The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers (1899)
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : Printed for the author · leaf 82
closely connected with our history, and see how it appearedthe year following the death of Pastorius. Germantown in 1720 was a ramblingvillage of but few houses, extending alonga single street, officially known as theNorth Wales road, a mere dirt lane with-out paving or kerbing. The houses… … Germantoitm Borough. 45 This was in reality the living room of the faniil}-. Thefront part of the house was covered with a high-hippedroof, which formed a low bed-chamber; the gables were ofclap-boards and pierced for a small window, which gavelight and air to the chamber. Many of the roofs…
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