Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Germantown History, Vol. 1: Consisting of Papers Read Before the Site and Relic Society of Germantown
Germantown and in preserving its past history. It has marked with bronze tablets many historic buildings and sites. It has collected a large Library of manuscripts, books and pamphlets, all relating to Germantown or written by its residents. It has housed thousands of Relics connected with the local history of the past. It has published two editions (5000 copies) of a model Guide Book to Historic German town, written by its president, Charles F. Jenkins, and is preparing a third edition. It has saved from destruction, the old Wister Mansion in Vernon Park, and by resolution of the City Councils of Philadelphia, has made that building its home, installing there its library and museum. It has. Instituted a series of Public Meetings at which are read care fully prepared historic papers which are afterwards published by the Society.
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