, paper makers and watermarks
(1747-1832) and more.
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MONOGRAPH; old architectural booklet titled CENTURY OLD FARMHOUSES OLEY
VALLEY - BERKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. This is Number 4, volume 18 of the
monograph series, by Dean Kennedy, edited by Russell F. Whitehead. This
is from 1932, about twenty pages showing wonderful examples of colonial
architecture in Yellow house, Stonersville, Lime Kiln; Spangsville;
Pleasantville.
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*OLD POSTCARD: of Seisholtzville, PA (Berks). Shows the general store
and another building down what must be the main street.
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*OLD BOOK: "Berks County Officers." This extremely rare book contains a
list of Berks County elected officials for each year from 1752 to 1860,
It also has the vote of the county at the presidential and governor's
elections. It also has a list of delegates to the Constituitional
Convention in 1776. Also a list of Censors from 1783 and delegates to
the convention to frame the Constitution. It was prepared by Amos K.
Strunk and printed by J. Lawrence Getz, printer, Reading, Pa.
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*CD: Rural free delivery (RFD) directory of Berks County, Pa., covering
62 routes. Author: unknown. Originally published in Kutztown, Pa.,
1908. 400 pages, reproduction of the original edition on CD-Rom, will
need Acrobat Reader to view.
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*YEARBOOK: 1935 edition of the Annual, published by the Senior Class of
Sinking Spring High School, near Reading, in Berks County, Pa. The
seniors pictured in this book are: Lillian Isabella BALTHASER, George
Arthur BEYERLE, Elizabeth Mary BINKLEY, Margaret Wenger CASSESL, Walter
John FLAMISH, Mary Louise FREEMAN, Eleanor Grace GEIL, Elmer Edgar
GRAEFF , Robert Adam HAFER, Beatrice Augusta HAIN, Norman Moses HARTMAN,
Paul Henry KURTZ, Florence May LUDWIG, Mary-Ellen MILLER, Louise
Elizabeth MOYER. Richard SHARMAN, Thelma Elizabetgh STOVER, Paul Richard
WEBER Jr., William Russell WEBER and Victor WEIDMAN. Also included are
photos of the underclassmen and sports teams.
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*JOURNAL: Historical review of Berks County, Summer 1987 issue. Soft
cover 40 pages,
This issue includes these articles, "A Mississippi-Pennsylvania
Celebration At Christmas Time," "Joseph MacLEAN, Orator, Politician,
Artisan, Soldier" by Ruth M. SHAFFER; (his great-great-granddaughter).
Also "The Four Prisons of Berks County"; and "The Casrriage Collection
of Edward BROOKE" of Birdsboro.
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*YEARBOOK: 1928 Franklin and Marshall College.
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*BOOK: Pennsylvania Land Applications,Volume I: East Side Applications,
1765-1769,by Kenneth D. McCrea, Ph. D. This book includes information
from over 4000 land applications that have never before been published.
The East Side Applications were for land east of the Susquehanna River
within the area that had been purchased from the Indians prior to 1765 .

