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A Brief Introduction to Flax Processing by Elizabeth Y. Rump Baking in the Beehive Oven Colonial Herb Use From Iron Men to Industry: Iron Processing in the Keystone Colony by Joe Damiani Industry in Early Chadds Ford by Elizabeth Rump Mince Pie - What is it? by Judith Hesp Quilts: Piecing Together History by Elizabeth Y. Rump Quakers in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century by Geoffrey Martin Roads for Early Autos by Steve Shisler The Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash by Elizabeth Y. Rump The Early Chadds Ford Days compiled by Karen A. Smith Tick Tock: A Brief History of Clocks by Elizabeth Y. Rump "Up Hill Both Ways": A Short History of Local Schools by Elizabeth Y. Rump Wayside Inns and Taverns by Elizabeth Y. Rump		A Quaker at the Battle of Brandywine: Jacob Ritter and a Vision of Light by Christopher Densmore Battle of Brandywine: A Brief History by Karen A. Smith Battle of Brandywine: The Human Toll by Mary Costella Damages Sustained: British Looting in Chadds Ford after the Battle of Brandywine by Karen A. Smith Edward "Ned" Hector" - Revolutionary War Veteran Who Were the Hessians? The Past and Present of Historic Preservation by Kathleen Wandersee The Brandywine Battlefield and the Brandywine Battlefield National Historic Landmark: What's the Difference? by Kathleen Wandersee Brandywine Battlefield National Historic Landmark by Kathleen Wandersee Brandywine Battlefield Gateway Signage by Susan Hauser Rev War Timeline
Essays A Brief History of the Chadds Ford Historical Society A Brief History of Chadds Ford Township by Susan Hauser A Jewel Set in 30 Acres - Howard Pyle's Studio by Anthony Francis Care of Photographs by Karen A. Smith Just What is the Chadds Ford Historical Society All About? by Elizabeth Y. Rump Who's Who in Chadds Ford Lydia Archer ("Mother Archie")
Records Birmingham Tax Lists Oral Histories The Strands: Last Family to Live in the John Chads House Miss Annie Wilkins From Maine Maps Map of the part of the estate of William Brinton the younger, Birmingham Township, Chester County, PA, 1750 Map of early schools of Chadds Ford Primary Sources Inventories Other Information 18th Century Working Clothing Lenni Lenape Native Americans Historic Houses of Chadds Ford Mills of the Brandywine Valley Chadds Ford Facts Glossary of Colonial Terms Tape Looms Timelines of History Read School Days by the Brandywine, a history of the Chadds Ford School from 1916 to 1980, by Mary W. McMullan. Note: clicking on this link takes you out of the Chadds Ford Historical Society's webpages. Please bookmark our site so you can return!