Tredyffrin Easttown Historical Society
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Source: July 1982 Volume 20 Number 3, Page 74

Foreword

Page 74

The opening item in this issue of the Quarterly is a brief picture of Tredyffrin and Easttown townships about one hundred years after the first land grants in the area, as shown by census data from the first United States Census of 1790. It is a part of our continuing series in connection with our Tricentennial.

The observance of Pennsylvania's 300th birthday in Tredyffrin is also reflected in Anne Cook's poem, which follows this feature.

In the next article, Grace Winthrop reminds us that the Schuylkill River was not only used to transport produce and crops from local farms to Philadelphia, but was also a source of food for the earlier settlers in the area.

It was forty years ago that Elliot Broza, better known as Elliot Lawrence, graduated from Tredyffrin Easttown High School in the Class of 1942. The information about the one-time big band leader was obtained for the most part by oral interviews with his former classmates and with his mother.

The original account book of the unidentified shoemaker in Tredyffrin Township, covering the period from 1807 to 1816, is in the manuscript collection of the Chester County Historical Society. The pages reproduced in this issue are excerpts from it.

And in the Notes and Comments section is a description of "Tour Tredyffrin", by Anne Cook. The weather for this official observance of the Tricentennial by the township on May 16th - a bright sunny day - was nigh perfect for the occasion.