The information in this book includes the name of the original
applicant, the county the land was located in, the names of person(s)
filing later paperwork for the land, references to the surveys, and the
names of neighbors at the time of the application. In many cases the
neighbors may never have obtained legal title to their land, therefore
for these people there may be no other surviving record of their
presence at that location. The neighbors' names are not indexed in the
original records. The book includes an every name index with over 16,000
entries and a phonetic cross-reference section to make finding spelling
variants easier. The counties included in the East Side Application
area are Berks County, Bucks County, Carbon County, Chester County,
Columbia County, Dauphin County, Delaware County, Lackawana County,
Lancaster County, Lebanon County, Lehigh County, Luzerne County, Monroe
County, Montgomery County, Northampton County, Northumberland County,
Philadelphia County, Pike County, Schuylkill County, and Wayne County.
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*JOURNAL: THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN Vol. VIII. November 1907 No. 11
An early and hard to find quarterly. Reverend P. C. Croll, A. M. Editor
and Publisher, East Greenville, Montgomery County Penna. With
photographic illustrations. A hard to find Quarterly journal dedicated
to the history and culture of the Pennsylvania German. F... Topics in
this specific issue are: Pennsylvania German poetic gems, Doctor
Constantin Hering, the Pennsylvania German in his relation to education,
The Old Octagonal Schoolhouse on the Bath Road, by John Laubach, the
eight cornered English school at Sinking Spring, A Lehigh County English
school 70 years ago, School in Hereford, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Apprenticeship law, The Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania Historical
Societies, Grandfather clocks, A Tale of the Tulpehocken, some genealogy
notes, and other misc articles and ads.
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*GENEALOGY CD: Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834. FTM CD 209
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*BOOK: "Two Centuries Of Reading, PA 1748-1948 - A History Of The
County Seat Of Berks County," by Raymond W. Albright. Published by The
Historical Society Of Berks County, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1948.
Copyright 1948 by publisher. Official Bicentennial Edition of 1000
Numbered Copies of Which This is No. 86.
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*BOOKLET: "Windows on Our Past." 44 page Pennsylvania history book
from 1965. Great shape with little sign of reading. Very nice softbound
issue from the Historical Museum Commission. Featured in this 10 x 7 1/2
book are articles on; indians, Pennsbury Manor, Printzhof, Hope lodge,
Graeme Park, Conrad Weiser Home, Mennonites, Cornwall Furnace,
Pottsgrove manor, Ft Augusta, Daniel Boone home, Priestley home, Lake
Erie, Gratto, Drake's well, William Penn museum, Landis Valley, York and
historical markers.
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*JOURNAL: Historical Review of Berks County, Autumn 1971. Articles
include; Conestoga Wagons of Berks (very nice article), John CROWELL,
Berks School Article, Harrisburg Conferences, Harry FISHER, Pewter and
Brass artist.
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*PAINTING: 1921 Landscape by Berks artist, Ben AUSTRIAN (1870-1921).
Looks very much like a Berks Co. scene.
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*JOURNAL: October 1902 edition of The Pennsylvania-German; a
magazine/booklet recording and reporting 'the biography, history,
geneology and poetry of the Pennsylvania-Germans.'  The back cover
features an advertisement for Grand-View Sanitorium, Wernersville, PA.~
"Pennsylvania's Great Health Resort."The inside cover features an
advertisement forKeystone State Normal School, Kutztown, PA ~ "Some
advantages : Elevated site, Excellent sanitation..." Cornwall & Lebanon
Railroad and Reading Engraving also share the inside cover. This book,
printed in Lebanon, PA, features articles such as FAMOUS PA GERMANS -
Gotthilf Henry Ernest MUHLENBERG, D.D.; From Reading to York (documents
everything seen along the way in great detail with pictures of Berks
County Almshouses - Muddy Creek Church and Graveyard - the Scene of the
Morgan Murder by Hessians - Residence of the late Rachel BAHN - The
Schultz Hotel, erected 1734, the oldest house in York County - The
Hessian's Burial Grounds, a cornfield containing over 1,000 bodies - the
Hiestand Valley Hotel, 'Here Washington was entertained in 1791); Who
Was Logan, The Mingo Chief?; The birthplace of the telephone; The
Germans as a Factor in Our National Life; Tombstone inscriptions; The
Eternal Hunter - A PA German legend of Lancaster County; and an ad
someone placed inquiring for help in completing a geneology for the
family of an Anthony LEHMAN
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*LETTER: 2 page ink on blue paper personal letter from John Irwin
MEYER at Baumstown, Berks County on May 1, 1876 to Aunt and Uncle. In
this highly legible letter John writes about home renovations; work;
friends; Jacob UPDEGRAVE; going on the "cars" to Pottstown; etc.
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*BOOK: "Exeter, the Forgotten Corner, 225th Anniversary." 160 pages
long. It was published for the 225th Anniversary of Exeter Township,
Berks County, Pa. in 1966. The booklet places heavy emphasis on the
early history of Exeter starting with the then native Indian population
and early settles. Much detail is devoted to the genealogy of the early
family of Daniel BOONE as well as the LINCOLN ancestors of our Civil War
President, Abraham Lincoln. There are also many early photos included as
well as views of early township documents listing early residents as
well as documents relating to the Lincoln and Boone family members
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That's it for now. Lots of interesting stuff this week.

Bonnie Blau
Researching in Berks: ALSTADT, BAER/BHAER, BOOS, BOSSERT, BOSSLER,
BOYER, BUCKS, DAVIDHEISER, DeTURCK, ECKEL/EAGLE, FOCHT, HIMMELBERGER,
HOLLENBACH, JACOBY, KEHLHOFER/KELHOFF, KREISCHER, LEVAN, LOY, MILLER,
MOYER, NOECKER, PETER, REESER/RIESER, RICK, ROBITZER, SODER/SAUTER,
SPATZ, SPECHT, STAUDT, UNGER, WILLIAMS, WINTER, ZELLER and THE AERIAL
LLOYDS, an acrobatic quartet from Reading who performed in vaudeville
around 1910-15.








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