The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . ill beso good and send us 50 Gons, 100 Pounds ofPowder and 400 Pound Lead, and 150 Sransfor the Gons. These from your humble Serv-ant, Remaining under the Protection of ourLord Saviour, Jesus Christ. Jacob* Roth, Minister. The names of the Gospel* of this said Xonh-ampton Town. Georg Wolf, Captain. ABRAHA^^ Rinker, Lieutennet. Philip Koogler. Peter Miller. Fredrick Leoxhard a bell. Tobias Dittis. LoRENZ Stauck. Simon Bren
The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . ill beso good and send us 50 Gons, 100 Pounds ofPowder and 400 Pound Lead, and 150 Sransfor the Gons. These from your humble Serv-ant, Remaining under the Protection of ourLord Saviour, Jesus Christ. Jacob* Roth, Minister. The names of the Gospel* of this said Xonh-ampton Town. Georg Wolf, Captain. ABRAHA^^ Rinker, Lieutennet. Philip Koogler. Peter Miller. Fredrick Leoxhard a bell. Tobias Dittis. LoRENZ Stauck. Simon Brenner. Jacob ^.olf. Simon Lagunpacker. Georg Nicolaus. David Deschler. John Martin Dourr. Peter Roth. France Keffer. Jacob Morr. Martin Frolick. Georg Lair. Daniel Nonnemaker. Peter Shab. Abraham Sawitz. John Schreck. Georg S. Schnefp. Michael Rfadcot. Poor Equipment—Defenders ComingThese twenty-five men were tlie firstsoldiers enlisted at Xorthampton were poorly supplied with the ini-plciiients of war, for in a letter to Gov-ernor Ilaniilton, dated October 17, 1763, Trobahlv an error of the printer. NORTHAMPTON TOWN AND ALLENTOWN 107 •19^.. ..-. Courtesy of Kev. Geo. A. Grelss. Allcnt-wn. P*.ST. PAULS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, Erected in 1794 on South James (now Eiglitli) street, between Hamilton and John (Walnut).The engraving was made after a sketch drawn from memory. Under ihis building were buried,in 1798, the remains of Margaret Elizabeth Tilghman, a daughter of James Allen. It stood until1854. in 1855 a second church was erected on the same site, followed in 1903 by the presentbuilding. Col. James Burd says: I will only men-tion that in the town of Northampton(where I was at the time) there wereonly four guns, three of which were unfitfor use, and the enemy within four milesof the place. The only gun fit for usebelonged to David Deschlor. Col. Tlorsfield was of the same opinionas Col. Burd and Rev. Roth, and wroteto the Governor to the same effect, urg-ing
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