History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill counties
Subtitle: containing a brief history of the first settlers, topography of townships, notices of leading events, incidents, and interesting facts in the early history of these counties: with an appendix, containing matters of deep interest.
By: Comp. from various authentic sources by I. Daniel Rupp
Contributors: Young, James; Van Etten, John; Burd, James, 1726-1793
Series: Pennsylvania county and regional histories. Reel 89, no. 205
Publisher: Hickok & Cantine
Published: 1845
Place of publication: Harrisburg, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 568
Subjects: Coal -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County; Northampton County (Pa.) -- History; Lehigh County (Pa.) -- History; Monroe County (Pa.) -- History; Carbon County (Pa.) -- History; Schuylkill County (Pa.) -- History; Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Notes: Published by G. Hills, Lancaster, Pa

"A journal of James Young, commissary general, of musters--from June 19 to June 26, 1756": p. [407]-420; "A journal of Captain John Van Etten, at Fort Hyndshaw and Fort Hamilton, in the Pennsylvania forces, from Dec. 1, 1756 to July 21, 1757": p. [421]-455; "A journal of Colonel James Burd, from Feb. 16th, 1758 to Mar. 10th, 1758": p. [447]-459; "Fragment of a journal containing an account of doings at Fort North Kill ... June 13 to Aug. 31 [1754]": p. [463]-477

These four journals were all reprinted in "Pennsylvania archives", v. 2-3, 1853