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Millbrook Society map and atlas collection
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Held at: Millbrook Society [Contact Us]32 North York Road, P.O. Box 506, Hatboro, PA, 19040
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Millbrook Society. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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In 1715, the Crooked Billet Inn was built by John Dawson in what is now known as Hatboro Township. It was a farming village that boasted one of the first rural libraries in Pennsylvania, the Union Library Company. The town put great emphasis on education and built the Loller Academy in 1811. Originally a private school, it became the public school for the village in 1848. As of 2011, the building still stands and is currently used as Borough Administrative Offices and Montgomery County District Court.
Hatboro is also known for its role in the Revolutionary War. The Battle of Crooked Billett took place there in 1778 while Philadelphia was occupied by the British. "The militia, commanded by General John Lacey and assigned to cut off British supplies, was encamped here. Surprised by British troops, they were defeated and driven off with heavy losses."
Bibliography:
Greater Hatboro Chamber of Commerce. "Hatboro History." Accessed October 24, 2011. http://www.hatboro-pa.com/hathist.htm.
The Millbrook Society map and atlas collection includes the following atlases: Property Guide for Ivyland Boro, Upper South Hampton Township, Warminster Township and Warwick Township (Doylestown, PA: Alfred B. Patton 1976); Franklin's Property Atlas of Montgomery County Penna., Volume A (Philadelphia: Franklin Survey Co., 1934); Unknown property atlas, circa 1940-1955; North-Penn Atlas (Philadelphia: A.H. Mueller, 1916); and Real Estate Publishers Inc., Real Estate Atlas of Bucks County, PA, undated.
It also contains numerous rolled maps of the local area and historic maps.
Items collected and purchased by the Millbrook Society.
Organization
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Millbrook Society
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
- Sponsor
- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access Restrictions
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