TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One Geology and Geography Chapter Two The Sons of William and Hannah Penn Chapter Three German Farming Characteristics Chapter Four Efforts of James Madison Porter Recommendations for Further Research Repositories Visited During Research Persons Consulted During Research Chain of Title for Slateford Farm: 1753 to 1966 Abbreviated Pipher Family Tree 1. Historic Boundary - 1753 Appendixes Illustrations National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form LIST OF APPENDIXES 1. Thomas Penn and Richard Penn Patent to Nicholas Scull, August 19, 1754 2. The Last Will and Testament of Samuel Piffer, March 16, 1812 3. Inventory of Samuel Piffer's Estate, 1812 4. Settlement of Samuel Peiffer's Estate, 1813 5. Inventory of Frederick Pipher's Estate, 1830 6. Inventory of Peter Pipher's Estate, 1871 7. Inventory of Aaron Pipher's Estate, 1871 8. Settlement of Aaron Pipher's Estate, 1875 9. Vendue List, Samuel Pipher's Estate, 1896 10. Inventory of Samuel Pipher's Estate, 1896 11. United States Direct Tax of 1798 12. Northampton County Tax and Assessment Records 1789-1834 l3. Number of All Cattle and Milk Cows on Northampton County Farms 1840-1974 14. Number of Farms, Land in Farms and Average Size of Farms in Northampton County 1850-1975 15. Acres and Yields of Corn, Hay, Wheat, Irish Potatoes, Oats and Barley in Northampton County 1849-1975 16. Northampton County 1844, 1884, 1924 17. Farm Tenancy in Pennsylvania 1939 18. Capital Requirements Needed for 100-Acre Farm, 1855 19. Daybook, Slateford - Pipher citations 20. Daybook, Slateford, pp. 48, 49, 224, 225, 261 21. Description of Williams' Quarry, 1858 22. Description of Slate Quarrying, 1883 23. Standard Sizes for Roofing Slate 24. Old Time Slate Quarries Slateford Farm and VicinityJames S. Yolton, 1984 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Southeastern Pennsylvania Physiographic Regions 2. Southeastern Pennsylvania Soil Parent Materials 3. The Slate Regions of Pennsylvania 4. Slate Belts - Delaware Water Gap; West Side 5. Map of Pennsylvania by William Scull 1770 6. Scull Map Detail - Northampton County 7. Old Northampton County 1776 8. History Map of the Forks of the Delaware - Chidsey, 1938 9. Map of the State of Pennsylvania by Reading Howell 1790 10. Map of Northampton & Lehigh Counties, Pa. - 1830 by H. S. Tanner 11. Atlas of Northampton County - Upper Mount Bethel Township by D. G. Beers, 1874 12. Nicholas Scull Survey of Northampton County Property, 1753 13. Distribution of Pennsylvania Germans 14. 1930s view of Slateford Farm. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 15. Louis Cyr on Slateford Farm house porch early 1930s. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 16. Lower Cyr Farm, 1930s. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 17. Making Hay at Slateford, 1936. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 18. View Southeast from Slateford Farm, August 1936. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 19. Haying, Slateford Farm 1940s. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 20. Haying, Slateford Farm 1940s. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 21. Louis Cyr Raking Hay, Slateford Farm 1948. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 22. Woodshed, Slateford Farm circa 1940-1950. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 23. Cutting Hay, Slateford Farm circa 1940-1950. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection. 24. Slateford Farm early 1950s. Charlotte Cyr Jewell Collection.
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