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Early accounts
Accounts of Freeland and
other locales were published from time to time in histories of Luzerne
County or other histories of the region. This page links to several
early
published accounts of Freeland and nearby communities. Images of
gold-stamped cover titles of three
historical
source works are also shown here. At the top of the page is the cover
title
from Bradsby, and on either side of this paragraph are the cover titles
from Munsell (at left) and from the 1873 Atlas.Account of Freeland, 1880, in: Munsell, William Watkins. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties, Pa.: With Illustrations, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers. New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1880.
Account of Freeland, 1893, in: Bradsby, H. C., editor. History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections. Chicago, S. B. Nelson & Co., 1893.
Account of Freeland, 1910, in: The Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. 11th ed. Vol. 11, Franciscans to Gibson. New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910.
Account of Eckley, 1880, in: Munsell, William Watkins. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties, Pa.: With Illustrations, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers. New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1880.
Account of Foster Township, 1880, in: Munsell, William Watkins. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties, Pa.: With Illustrations, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers. New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1880.
Account of South Heberton, 1880, in: Munsell, William Watkins. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties, Pa.: With Illustrations, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers. New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1880.
Account of Upper Lehigh, 1880, in: Munsell, William Watkins. History of Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties, Pa.: With Illustrations, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers. New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1880.