Scholarship

Books:

• W.W.H. Davis’ History of Bucks County – The most comprehensive and reliable source on the early history of Bucks County. Originally published in 1876, this is the 1905 reissue.

• A Collection of Papers Read Before the Bucks County Historical Society:
  • Volume I
  • Volume II
  • Volume III
  • Volume IV
  • Volume V
  • Volume VI
  • Volume VII
  • Volume VIII

• York Road, Old and New (1892)  – History of the Old York Road, the first route from Philadelphia to New York City.

Articles:

• Lime Burning Industry, Its Rise and Decay in Bucks – Warren S. Ely, 1910 (Published in Historical Society Papers Vol. IV)

 

Primary Documents

Newspaper Articles

• Lambertville Race Riot (Bucks County Intelligencer, September 20th, 1870)
• Moss Giel Rock (by Cyrus Livezey, Doylestown Democrat, November 28th, 1876)
• Skeleton Found in Huffnagle’s Woods (The Newhope Weekly, Friday, July 25th 1913)/Identified as Almshouse Inmate (The Newhope Weekly– Friday, August 1, 1913) [photo]
• Stranger Found Dead at Lime Kiln (Doylestown Democrat from November 2, 1880)
• Recollections of the Solebury Friends’ School from 1836 to 1846 (by Eastburn Reeder, Daily Intelligencer, October 9th, 1897)

Maps

• Solebury 1784
• Solebury 1850
• Solebury 1857 (black & white)/(color)

Tax Rolls

• Solebury 1938 Tax Roll – (part 1) (part 2) – Warning: Very Large Files containing images of the complete 115 page document.