1870 Reminiscences of George La Bar, 107 year old man, Monroe Cty PA

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EARLY HISTORY EASTON TO BUSHKILL REMINISCENCES OF GEORGE LA BAR the Centenarian of Monroe County, PA who is still living in his 107 th year; and incidents in the early settlement of the Pennsylvania side of the river valley, from Easton to Bushkill by A.B. Burrell with a Portrait Philadelphia; Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 819 & 821 Market Street 1870 This book gives a real insight to how settlers lived since it contains first hand memories of a man who lived through these times. It is interesting even if you are not from that area of Pennsylvania. examples; It was a log house, one story. There were two rooms below, with a huge chimney, of stone, in the middle of the house. In the fireplace of the kitchen was a sort of iron box, or stove, which was walled into the fireplace in such a way as to open even with the back part of the fireplace, and then extended out into the room on the other side. It was like an iron oven, had no place for pipe, but the smoke came out where the wood was put in, and thence up the chimney with the smoke from the fireplace.... The staple diet was mush and milk and potato-soup. Mills were too scarce for bread more than once a week - Sunday. Game was generally brought in also for this day, and then the tea was brought from the woods or the garden. ... George wanted to fight the 'Whiskey Boys', but he had the camp fever. Dr. Larby attended him. The doctor lived where Major Lamb lived, at Portland. He had been in the Revolution, went west afterward, and died. The doctor packed George in salt.... As soon as he could stand alone he went to Richmond to attend the appeal, where he was honorable excused...... ...The House Tax followed in 1798 as the next trouble......There was a very general resistance t the law throughout the whole country. It was a direct tax of the United States, and was levied on the number of windows, or the size and number of the panes of glass in the houses. ....Men armed themselves against the hated law. One John Fries made himself conspicuous as a leader of the insurgents....Fries was arrested for Treason, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung, but was afterward pardoned by President Adams. ........George still lived with his father-in-law at this time. The house had 2 windows, and he paid one dollar tax. It was paid in 'stamp paper'. Jacob Utt and Ed Lowery were assessor and collector in that place. They did not try to collect the tax above the mountain. ....... (When General Washington passed through Easton) George shared the privilege of touching the great and good man.... .The first voting place for Mount Bethal was at Richmond. There Mr La Bar voted for the first President of the United States, George Washington. And voted in every presidential election since.... .......John Penn, grandson of William Penn, had, very foolishly, offered a bounty for the capture or scalps of Indians, he being Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony in 1764. He was another degenerated descendant, and he id not belong to the respected society of his grandfather. The bounty was; for every male above ten years captured, $150, scapled being killed, $134, for every female Indian enemy and every male under age ten captured $130, for every female above the age of ten scalped being killed $50 !!! ........ The 144 year old book's cover shows wear, binding is secure, front cover is off but included. The book has over 111 pages, and is approximately 8 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches, about 1/4 inch thick. Very l ight smudges on some pages, the pages are cream colored and readable. The books I am selling are old, most have a small amount of writing such as a name or signature of previous owners, or a stamp of previous owner inside covers. Please ask any questions before bidding. Shipping listed is media mail, if the buyer wants priority mail shipping it can be arranged at USPS prices. The book will be shipped promptly, but media mail can be very slow to arrive. read more

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