Bates History of Greene County, Pennsylvania VERY RARE Start Price USD 275.00 Current Price USD 275.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 500.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, June 30, 2008 End Time Monday, July 07, 2008 Location Just outside Historic Philadelphia, PA See more about 'Bates History of Greene County, Pennsylvania VERY RARE' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0   Our Auctions | Our Store  |  Our Policies  |  Payment & Shipping  |  Add us to your Favorites Frequently Asked Questions  |  PAPER and BOOK CAREPlease view the links above for our policies, payment & shipping information.    For your consideration:     More PHOTO'S are below   A History of Greene County, PennsylvaniaA  History of Greene County, Pennsylvania. Samuel P. Bates . (1888) Hills, vales, woods, netted in silver mist,Farms, granges, doubled up among the hillsAnd cattle grazing in the watered vales,And cottage chimneys smoking from the woods,And cottage gardens smelling everywhere,Confused with smell of orchards.  See! I said,And see!  is God not with us on the earth?-Elizabeth Barrett Browning ILLUSTRATED Biographical and genealogical DREAM!!!!Bates' History of Greene County, Pennsylvania,Contains biographical sketches of approximately 800 southwestern Pennsylvania residents. The sketches are of Greene County families predominantly, though unavoidably some sketches concern families of Washington or Fayette County provenance etc., . The biographies are conveniently arranged in alphabetical order within township and borough and generally treat subjects who were born in the early nineteenth century, with reference to immediate forebears of the late eighteenth century. Typical sketches mention the date and place of birth and marriage of the biographee; the name of his wife and the names of his children; names with dates and places of birth of his parents and often grandparents; sometimes the name of the first ancestor in America; and details of religion, education, military service, occupation, home, and residence...Contains also picturesque beauty of Green County, Indians, Delaware Shawnees, original settlement, Dutch & Swedes upon the Delaware, Quakers, products, political history, charters,  the French,  explorations of, Ohio company, troops, Indians in camp, war,  Braddock, Virginians, Virginian Militia,  education history, titles to lands,  reports,  canals, Pres. Washington, traffic, railroads, religions of,  county offices, townships,  biographical sketches,  AND SO MUCH MORE. An abundant and RARE wealth of information. THIS BOOK IS NOT TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE. TO OWN A TRUE FIRST EDITION IS OH SO RARE. NOT ONLY IS IT A COLLECTIBLE, VALUABLE GEM FOR YOUR COLLECTION, BUT A WEALTH OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT IS NO WHERE ELSE! YOU'D BE THE ONLY ONE I KNOW WITH THIS BOOK, IF YOU SHOULD PURCHASE, YOU WILL BE PLEASED! Publisher: Nelson, Rishforth & Co. Pub. Date: 1888 Size: 10 X 7. '' large / 3 '' thick! Format: Hard cover- pebbled cloth, gilt lettering, Pages:  898 Condition:This book is in Very Good condition! It has been professional rebound sometime over the years using the original boards. It has its 2 page color map!! TONS OF ILLUSTRATIONS/ENGRAVED PORTRAITS!!!There are 2 pages that show professional repair, one if the front free endpage and another page to center of an engraved portrait-both of which are photo's below.There are 2 previous owner signatures to front free end pages. One in pen and one erased. See photo's. Some toning page edges. A couple pages i  saw a toning spot. not even 1% as th epages are GREAT! Bound tight and a SURE GEM! 3 EDGES GOLD GILT!!!!!!!!.ONE OF THE SIGNATURES IS OF JOHN BAYARD!!! A PROMINENT MAN AND OF WEALTHY STATUS AND DESCENDANT OF THE BAYARD'S OF THE 18TH C IN THIS AREA!!!!!!!! Hop on over to our:Auctions  &  eBaY Store    *Please contact us through EBay before leaving negative/neutral feedback and we will do our best to fix all problems.       We accept Checks or Money order. BUYERS WHO DO NOT PAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE AUCTION OR STORE SALE USING PAYPAL MUST CONTACT US WITHIN 3 DAYS TO ADVISE PAYMENT STATUS. After 3 days of non-communication, the item will be resold or second chanced to under bidder. Payment is due 10-14 days from the sale-but without communication in 3 days to advise payment, I can only assume you are not interested.1) INSURANCE IS OPTIONAL AND AT THE BUYER'S EXPENSE.2) BUYER MUST RESPOND to winning bid or store purchase with-in three (3) days from items close. 3) PAYMENT IS DUE NO LATER THAN 10-14 DAYS from items end.4) WE ACCEPT: PAYPAL, CHECK, OR MONEY ORDER.  I want to SAY "Thank you" to all MY WONDERFUL, returning buyers* C.F.S.BOOKS    Auctions | Our Store  |  Our Policies  |  Payment & Shipping  |  Add us to your Favorites Frequently Asked Questions  |  PAPER and BOOK CARE Place a Bid!