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For general information and books about pennsylvania, or to locate information about other counties, visit the pennsylvania page of time voyagers bookstore dont forget to check on the parent county from which a county was originally founded. General history books will only tell you so much about a given american location. By 1769, land speculator samuel wallis had acquired more than 7,000 acres, so he sold much of this land to pioneers in search of a. Arcadia publishing local and regional history books. Pennsylvania history and books northumberland county. Wrightstown, richland, buckingham, makefield and solebury monthly meetings.
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